Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

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  • Subject = State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.)

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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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Children of inmates at State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy
Private lives, Social reform, State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.)
Photograph of young children at the State Industrial Home for Women. Some inmates were able to have their young children stay at the Home while they were there.
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Female inmate weaving at the State Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, PA
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Female inmate weaving at the State Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, PA Inmates made many of the furnishing for the Home, including some rugs.
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Inmates at State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Inmates at the State Industrial Home for Women near Muncy, Pennsylvania demonstrate the various occupations for which they might receive training: Housekeeping, nursing, laundry work, and cooking.
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Inmates in the kitchen at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Inmates in the kitchen of the Administrative B uilding at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA. Most likely training in domestic sciences.
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Poultry house at the State Industrial Home for Women, Muncy, PA
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Poultry houses at the State Industrial Home for Women near Muncy, PA. The female inmates raised many different types of poultry for the kitchen at the prison and to sell commercially.
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