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Letters to Elvira Platt from her sister, 1860-1884

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Women's Suffrage in Iowa

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Title: Letters to Elvira Platt from her sister, 1860-1884
Creator: Darwin, Mary A. P.
Date Created: 1860/1884
Description: Teacher and abolitionist who assisted fleeing slaves on the Underground Railroad while living in Fremont County, Iowa. Taught school to Pawnee children in Pennsylvania and Nebraska.
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Women's suffrage
Women
Mothers
Marriage
Teachers
Public speaking
Voting
Subjects: Platt, Elvira Gaston
Ricketts, Charlotte
Darwin, Mary A. P.
Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
Subject: Time: 1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
Country: United States
State: Iowa
Town: Burlington
Percival
Archival Collection: Elvira Gaston Platt papers
Collection Identifier: IWA0181
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/resources/2235
Series Number: 1
2
Physical Description: 28 × 22 cm
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Rights Management: No known copyright restrictions.
Contact Information: Contact the Iowa Women's Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries: https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/contact/
Item Type (DCMI): Text
Item Type (AAT): Correspondence
Item Type (IMT): jpeg
Identifier: index.cpd