Dates
- Creation: 1853-1958
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. The majority of the collection is available only through microfilm or digital surrogates of the original materials. The following materials are available without restriction: #1-103a, 644-647, 650-6521030-1035, 1041-1047, 1049-1051, 1055-1056, 1059-1068, 1084-1091, 1093-1102, 1107-1109.
Extent
35.46 linear feet (85 file boxes) plus 7 oversize volumes, 39 framed items, 1 folio+ folder, 1 folio folder, 4 reels of microfilm (M-91, M-93, M-108)Biographical / Historical
Grace Hodges Bagley (1860-1944) - social worker and suffragist. She was an early worker at Hull House, Chicago; helped organize the first Juvenile Court and the first Day Nursery for children of working mothers and widowed fathers. While continuing her social work, she actively supported the woman suffrage campaign. She became president of the Equal Suffrage Association of the 10th Norfolk District of Massachusetts; director of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association; vice president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters; and chairman of the Americanization Department of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association and of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.