Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

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  • Date = 1877

About This Collection

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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ALMOST NINETY-FIVE. Mrs. Margaret Harris [Death notice]
English, John, Harris, Abraham, Harris, Margaret, Obituaries., Private lives
Newspaper article announcing the death of Mrs. Margaret Harris and describing her life in the West Branch Valley. Her father was John English, a soldier in the Revolution, and she was born outside of Jersey Shore, PA, where she married Abraham Harris and raised her family of eleven children. The article provides a glimpse into life in the early days of the county.
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A VETERAN’S WIDOW. A Revolutionary Pensioner Within the Limits of Lycoming County [Catherine Dugan]
Dugan, Catherine, Dugan, Daniel, Private lives
Newspaper article about the life of the oldest resident of Lycoming County in 1877, at the time of the publication of the article. Her husband, Daniel Dugan, fought in the Revolutionary War.
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