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[corresponds to page 1 of Lucy Webb Hayes Letter to Rutherford B. Hayes, June 13, 1861]
Lucy W. Hayes
June 13, 1861 [underlined twice]- Mar [underlined twice]
Cincinnati. June 13 th [superscript]
Dearest Ruddy,
I cannot tell you how
happy…

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NEW ENGLAND SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION
South Portland, Maine
and the
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN, INC.
1318 Vermont Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Announce the Launching of the
SS. "Harriet Tubman"
At South Portland, Maine
June…

Caption reads: "Harriet Tubman, the "Moses" of her people, a fugitive who abducted more than three hundred slaves from the Southern States."

This 37.5" x 28.5" (95.25 x 72.39 cm) portrait depicts Rebecca Cromwell Rouse (1799-1887), a Cleveland woman notable for her tireless advancement of the work of Christian benevolent organizations in the 19th century. Her most enduring legacy was the…

This photograph of Sarah Ann (Annie) Turner Wittenmyer (1827-1900) was taken circa 1895. She was born at Sandy Springs, Adams County, Ohio and moved with her husband to Keokuk, Iowa in 1850. During the Civil War (1861-1865) she became known as Iowa's…

[Letter of Mrs. Oran Follett to John Wilbor November 11, 1864]
Sandusky Nov. 11
1864
Mr. Wilbor,
Dr. Sir, You will see by the
Register that we are making an effort to
provide a Thanksgiving dinner for our Soldiers'
families, and we do…

African American women doing laundry outdoors.

Room of African American women sewing.