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- Portrait of Horace Mann - Horace Mann (1796-1859) was an influential education reformer from Massachusetts from the 1830s to the 1850s. He advocated for free, universal public education (supported by the state) and professional teacher training. Mann believed these and other ground-breaking reforms offered all students the same body of knowledge and an equal opportunity in life, as well as instilling a greater feeling of unity among American citizens.
- December 17, 1934
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Portrait of Horace Mann
Horace Mann (1796-1859) was an influential education reformer from Massachusetts from the 1830s to the 1850s. He advocated for free, universal public education (supported by the state) and professional teacher training. Mann believed these and other ground-breaking reforms offered all students the same body of knowledge and an equal opportunity in life, as well as instilling a greater feeling of unity among American citizens.
- Jane Addams, 1914 - Prominent Progressive Era reformer Jane Addams dedicated her life to the settlement house movement, labor reform, women's rights, and world peace. Addams - founder of Chicago's Hull House, charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union - was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1914
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Jane Addams, 1914
Prominent Progressive Era reformer Jane Addams dedicated her life to the settlement house movement, labor reform, women's rights, and world peace. Addams - founder of Chicago's Hull House, charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union - was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Cornelia Pinchot with Her Son, Gifford Bryce Pinchot, 1917-1921 - Cornelia Pinchot, pictured here with her only child, was the wife of pioneer conservationist Gifford Pinchot and a Progressive Era reformer. Pinchot was active in the American fight for women's suffrage, which culminated with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920. The amendment prohibited the right to vote from being denied based on sex.
- 1917-1921
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Cornelia Pinchot with Her Son, Gifford Bryce Pinchot, 1917-1921
Cornelia Pinchot, pictured here with her only child, was the wife of pioneer conservationist Gifford Pinchot and a Progressive Era reformer. Pinchot was active in the American fight for women's suffrage, which culminated with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920. The amendment prohibited the right to vote from being denied based on sex.
- Portrait of Horace Mann - Horace Mann (1796-1859) was an influential education reformer from Massachusetts from the 1830s to the 1850s. He advocated for free, universal public education (supported by the state) and professional teacher training. Mann believed these and other ground-breaking reforms offered all students the same body of knowledge and an equal opportunity in life, as well as instilling a greater feeling of unity among American citizens.
- 1900
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Portrait of Horace Mann
Horace Mann (1796-1859) was an influential education reformer from Massachusetts from the 1830s to the 1850s. He advocated for free, universal public education (supported by the state) and professional teacher training. Mann believed these and other ground-breaking reforms offered all students the same body of knowledge and an equal opportunity in life, as well as instilling a greater feeling of unity among American citizens.
- Bookplate of William Dudley Foulke and Mary Taylor Reeves Foulke, circa 1880 - Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- circa 1880
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Bookplate of William Dudley Foulke and Mary Taylor Reeves Foulke, circa 1880
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- Record Album, "This Land is Your Land, Songs of Social Justice," 1964 -
- October 01, 1964
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Record Album, "This Land is Your Land, Songs of Social Justice," 1964
- Lithograph, "T.W. Dorr Inaugurated Governor of Rhode Island, May 3, 1842" - In the 1840s, Thomas Dorr advocated for expanded voting rights in Rhode Island, where only a small group could vote. Dorr championed the People's constitution (with greater suffrage rights) and was elected governor--a claim disputed by the state's existing government. Support for Dorr's claim faltered as negotiations became embroiled in national and sectional politics. An attempt to overtake the government by force (the "Dorr Rebellion") failed.
- 1845-1847
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Lithograph, "T.W. Dorr Inaugurated Governor of Rhode Island, May 3, 1842"
In the 1840s, Thomas Dorr advocated for expanded voting rights in Rhode Island, where only a small group could vote. Dorr championed the People's constitution (with greater suffrage rights) and was elected governor--a claim disputed by the state's existing government. Support for Dorr's claim faltered as negotiations became embroiled in national and sectional politics. An attempt to overtake the government by force (the "Dorr Rebellion") failed.
- Betzy Kjelsberg, circa 1920 - This portrait shows Norwegian politician and feminist Betsy Kjelsberg (1866-1950). Kjelsberg was a social welfare pioneer who became Norway's first female factory investigator. She also fought for women's suffrage, worked to create several activist organizations, and was the first woman to serve on the board of the Liberal Party of Norway.
- circa 1920
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Betzy Kjelsberg, circa 1920
This portrait shows Norwegian politician and feminist Betsy Kjelsberg (1866-1950). Kjelsberg was a social welfare pioneer who became Norway's first female factory investigator. She also fought for women's suffrage, worked to create several activist organizations, and was the first woman to serve on the board of the Liberal Party of Norway.
- Vivian Pierce, 1910-1920 - Vivian Pierce participated in the American struggle for women's suffrage. She edited the <em>National Suffrage</em> publication, picketed the White House, and served as an organizer for the National Woman's Party. Pierce and fellow suffragists succeeded -- the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which legally prohibited the right to vote from being denied based on sex, was ratified in 1920.
- 1910-1920
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Vivian Pierce, 1910-1920
Vivian Pierce participated in the American struggle for women's suffrage. She edited the National Suffrage publication, picketed the White House, and served as an organizer for the National Woman's Party. Pierce and fellow suffragists succeeded -- the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which legally prohibited the right to vote from being denied based on sex, was ratified in 1920.
- Letter from Horace Mann in Response to a Request for an Autograph, January 14, 1857 - Horace Mann (1796-1859) was an influential education reformer from Massachusetts from the 1830s to the 1850s. He advocated for free, universal public education (supported by the state) and professional teacher training. Mann believed these and other ground-breaking reforms offered all students the same body of knowledge and an equal opportunity in life, as well as instilling a greater feeling of unity among American citizens.
- January 14, 1857
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Letter from Horace Mann in Response to a Request for an Autograph, January 14, 1857
Horace Mann (1796-1859) was an influential education reformer from Massachusetts from the 1830s to the 1850s. He advocated for free, universal public education (supported by the state) and professional teacher training. Mann believed these and other ground-breaking reforms offered all students the same body of knowledge and an equal opportunity in life, as well as instilling a greater feeling of unity among American citizens.