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
Rose Dabney Forbes (1865-1947) - worker in peace and suffragist causes. She was chairman of the Mass. Branch of the Woman's Peace Party. She helped to create the Massachusetts and Boston Leagues of Women Voters. In 1920 she was elected the first president of the Boston League of Women Voters. When women were given the vote in 1920, she turned her full attention to the cause of peace, campaigning for the League of Nations. She became chairman of the Mass. Committee of One Hundred of the Women's Non-Partisan Committee for the League of Nations.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
General note
Also see WRC - P14 for portrait.
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.