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Lawrence Guitar and Mandolin Club
A portrait of the members of the Lawrence Guitar and Mandolin Club of, possibly, Lawrence, Kansas.
previewAnnie (Le Porte) Diggs
Snyder
A portrait of Annie (Le Porte) Diggs, who was born in 1848 in Canada to an American mother and French father. Two years later the family moved to New Jersey, where she attended school. Diggs moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1873 and married Alvin S. Diggs shortly thereafter. While in Kansas, Diggs began to attend the local Unitarian Church and developed a strong sense of moral responsibility that prompted her to work for temperance and women?s suffrage. During 1882, Diggs and her husband published the newspaper Kansas Liberal, and beginning in 1890 she was the associate editor of the Alliance Advocate. As a radical reformer seeking to wipe out injustice, Diggs also allied herself with the Farmer?s Alliance, aiding in the creation of the People's (Populist) Party, serving on the Populist National Committee, and supporting the fusion of the Populist and Democratic parties in the 1898 election. Throughout this time she continued to work actively for women?s voting rights and served in the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association. In 1898, she was appointed the state librarian of Kansas, and she was also elected president of Kansas Press Women in 1905. Diggs moved to New York City in 1906, where she worked on two publications: The Story of Jerry Simpson (1908) and Bedrock (1912). She relocated to Detroit, Michigan, in 1912 and died there on September 7, 1916.
previewSuffragists, Lawrence, Kansas
A photograph showing suffragists seated in an automobile and holding signs "Vote for women," in Lawrence, Douglas County. The women were participating in an automobile parade at the Douglas County Fair. The women are identified: Mrs. Paul R. Brooks, first president of Douglas County League; Mrs. Frank Strong, wife of the Kansas University chancellor and first vice president of the Douglas County League; Miss Florence Payne, former president of College League; Marcella Chalkley; Mr. Clement Perkins; and Miss Dorothy Williston.
previewHelen M. Hutchinson
Rice photography
Portrait of Helen M. Hutchinson, wife of William Hutchinson.
previewRhoda A. (Mrs. John Henry D.) Brown
DaLee, Amon Gilbert
This carte-de-visite shows Rhoda A. Brown, (d. July 30, 1871 at the age of 37), the wife of Sheriff John Henry D. Brown of Douglas County, Kansas. During Quantrill's raid on the city of Lawrence, Kansas, Rhoda and her sister Maggie Stevens protected the sheriff from Border Ruffians by hiding him under their home. After the attack, nearly 150 men were dead and the town was left in ruins. Henry's second wife was Charlotte Maxon Brown (1840-1924).
previewPharmacy class at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
This photograph shows a pharmacy class at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Dean Lucius E. Sayre, who founded and led the School of Pharmacy from 1885 to 1925, is seated fourth from the right. There are fourteen students visible in the class picture, including two women. Cases filled with bottles of chemicals and pharmacy supplies are visible in the background.
previewFannie Horton
Boyer, Maurice Weimar
A portrait of Fannie Horton, the wife of James C. Horton, who lived in Lawrence, Kansas. James Horton, a Republican, represented District 52, Douglas County, in the 1874 Kansas House of Representatives and District 19, Douglas County, in the 1875 and 1876 Kansas State Senate.
previewWomen's tennis club, Lawrence, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the women's tennis club from Lawrence, Kansas.
previewMary Elizabeth Bliss Haskell
Bowdoin, D.W.
A sepia colored portrait of Mary Elizabeth Bliss Haskell, wife of John Gideon Haskell. The couple married in 1859 at her parents home in Massachusetts and eventually moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 1860. After William Quantrill's raid on the town of Lawrence in 1863, Mary ventured back to her parent's home for her safety and for the safety of her unborn child. In the closing days of the Civil War, Mary and daughter Harriet returned to Lawrence in 1865, to resume their life with John.
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