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Book/Printed Material Address of Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman's National Council of the United States (founded in 1888), at its first triennial meeting, Albaugh's Opera House, Washington, D.C., February 22-25, 1891

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Title

  • Address of Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman's National Council of the United States (founded in 1888), at its first triennial meeting, Albaugh's Opera House, Washington, D.C., February 22-25, 1891

Summary

  • The National Council of Women of the United States was created in 1888 at the recommendation of Elizabeth Cady Stanton to further the goal of women's rights. It includes interesting information on the ideological differences between Willard and Stanton, as well as a discussion of "Scientific Motherhood," and the worldwide WCTU.

Names

  • Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898
  • National Council of Women of the United States. Meeting 1891 : Albaugh's Opera House, Washington, D.C.)
  • Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, former owner
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)
  • YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Rufus H. Darby, Printer, [1891]

Headings

  • -  Women's rights--United States
  • -  Women and religion

Notes

  • -  Cover title.
  • -  HV5089 .Z9 no. 266 With : A city without saloons / W. W. Bennett. Westerville, OH. American Issue Pub. Co. [1913] Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 38 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HV5089 .Z9 no. 266
  • JK1881 .N357 sec. VII, no. 1a, #7 With bookplate of Carrie Chapman Catt. Gift of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Nov. 1, 1938.
  • YA 11415
  • YA 13621
  • HQ1236.5.U6 W5556 1891 Reserve Storage copy signed Adelia F. Doolittle, and has "Memorial Exercises in honor of the late Mrs. Lucy Doolittle ... 1908" laid in.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca00003105

Online Format

  • online text
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  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Willard, Frances E, Washington National Council Of Women Of The United States Meeting 1891: Albaugh'S Opera House, Carrie Chapman Catt, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, and Ya Pamphlet Collection. Address of Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman's National Council of the United States founded in , at its first triennial meeting, Albaugh's Opera House, Washington, D.C., February 22-25, 1891. [Washington, D.C.: Rufus H. Darby, Printer, 1891] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca00003105/.

APA citation style:

Willard, F. E., National Council Of Women Of The United States Meeting 1891: Albaugh'S Opera House, W., Catt, C. C., National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection & Ya Pamphlet Collection. (1891) Address of Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman's National Council of the United States founded in , at its first triennial meeting, Albaugh's Opera House, Washington, D.C., February 22-25, 1891. [Washington, D.C.: Rufus H. Darby, Printer] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca00003105/.

MLA citation style:

Willard, Frances E, et al. Address of Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman's National Council of the United States founded in , at its first triennial meeting, Albaugh's Opera House, Washington, D.C., February 22-25, 1891. [Washington, D.C.: Rufus H. Darby, Printer, 1891] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca00003105/>.