Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

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Williamsport Women: Voices, Images, Actions-Source material related to the history of women in Lycoming County from Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Historical Society, and the J.V. Brown Library. Documents selected highlight the history of local women in volunteer and reform organizations, education, the arts, the workplace, and private lives. The first part of the collection will cover the time period 1875-1925. "This material will have national, perhaps international, significance as it relates to women's history and studies during a time period when there is a scarcity of materials about women's contributions to local communities. All three cooperating facilities are very limited in staffing and available hours, so the materials will reach users who either cannot physically come to the collections or did not previously know of their existence. This collaborative project is funded through an LSTA grant.

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Distributive education students

Distributive Education (sales), Vocational Education, Education, Women

Distributive education students learning sales in a shoe store.

Distributive education students at Grant's Store

Distributive Education (Sales), Vocational Education, Education, Women

Distributive education students learn sales at Grant's store.

Do for our girls what we've done for our boys; Building fund campaign: Message #1

Social reform, Williamsport YWCA (Williamsport, Pa.)

Letter to potential donors describing the need for funds, campaign plans, and dates of solicitation

Dr. Rita B. Church; "one of the founders of the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing"

Physicians - Pennsylvania - Williamsport, Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing (Williamsport, Pa.), Work, Church, Rita Biancia

Photograph of Dr. Rita B. Church. She died on February 21, 1928 at the Home for the Aged in Elmira, N.Y.

Dr. Shaw Is Guest In Reading Home National Suffrage Leader Arrived in City This Afternoon

Shaw, Anna Howard, Women - Suffrage, Social reform

Newspaper story about the visit of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, a national suffrage leader, to Williamsport.

Drafting class

Women, Drafting Students, Vocational Education, Education, Carl, Kenneth

Drafting class in Unit 6. Instructor Kenneth Carl stands at center.

The Drinking Fountain

Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Social reform

Newspaper story about the drinking fountain purchased by the Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union, that will be placed at the court house.

Early operating room scene

Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing., Education

Photograph of early operating scene. Due to damage, only partial identification appears on the back. Several names appearing in full, Boggs and Avery, are listed as students in 1913 and 1916 respectively, and are now identified as nurses in this photograph.

[Elizabeth] [B]ess Taylor, W. 4th St. [Williamsport, Pa.] (April 1914)

Private lives, Taylor, Elizabeth L.

Outdoor photograph of young woman

Elizabeth Howell Middaugh (1885)

Private Lives, Middaugh, Elizabeth Howell

Wedding portrait. "in her wedding gown/1885/ Her husband/ Mr. Jacob Stocker Middaugh/ a member of the firm/ The Bush & Bull Co. of/ Williamsport, Pa." (on reverse)

Elizabeth Kelly "after measles"

Private Lives, Kelly, Elizabeth

Young woman in late teens or early twenties. Appears to be a carte de visite.

Elizabeth Lyman (Mrs. John) Nice

Nice, Elizabeth Lyman (Mrs. John) (1832-1895), Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Williamsport, Pa.), Social reform, Associations, institutions, etc. - Pennsylvania - Williamsport

Portrait, Elizabeth Lyman Nice (1832-1895). President, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Williamsport Chapter. (Copy 2 of 2; copy negative enclosed with copy #2) For the original of this print, see Photographs (Oversized), Box #2. "Elizabeth Nice, well known for her devotion to humane enterprises, was instrumental in the organization of the local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). She also organized a Children's Band of Mercy to instruct youth on the care of animals. She died in 1895 after exposure to Typhoid Pneumonia while attending the sick."

Evening school stenography class

Stenography Students, Adult Evening School, Williamsport High School, Vocational Education, Education, Women

Stenography students in evening class at Williamsport High School.

FAMILY REUNION. Interesting Celebration at the Residence of the Venerable Mrs. Smith, Collomsville.

Smith, Elizabeth Grove, Private lives

Newspaper article describing the 85th birthday celebration of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, widow of Jacob Smith. Her family participated in the Revolutionary War and in the Civil War.

FIVE BLUSHING JUNE BRIDES (Chatham - Larzelere)

Chatham, Newton Carothers, Chatham, Louise Larzelere, Wedding announcements, Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the marriage of Louise Mann Larzelere and Newton Carothers Chatham in Williamsport, Pa. The announcement was in the June 25, 1897 issue of the Gazette and Bulletin.

Five women in white dresses

Private Lives, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport

Photograph of five young women in white dresses, gloves and veiled hats

Florence Louise Herdic

Private lives, McClary, Florence Louise Herdic

Photograph of Florence (Flora) Louise Herdic, the daughter of Peter and Amanda Taylor Herdic.

Florence Van Fleet (later Mrs. Moses Lyman) c. 1879

Private Lives, Van Fleet, Florence

Full-length studio portrait. "Sister of Dr. Walter Van Fleet" (on reverse) Gift of Marion B. (Mrs. L.P.) Maynard. The Van Fleet-Lyman marriage took place in August 1892; Dr. Van Fleet was a prominent breeder of roses.