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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Agnes Lydia Loring (Mrs. Benson Bulkeley) Priest, 1907

Loring, Agnes Lydia, Priest, Agnes Lydia Loring (Mrs. Benson Bulkeley), Private Lives, Wedding costume

Young woman in wedding dress. Dress, shoes, glove & veil are part of the Textiles Collection - Lycoming County Historical Society, 81.188

Anna L. Ziegler

Private Lives, Ziegler, Anna L.

Full-length photograph of a young woman, possibly in graduation dress. "Men succeed less by their talents that by their character." The 1900 census records an Anna Ziegler as the 16-year-old daughter of a farmer in Cascade Twp., Lycoming County.

[Annie Hughes]

Private Lives, Hughes, Annie Rotch (Mrs. Daniel)

[Annie Hughes]

Anonymous group of women with children

Private Lives, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport

Photograph of four women and girls standing on porch steps

Anonymous group of women with musical instruments

Private Lives, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport

Photograph of six young women with various brass instruments and a drum. On reverse: "left to right: Laura Lindley, Ruth Robbins, Gladys Robbins, Ivy Whitbeck, Mae Webster, Emma Distol."