Biographical materials including French pamphlets of I.W.S.A. personalities

Containers:

Box 22

Component identifier:

File 24

Content Summary:

Includes Carrie Chapman-Catt, Mrs Malaterre-Sellier, Emilie Gourd, Bessie Rischbieth, Maud Wood Park, Jame Page, Rosa Manus, Princesse Alexandrine Gr. Cantacuzene, Mrs F.F. Plaminkova, Belle Sherwin, Ruth Morgan, Lilly Rose Cabrera (Marquise of Ter and Countess of Morella), Dr Paulina Luisi, Dr Alice Salomon, and Frances Sterling. Comprises items 921-940.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bessie Rischbieth bequeathed to the National Library her collection of papers and books in so far as they related to the 'national, empire and/or international development of the modern women's movements', while papers of personal and local interest were bequeathed to the State Library of Western Australia. The papers were received in November 1967, and were augmented by the records of the Australian Federation of Women Voters in 1970.

Subjects:

Women's rights

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