Collection on women in Alabama

Collection

Identifier: W-0005

No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

The collection includes letters, diaries, and one speech related to individual Alabama women. Several of the letters relate to the life of Mrs. Robert Douglas Johnston, the founder of the Alabama Boys Industrial School. There are also two letters written by Dixie B. Graves, the wife of Alabama governor Bibb Graves. Other notable items include the notebook of a Blocton woman documenting the actions of her abusive husband; a letter from Sue S. White of the National Women's Party discussing the failed suffrage ratification attempts in Alabama; a letter written by Angeline M. Krecker in 1853 describing life in Mobile; and the transcript of a speech delivered by B. F. Eborn in the late nineteenth-century, debating the question, "Is woman really better than man?"

Dates

Creation: 1853-1957

Creator

Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)
Krecker, Angeline M. (Author, Person)
Graves, Dixie B. (Author, Person)
Eborn, B. F. (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

None

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A variety of materials related to several Alabama women, some of whom are well-known in Alabama and the nation, while others were simple women going about their daily lives. This is also the affirmative side of a debate speech presented by Benjamin F. Eborn at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama, on the question "Is Woman Really Better Than Man?"

Physical Location

The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama

Provenance

Gift of A. S. Williams, 2010

Related Materials

There are many manuscript collections, photographs, and books in the the A. S. Williams III Americana Collection that deal with or were created by women. See the staff for assistance.