Schlesinger Library Newsletter Spring 2013
Florence Julie Lillibridge, high-school graduation photograph, 1937, Vermillion, South Dakota. Lillibridge collection at the Schlesinger LibraryFeatured Newsletter Article
Writing in Code
A LONG LIFE IN SHORTHAND: FLORENCE JULIE LILLIBRIDGE
One woman’s diaries, covering more than 30 years, offer an unexpected riddle.
The stamp issued in 1974 by the United States Postal Service in honor of Elizabeth Blackwell. Courtesy of Schlesinger LibraryElizabeth Blackwell’s Struggle to Become a Doctor
It wasn’t an interest in science or anatomy that motivated Elizabeth Blackwell to become the first woman in America to earn a medical degree; it was a dying friend’s plaint that she would have fared better if she’d had a “lady doctor.”
From 4-H to Judy Chicago
William Simmons ’14 applied for and won a Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowship from the Schlesinger Library. Now he’s writing an article about Eloise Saunders's passion for agriculture and community and curating a show of artist Judy Chicago's work.
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Portrait of Du Bois. Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois. Courtesy Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe InstituteThe Musical Life of Shirley Graham Du Bois
Radcliffe fellow Tsitsi Jaji says, "one of the most valuable aspects of my time at Radcliffe has been having access to the Schlesinger Library's collection of Shirley Graham Du Bois's papers."
Patty Gelfman: Representing Radcliffe College Alumnae
Patty Gelfman ’56 led her Radcliffe class to make a generous gift to the Schlesinger Library for its 50th reunion. That gift has funded the processing of some of the library’s most illustrious collections, including those of Betty Friedan and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Joanna Behrman '13. Photo by Tony RinaldoPhysics Education at Radcliffe and Harvard
Joanna Behrman RI '13 is writing a thesis, even though the Harvard physics department doesn’t require one. Her topic—a comparison of undergraduate physics teaching at Harvard and Radcliffe from 1895 to 1953—led her to the Schlesinger Library.
Portrait of Betty Friedan, ca.1950, from the Papers of Betty Friedan at the Schlesinger LibraryFilms Mine the Archives
Whether airing on your local public television station or playing film festivals around the world, each relies on hours of research and stacks of supporting materials. Where is that research done? Increasingly, the answer is the Schlesinger Library.
Photo by Tony RinaldoEqual Access: From Railcars to Websites
I wanted help learning more about the history of civil rights movements and how separate accommodations were often unequal, and the Schlesinger librarians said, “We can definitely help with that.”
