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Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Catherine Julia Adams diary and letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2627
Abstract

Diary kept by Catherine J. Adams regarding her daily activities in Hillsboro, Oregon, and participation in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, as well as a typescript copy of a one-page letter from her father, William Bartlit.

Dates: 1878-1887

Julia M. Allen collection of feminist publications, flyers, and posters

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1023
Abstract Publications and other materials relating to women and feminism compiled by Julia M. Allen, including newsletters of A Woman's Place, a feminist bookstore in Portland, Oregon; issues of the women's art and literature magazine Calyx; and flyers and posters for events. Allen was a graduate student and then professor at Portland State University in the 1970s and 1980s, and helped to establish the Women's Studies Certificate Program there. Students in the program organized or participated in...
Dates: 1976-1986

Maryland Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1410
Abstract

Collection includes manuscripts of short stories, novels, essays, and plays; correspondence; and ephemera. Maryland Allen was a Portland, Oregon, author.

Dates: circa 1915-1927

Altrusa Club of Portland scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2835
Abstract

Altrusa Club of Portland is the Portland, Oregon, branch of Altrusa International, Inc. Collection includes scrapbook containing publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings regarding club events and women in Portland business and politics.

Dates: 1966-1988

American Association of University Women Portland Branch records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2964
Abstract

Records and memorabilia of the Portland, Oregon, branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), as well as records of its parent organizations, AAUW of Oregon and the national AAUW. The AAUW Portland Branch was founded in 1905, and throughout its history has advocated for women's college education and equitable treatment.

Dates: 1906-2023

Eleanor F. Baldwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2106
Abstract

Eleanor F. Baldwin wrote a column, "The Woman's Point of View," in the Evening Telegram (Portland, Oregon), which highlighted women's reform concerns. Papers include manuscript and typescript correspondence, 1909-1927, regarding her column and her other literary activities. Also included are poetry and other writings.

Dates: 1909-1927

Lola Greene Baldwin collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 388
Abstract

Papers, photographs, and scrapbooks of Lola Greene Baldwin, Portland, Oregon's first policewoman, compiled by Marian E. Hays.

Dates: 1827-1995

Lillian Robertson Blankenbeckler diary

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 235
Abstract

Diary by an Oregon woman who lived in Portland, Cannon Beach, and elsewhere. Diary begins when the author was 14 in 1910 and attended Sellwood School in Portland. Entries relate to daily life, school, work, friends, family, and travel.

Dates: circa 1910-1974

Oral history interview with Ann M. Bohrer

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9361
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ann M. Bohrer conducted by Patricia Keith on May 12, 1980. Bohrer discusses her experiences as a woman aviator in Portland, Oregon, in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1980 May 12

Nettie Rankin Bolland papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2584
Abstract Nettie Rankin Bolland was a graduate of the University of Oregon Law School, a teacher at High School of Commerce (later Cleveland High School) in Portland, Oregon, and president of the Portland High School Teachers Association, the Portland Federation of Women's Organizations, the Republican Women's Club, and the Queen's Bench. Collection includes correspondence, reports, programs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and memorabilia regarding Bolland's involvement with the Portland Federation...
Dates: 1907-1952