Call Number:

SC.179

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet. (1 v. + 1 folder.))

Language:

English

Date:

1900-1917 (inclusive)

Creator:

Jackson, Anna M. (Anna Margaret), 1848-1920, Jackson, William M. (William Morris), 1837-1919, Chapman, Mariana W. (Mariana Wright), 1843-1907, Wilbur, Henry Watson, 1851-1914, Wright, Phebe C., Friends Equal Rights Association (New York, N.Y.), and New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1955). Philanthropic Committee

Abstract:

Minutes of the Friends Equals Rights Association, 1900-1905 and 1915-1917, and miscellaneous papers.

Formed in 1900 by members of the Philanthropic Committee of New York Yearly Meeting, the Friends Equal Rights Association promoted equal rights for men and women, focusing on universal suffrage. A number of prominent New York Quakers were members, including William and Anne M. Jackson, Phebe C. Wright, Henry W. Wilbur and Mariana W. Chapman.