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Belle Robinson diary, 1875-1877

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Title: Belle Robinson diary, 1875-1877
Creator: Robinson, Belle, 1862-1887
Date Created: 1875/1877
Description: Diary kept by Belle Robinson (1862-1887), of Dubuque, Iowa. The middle child of three sisters, Belle's personality was shaped by her family's focus on education and equality. Her father, Frank, was a lawyer with a private practice in Dubuque. Her mother, Laura, was an early member of the Dubuque Ladies’ Literary Association, one of the first women's clubs in the United States. She also fought for women's suffrage. Belle died in 1887, ten years after she completed her diary. She had a long battle with what was probably tuberculosis. She was 25 years old.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Children
Girls
Subject: Time: 1870-1880
Subject: Place: United States -- Iowa -- Dubuque
Archival Collection: Robinson-Lacy family papers
Collection Identifier: IWA0424
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/resources/2262
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Date Digital: 2006-11
Rights Management: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Contact Information: Contact the Iowa Women's Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/iwa/
Item Type (DCMI): Text
Item Type (AAT): Diaries
Item Type (IMT): jpeg