Objects — 75 Stories, 75 Years

75 Stories, 75 Years

Mark Ethan Smith’s affidavit for legal name change, 1981

Mark Ethan Smith’s affidavit for legal name change, 1981

Heather MinMarch 9, 2018

Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773

Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773

Heather MinMarch 8, 2018

Original score, Tom-Tom, by Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1932

Original score, Tom-Tom, by Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1932

Heather MinMarch 7, 2018

Birth control pills, n.d.

Birth control pills, n.d.

Heather MinMarch 6, 2018

National Organization for Women (NOW) founding documents, 1966–1968

National Organization for Women (NOW) founding documents, 1966–1968

Heather MinMarch 5, 2018

Anna Chennault’s diary, 1957

Anna Chennault’s diary, 1957

Heather MinMarch 4, 2018

Edith Hall Plimpton’s gymnasium suit, 1896

Edith Hall Plimpton’s gymnasium suit, 1896

Heather MinMarch 3, 2018

Collection of 14 post–World War II posters, 1970–1993

Collection of 14 post–World War II posters, 1970–1993

Heather MinMarch 2, 2018

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Radcliffe's first antiquarian book, 1599

Julia and Paul Child Valentine’s Day portrait, 1958

Edith Hall Plimpton’s gymnasium suit, 1896

Collection of 14 post–World War II posters, 1970–1993

Alice Paul’s copy of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, 1963

"Men Love Peppy Girls" poster, Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, 1936

Alford Lake Camp film, ca. 1944

Metal suffrage bluebird, 1915

Scrapbook of Victoria Ogden Howarth, 1907–1911

Kotex dispenser, ca. 1940

Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773

Camp Fire Girls dress, 1973

Women’s Rights Collection founding documents and photo, 1943

Bill of sale for Thankfull, 1803

Ana Livia Cordero’s medical bag, n.d.

Vials of smallpox vaccine, ca. 1969–1970

Mark Ethan Smith’s affidavit for legal name change, 1981

Corita Kent serigraph, 1976

Lamaze film, 1968

Notable American Women (5 vols), 1971, 1980, 2004

Amelia Earhart’s lei, 1935

Visible Woman, 1959, and Boston Association for Childbirth Education newsletter, 1968

Flo Kennedy’s brown suede cowboy hat, and a photo of her wearing it, ca. 1974

Dorothy West’s writing desk, n.d.

Eleanor Skelton Cash diary on rolls of toilet paper, 1986

History of Woman Suffrage with Susan B. Anthony inscription, 1902

Candida Royalle’s ballet shoes, 1965, and diary, 1971–1974

ERA march footage, 1978

Play Safe sex kit, ca. 1980s

The Life and Times of Butch Dykes, zine, 2009

Daguerreotype of a woman breast-feeding, ca. 1850

Original score, Tom-Tom, by Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1932

Death mask of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1935

Women of Courage portraits, 1981

“Little Wooly Book,” or WWII secret intelligence book, 1944

Women's Army Corps uniform, 1943–1945

Hairwork album of Etta Smith, 1858–1924

Birth control pills, n.d.

Anne Burton manuscript cookbook with medicinal recipes, 1742

World War II–era cookbook, ration coins, and ration card, ca. 1941–1945

National Organization for Women (NOW) founding documents, 1966–1968

Anna Chennault’s diary, 1957

Jessie Tarbox Beals’s first camera, 1888

Thou Art the Mother Womb, Judy Chicago, ca. 1980–1985

Vials of smallpox vaccine, ca. 1969–1970

Romance novels, ca. 1990s

Mildred Jefferson’s US Senate campaign hat, and photo with Phyllis Schlafly, 1998

History of Woman Suffrage with Susan B. Anthony inscription, 1902

Jell-O culinary pamphlet, 1933

Beatrice Jeannette Whiting's sewing exercise book, ca. 1915

Stereographs of Radcliffe College, ca. 1940

Radcliffe admissions video, 1953

Notable American Women (5 vols), 1971, 1980, 2004

Diorama of Radcliffe Yard, 1978

The Bride’s Cook Book, 1908

Industrial Toxicology, 1949, and photos of its authors, Alice Hamilton and Harriet L. Hardy, 1957

Sarah Wyman Whitman stained glass and book design work, ca. 1904

Moving Violations Motorcycle Club embroidered denim jacket, ca. 1985

Woman’s Land Army buckle and photo, 1919

"Pornography and Male Supremacy" program and Second Century debate coverage, 1981

YMCA poster by Neysa McMein, 1917

Posters from Women’s March and March for Life, 2017

Etiquette book, 1896

Natalie Stark Crouter's diary, ca. 1941–1945

Black Women’s Oral History Project interview with Pleasant Harrison, 1979, and Chinese-American Women Oral History Project interview with Ai-Li Shen Chin, 1994

Oil portraits by Gardner Cox, 1969 and 1942

Radcliffe College Archives card catalog, ca. 2007

Fashion and lifestyle magazines, ca. 2014–2015

In the Realm of Utopian Desires, 1996

Pauli Murray letter and photo of her ordination, 1977

Gamble family photo album, 1908

Baby book, 1943–1948

First edition of Our Bodies Our Selves, 1971, and meeting minutes, 1973

Lambskin condom, 19th century

Great Southeast Lesbian Conference t-shirt, 1975

Ann Maria Davison diary, 1859

NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund button, ca. 1973