Papers of Grace Hodges Bagley in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1905-1945
Overview
Correspondence, notes, etc., of Grace Hodges Bagley, social welfare reformer and suffragist. These papers are part of the Woman's Rights Collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-1945
Creator
- Bagley, Grace Hodges, 1860-1944 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Originals closed; use microfilm, M-133, reel D2
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Grace Hodges Bagley as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 foldersCollection includes correspondence and notes of Bagley, and memorial tribute to Bagley.
BIOGRAPHY
Grace (Hodges) Bagley was born in Champaign, Illinois. She married Frederick Phillips Bagley; they had three children. Bagley devoted much of her life to social welfare. While she lived in Chicago, she was an early worker at Hull-House, helped to organize the first juvenile court and the first day nursery for children of working mothers and widowed fathers in Chicago, and took an active role in educating immigrants for citizenship.
The Bagleys moved to Massachusetts in about 1909; here Bagley continued her social welfare work and actively supported woman suffrage. Her numerous positions included the presidency of the Equal Suffrage Association of the 10th Norfolk District of Massachusetts; she was also director of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association, congressional chairman for Massachusetts for the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and vice president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters. For more information on Bagley's charitable and political interests, see the memorial tribute in the collection.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These papers of Grace Hodges Bagley fill one folder of the Woman's Rights Collection, which was given to Radcliffe College in August 1943 and formed the nucleus of the Women's Archives, later the Schlesinger Library. The material in this folder was prepared for microfilming in July 1989 by Janet Hayashi. It was microfilmed as part of a Schlesinger Library/University Publications of America project.
Creator
- Bagley, Grace Hodges, 1860-1944 (Person)
- Title
- Bagley, Grace Hodges, 1860-1944. Papers of Grace Hodges Bagley in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1905-1945: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01010
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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