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"Remember the Ladies" Exhibit, Plymouth, Massachusetts" of the Frances K. Pullen Papers
at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Ribbon Cutting, Remember the Ladies Exhibit, June 29, 1976
We are in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed in
search of religious freedom. We are here to honor the
михидихи unsung women, who helped win our National
indepandence. And in remembering them, we focus attention
on the unfinished business of our Revolution full
freedom and justice for women.
Abigail Adams wrote her husband asking *xamber
"remember the ladies" in the new code of laws. He
replied: "Depend MpeM on it, we know better than to
repeal our masculine systems."
But at long last, the repeal is underway and
going strong. Thanks to some determined ladies of 1976,
many Americans will learn of the ****** contributions of
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the ladies of 1776. A look back at the talents and
achievements of those women musting The new
visibility and participation of women in American life
draws strength from a look back. And I hope this exhibit
will XNXX
UP - 105
(BETTY)
PLYMOUTH, MASS. (UPI) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD MADE A
NO N POLITICAL VISIT TO THIS HISTORIC COLONIAL TOWN TUESDAY TO JOIN
SEVERAL OTHER LEADING AMERICAN WOMEN IN DEDICATING A BICENTENNIAL ART
EXHIBIT.
MRS. FORD WAS GREETED BY SOME 1,000 WOMEN WHOSE CHEERS DROWNED OUT
CHANTS OF A SMALL GROUP OF PLACARD -TOTING DEMONSTRATORS PROTESTING
HER ENDORSEMENT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.
JOINING MRS. FORD IN THE CEREMONIES TO OPEN THE EXHIBIT CALLED
"REMEMBER THE LADIES - WOMEN IN AMERICA 1750-1815," WERE JOAN KENNEDY,
NANCY KISSINGER, REP. MARGARET HECKLER, R -MASS., AND MASSACHUSETTS
FIRST LADY KITTY DUKAKIS.
ALTHOUGH RAIN DAMPENED THE MORNING, THE SUN HAD POPPED OUT WHEN
MRS. FORD, UNDER HEAVY SECRET SERVICE ESCORT, ARRIVED AT THE PLYMOUTH
YACHT CLUB SHORTLY BEFORE 12:30P .M. FOR A BRIEF LUNCHEON WITH THE
OTHER GUESTS.
THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION, SPONSORED BY CLAIROL AND PHILIP
MORRIS, INC., WITH FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FOR THE ARTS
AND HUMANITIES, WAS BASED ON A REQUEST ABIGAIL ADAMS ONCE MADE OF HER
HUSBAND, JOHN ADAMS.
IN FORMULATING THE LAWS OF THE NEW AMERICAN NATION IN 1775, MRS.
ADAMS WROTE, "I DESIRE YOU REMEMBER THE LADIES AND BE MORE GENEROUS
AND FAVORABLE TO THEM THAN YOUR ANCESTORS."
UPI 06-29 04:37 PED
REMARKS--Ribbon Cutting, "Remeber the Ladies Exhibit,
19, 1976
We are in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed in search of
religious freedom. We are here to honor the unsung women, who
helped win our National independence. And in remembering them,
we focus attention on the unfinished business of our Revolution
full freedom and justice for women.
Abigail Adams wrote her husband asking "remember the ladies"
in the new code of laws. He replied: "Depend on it, we know
better than to repeal our masculine systems."
But at long last, the repeal is underway and going strong.
and to members of the Pilgrim society & Plynicreth Antiquarien
Thanks to some determined ladies in 1976 many Americans Society
will learn of the talents and achievements of the ladies in 1776.
But, most of all, this exhibit about these neglected Americans
should give us the strength and they courage to seek equal rights and
responsibilities for women today.
I look for the day when America fully honors Abigail Adams'
request, because then the promises of the Declaration of Independence
will have new meaning for all Americans.
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Ribbon Cutting, Remember the Ladies Exhibit, Junex 29, 1976
We are in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed in
search of religious freedom. We are here to honor the
unsung women, who helped win our National independence.
And we are here to focus attention on the unfinished
business of our Revolution full freedom and justice
for women.
Abigail Adams wrote her husband asking "remember
the ladies" in the new code of laws. He replied:
"Depend on it, we know better than to repeal our masculine
systmes. " A But at long last, the repeal is underway
and going strong.
this exhibit recognizes
Thanks to some determined ladies in 1976, the
contributions of the ladies of 1776
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changes needed to honor Abigail Adams request of so
long ago. But surely she would be proud to know
her words ********* inspire us
to keep up the fight for fM EM4 equal rights and responsibilities
for women.
Ribbon Cutting, Remember the Ladies Exhibit, June 29, 1976
We are in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed in search
of religious freedom. We are here to honor the unsung
women, who helped win our National independence. And in
remembering them, we focus attention on the unfinished
business of our Revolution full freedom and justice for
women.
Abigail Adams asked her husband to "remember the
ladies" in the new code of laws. He wrote her back:
"Depend on it, we know better than to repeal our
masculine systems. = But at long last, the repeal is
underway and going strong.
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Americans will be reminded of the contributions of the
ladies of 1776. This look back at the talents and
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Ribbon Cutting, Remember the Ladies Exhibit, June 29, 1976
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We are in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed
in search of religious freedom. We are here to honor
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of that Revolution full freedom and justice for women.
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asking "remember the ladies" in the new code of laws,
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Ribbon Cutting, Remember the Ladies Exhibit, June 29, 1976
When Abigail Adams wrote her husband asking "remember
the ladies, " he wrote back: "Depend on it, we know better
than to repeal our masculine systems." That exchange has
been repeated in many forms during our two hundred years.
And today on the eve of our Bicentennial celebration,
full justice and freedom for women remain the unfinished
business of the American Revolution.
But surely Abigail Adams would be pleased at with
our progress, although amazed
Ribbon Cutting, Remember the Ladies Exhibit, June 29, 1976
When Abigail Adams wrote her husband asking "remember
the ladies," the reply was one that has become all too
familiar in America's history
PLYMOUTH, MASS. (UPI) -- MRS. BETTY FORD HAS PAID SPECIAL TRIBUTE
TO THE "FOUNDING MOTHERS" " OF AMERICA IN A VISIT TO PLYMOUTH, THE
HISTORIC OCEANSIDE TOWN WHERE THE PILGRIMS LANDED IN 1620.
JOINING MRS. FORD WERE MASSACHUSETTS FIRST LADY KATHERINE "KITTY"
DUKAKIS, MRS. JOAN KENNEDY, MRS. NANCY KISSINGER AND U.S. REP.
MARGARET HECKLER, R -MASS.
THE FIRST LADY "S VISIT TUESDAY WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPENING
OF A BICENTENNIAL ART EXHIBIT: "REMEMBER THE LADIES -- WOMEN IN
AMERICA 1750-1815."
"WE ARE HERE IN PLYMOUTH WHERE THE PILGRIMS LANDED; WE ARE HERE TO
HONOR THE UNS UNG WOMEN WHO HELPED WIN OUR INDEPENDENCE, MRS. FORD
SAID IN REMARKS AT DEDICATION CEREMONIES FOR THE EXHIBIT.
THE EXHIBIT IS COMMERCIALLY SPONSORED WITH FUNDING FROM THE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FOR THE ARIS AND HUMANITIES.
Mrs. Ford Helps 'Remember th
By JUDY KLEMESRUD
tion," Mrs. Ford said, shortly
courage to seek equal rights
Alison Buckholtz, which said
Special to The New York Times
before cutting a white ribbon
for women today."
in part, "Why can't women
PLYMOUTH, Mass., June
marking the opening of the
The hecklers carried signs
be equal? Men are. Why can't
29-Three of Washington's
exhibition, "and to focus at-
reading "Stop ERA" and
women? Men say women can't
most prominent political
tion on the unfinished busi-
"Equal Rights Amendment
be equal. That's not fair to
wives-Betty Ford, Nancy
ness of our revolution for
Stamps Out the Family," and
girls and women. I'm going
Kissinger and Joan Kennedy
full freedom and justice for
they occasionally chanted,
to write to the Governor so
-gathered on the steps of
women."
"Go away, ERA." Advocates
he can change the law."
Pilgrim Hall here today for
Mrs. Ford, who was dressed
of the amendment countered
The exhibition, housed on
the opening of a major Bi-
in a white knit dress by
by chanting "ERA, all the
two floors of Pilgrim Hall
centennial exhibition about
Cloria-Sachs, drew mild boos
way."
Revolutionary War era wo-
Protesters Chan#
and in the nearby Antiquari-
from a small. group of anti-
ERA demonstrators in the
an House, consists of 213 ob-
men, called "Remember the
The protesters broke into
crowd of about 1,000 persons
jects dealing with American
Ladies."
gathered in front of the hall,
the chant again after Mrs.
women-rich and poor, black,
"We're here to honor the
when she said, "This exhibit
Ford finished reading a letter
white and Indian-and their
unsung women who helped
about neglected. Americans
to President Ford from a 61/2-
lives in the period between
to win our national revolu-
should give as strength and
year-old South Carolina girl,
1750 and 1815.
Why did the planners stop
at 1815 rather tha going up
to the present?
"Because we wanted to
show what revolutionary cra
women were like," said Linda
Grant Depauw, the exhibi-
tion's historian. "It was a
time when all women were
working in the same occupa-
tions as men, and had equal
pay and far more legal free-
dom and political rights than
our own time. They were
more liberated than at any
time since."
This all changed when the
Industrial Revolution came
along," she said. "The afflu-
ence that occurred turned
them into dependent women,"
she said.
The exhibition will be at
Plymouth, the landing place
of the Pilgrims, through Sept.
26, and then will move out to
Atlanta, Washington. Chicago,
Austin, Tex., and New York
where it will end on June 15,
1977.
'A Dull Life'
In includes a number of
portraits of the period's out-
standing women, including
Abigail Adams, Martha Wash-
ington, and Mercy Otis War-
ЭТП
ren. There are ball gowns
and a maternity dress, as
well as a 17th-century sex
manual published in Philadel-
phia, a wig curler, an 18th-
century Hanuukah. lamp,
Christnia Gatler's testimony
of rape by British soldiers
during the Revolutionary
War and an exhibit of cloth-
ing worn by the war's camp
followers.
Near Martha Washington's
portrait is a portion of a let-
ter she wrote while First
The New York Times/Arthur Grace
Lady to a cousin in Virginia,
Betty Ford pauses at a display of an 18th-century
which says, in part: "I live
a very dull life here and
know nothing that passes in
corset at 'Remember the Ladies" exhibition in Plymouth,
the town-I never go to any-
publick place-indeed Fthink
Mass. "I' just grateful I didn't have to live in
I am more like a state pris-
oner than anything else
that day," she said. "I would never be able to get ready."
The display of a, woman
being trussed into one of the
6/30/76
e Ladies' of Revolutionary Era
tight corsets of the period
sherbert in the Plymouth
of John and Abigail Adams.
especially appealed to her
caused Mrs. Ford to laugh
Yacht Club..
012
Mrs. Kennedy, who was
was "how the ordinary wom-
during her tour of the exhibi-
Another executive, David
wearing a white sheath
en lived in those days."
tion this afternoon.
Mahoney, chief executive of-
dress with a red and blue
Among the other promin-
"I'm just grateful: I didn't
ficer of Norton Simon, re-
stripe running around it, and
ent guests at the festivities
have to live in. that day,"
fused to join the head table,
Mrs. Kissinger, who was
were representative Margaret
and
she said. "I would never be
where he was supposed to
wearing a white dress with
Heckler of Massachusetts,
12
able to get ready."
sit by Mrs. Kissinger, after
navy polka dots, were said
Elly Peterson and Liz Car-
At a nearby statue of Molly
he was late for the grand
to have ben extremely valu-
penter, co-chairmen of E. R:
Pitcher, Mrs. Ford was told
entrance and was then forc-
able in raising money for
America, and Kitty Dukakis,
by Conover Hunt, the exhibi-
ibly stopped by Secret Serv-
the exhibition.
wife of the Massachusetts
tion's curator, that there
icemen when he attempted to
"Nancy was in and out of
Governor.
never was a real Molly
join the group.
that car of hers in the slush
When several feminist-ori-
Pitcher. She said that that
Raising Money
and the mud, raising funds,"
ented women complained
name had been used to sym-
Mrs. Brandon said. "They
that the title of the exhibi-
bolize the heroism of women
Several members of the
also helped in cutting some
tion should have been "Re-
who fought in the American
exhibition and Mrs. Ford's
of the red tape in getting
member the Women" rather.
Revolution.
staff later pleaded with Mr.
portraits out of museums and
than "Remember the Ladies,"
"That's disappointing,
Mahoney to join the group,
other things."
Miss Hunt pointed out that
Mrs. Ford said. A received
but he refused, opting to stay
outside in the parking lot
Mrs. Kennedy, who in the
from Abigail Adams's written
the Molly Pitcher Award
request to herrhusband John.
A
instead.
past had helped her friend
that. in formulating the laws
once."
at
"Our missing guest is be--
Mrs. Brandon save a number
of the new nation, he should
National Director
having just. like at woman,"
of saltbox houses from de-
"Remember the ladies and be
Noticeably missing from
commented Abigail Adams
struction in Plymouth, said
more generous and favorable
the exhibition was. Martha
Manny, a direct descendent
the part of the exhibition that
to them than your ancestors.'
Washington's bathing suit,
which had been mentioned
among the items in earlier
lo
publicity material
"I bemoan the loss of
Martha Washington's bathing
suit," Miss Hunt said. "It's
at Mount Vernon. They just
won't loan it out." She de-
scribed the bathing suittas a
grayish brown
'perfectly
plain homespun shift.'
The exhibition was the in-
spiration of Mabel (Muffie)
Brandon, a Plymouth and
Washington resident who got
the idea in 1975 after work-
ing to save Mercy Otis War-
ren's home from extinction
here. She is now the exhibi-
tion's national director.
"This exhibit has, two
areas of great disappoint-
ment to me," Mrs. Brandon
said. "We have very little
material on black women and
Indian women. Their story
has been extremely difficult
to document, and as = result,
I feel thhat their story has
not been told.
Forcibly Stopped
She said the exhibition
cost about $550,000 and that
it had been sponsored by
grants from the Philip Mor-
ris Corporation and Clairol,
with additional funding from
the National Endowment for
the Arts and the National
Endowment for the Humani-
ties. She refused to specify
how much each sponsor had
contributed.
Joan Kennedy looks the Abigail Adams exhibit
Executives of the two cor
porations were seated at the
in Pilgrim Hall. Mrs. Kennedy played an active role in
head table next to Mrs. Ford
Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Kis-
the past in helping to save a number of saltbox
singer, at a luncheon of
lobster salad and raspberry
houses in Plymouth that were marked for destruction.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 18, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
FROM:
PETER FAN SORUM
SUSAN PORTER
SUBJECT:
Action Memo
Mrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-town invitation:
EVENT: Opening of Special Bicentennial Exhibition "Remember the
Ladies: Women in America 1750-1815"
GROUP: The Pilgrim Society
The Plymouth Antiquarian Society
The Plymouth County Development Council
The Plymouth Bicentennial Commission
DATE: Tuesday, June 29, 1976
TIME: To be determined
12:30 Luncheon (Yacht Club)
2:30 Official Opening (Pilgrim Hall Museum)
PLACE: Plymouth, Massachusetts
CONTACT: Mabel H. Brandon
H: (202) 232-6551
New York: (212) 361-0400
After Sunday, , June 20th: (617) 746-6420
COMMENTS: Mrs. Ford, the National Honorary Patroness of the Exhibition,
will participate in the opening of the Bicentennial Exhibition
entitled "Remember the Ladies : Women in America 1750-1815"
based on the famous admonishment of Ab/gail Adams to her
husband. As the background material reflects, the basic theme
of the Exhibition is to show the profound change which took
place in the Revolutionary period in the lives of American
women. 20 national women's groups are involved and the leading
scholar of women's colonial history, Professor Linda Grant
De Pauw of George Washington University, has done much of the
scholarly work. Mrs. Brandon is very much hoping Mrs. Ford
will attend the luncheon at the Yacht Club beside the Mayflower
and then participate in the ribbon-cutting of the Exhibition
at Plymouth Hall. It is my strong inclination that although
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attending the luncheon would be a nice thing, in order
to pare Mrs. Ford's time commitment, it would be best to
attend only the official opening at 2:30. This would
enable Mrs. Ford to leave the White House later and I
expect the press and photos would be best from this
section of the program. She may also wish to see the
Mayflower and Plymouth Rock while she is there.
This Exhibition has had widespread publicity and is
probably the finest exhibition relating to women to come
out of the Bicentennial. Many outstanding women have
been interested in it and I believe Mrs. Onassis has done
some of the editorial work at Viking Press in association
with the Exhibition.
Following the opening, Mrs. Ford will travel to Mike and
Gayle Ford's home in Essex, Massachusetts, for a private
visit with them and will return to Washington the morning
of July 1st.
The file is attached. Thank you.
c: BF Staff
Red Cavaney
William Nicholson
Jerry Jones
Terry O'Donnell
Warren Hendriks
Max Friedersdorf
Jeanne Holm
Sara Massengale
Milt Milter
Steve McConahey
Rex Scouten
Staircase
remember the ladies"
Women in America 1750-1815
January 22, 1976
Ms Sheila Weidenfeld
The White House
Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sheila;
This is just a short note to amplify my note of
a few days ago. I think that a really original and brilliant
suggestion has been made concerning Mrs Ford's trip to Plymouth
and I wanted your reaction:
That a luncheon be held on the lovely grassy lawn
of the dock beside the Mayflower - -with guests boarding on
and off at their leisure - with 18th century food; served
by women in 18th century costime from an 18th century menu
which would be printed in 18th century script. It's kinda
schmaltzy but I think that it would be pictorially wonderful
and very original and nice. I look forward to your reaction.
All goes well here and I hope the same is true
with you.
Warmest greetings,
muffiz B/.
Mabel H Brandon:
3067 Whitehaven st NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
AMERICAN REVOLUTION WEENTENNING
1776-1976
Sponsors/The Pilgrim Society: Lawrence D. Geller, Director; The Plymouth Antiquarian Society; Plymouth County Development Council,
The Plymouth Bicentenniai Commission. Curator/K. Conover Hunt. Catalogue/Professor Linda Grant De Pauw, George Washington Univer
Washington, D.C. Exhibition Design/Educational Exhibitors, Inc., Roslyn Heights, New York. Research Historian/Miriam Schneir. Exhibi
a special destiny
AMERICAN
Women in America 1750-1815
1778-19
75 Court Street
Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
January 16, 1976
Ms Shbila Weidenfeld
The Office of Mrs Gerald Ford
The White House
Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.
Dear
Shiela:
shaila
-
Thank you SO much for sparing me a few minutes the other
day SO that I could move ahead on the plans for Mrs Ford officiating
in Plymouth on June 29th. You have been most helpful ever since the
beginning and I look forward SO much to giving you and Mrs Ford a
grand day in Plymouth in the near future - don't let it rain.
Within the next 10 days Mrs Ford will be receiving
invitations from the presidents of both the Pilgrim Society and the
Plymouth Antiquarian Society as well as the Chairman of the Board
of Selectmen ( our quaint governing body) and Kitty Dukakis, the
wife of the Governor. The letters will state the date because I
felt that you would wish some options as to the time of day for
the actual opening ceremony and perhaps some other events scheduled
as well.
You felt that we could come up with something more imagin-
ative than a tea. What about one of the following:
1. Luncheon with the city fathers and the presidents of -12:30
Clairol and Philip Morris and the women who really created the
exhibition and other distinguished out-of-town guests aboard the
Mayflower. Terrific photographically: never been done; will delight
the secdet service as it is at the end of a long pier.
2. Luncheon at the Plymouth Platation: the replica of
the first Pilgrim settlement one mile south of town overlooking
the Bay.
3. An evening dinner at Pilgrim Hall.
4. Tea on the lawn of the Plymouth Antiquarian House
overloo king the harbor after the opening ceremonies. This may still
not appeal, but it is a lovely site and Mrs Ford could then meet
a larger number of people than at a luncheon.
Sponsors/The Pilgrim Society: Lawrence D. Geller, Director; The Plymouth Antiquarian Society; Plymouth County Development Council, I
The Plymouth Bicentennial Commission. Curator/K. Conover Hunt. Catalogue/Professor Linda Grant De Pauw, George Washington Univer:
Washington, D.C. Exhibition Design/Educational Exhibitors, Inc., Roslyn Heights, New York. Research Historian/Miriam Schneir. Exhibi
Coordinator/Mabel H. Brandon, Executive Secretary/Anita Franks.
fuced
in
cooperation
County
Development
Council,
Inc.
a special destiny
AMEIDICAN REVOLUTION
Women in America 1750-1815
1778-1976
75 Court Street
Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
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Do let me know what kind of an event Mrs Ford would like
and I am sure that there will be no problem. Everyone wants to
please her and to make the day as pleasant as possible for her.
There is a group called the Women's Coalition for the Third
Century who would very much like to present her with their
declaration of " Interdepenence" some time that day. I have said
that I would ask you and let them know. They are marvelous,
disorganised, well-meaning and nifty women from 10 national
organisations who incorporated themselmes as the only national
womens coalition concerned with women's programs during the
Bicentennial. I enclose a list of their groups and let you and
your staff decide.
The catalogue is now going to press under the best eyes at
Viking Press and it is going to be GORGEOUS:
I enclose the list of national museum to which the exhibit
will travel after it opens in Plymouth next June.
We have an embarrassment of riches for the Museums have,
with a little coaxing, been more than generous and we have had
to cut back from 400 artifacts to 250. This show is really going
to be SOMETHING. Do take one second and look through the enclosed
list of objects and their catagory headings. What these gals have
done in 6 months is staggering and really deserves the highest form
of recognition.
Let me know any thoughts that you or Mrs Ford may have on
all this. We will do everything in out power to accomodate to
her wishes and needs and we hope that she will join us on this
very unique occasion.
Henry joins me in sending best wishes to you and Ed and hopes
that we will all be together soon.
My " Abigail Adams file" is now the fattest in the cabinet!
Warmest greetings,
Mulpiz
232-6551
st. Sun. aft mon.
mrs.
Mabel H Brandon
3067 Whitehaven st NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
(212)361-0400
consors/The Pilgrim Society: Lawrence D. Geller, Director; The Plymouth Antiquarian Society; Plymouth County Development Council, Inc.;
be Plymouth Bicentennial Commission. Curator/K, Conover Hunt. Catalogue/Professor Linda Grant De Pauw, George Washington University,
ashington, D.C. Exhibition Design/Educational Exhibitors, Inc., Roslyn Heights, New York. Research Historian/Miriam Schneir. Exhibition
cordinator/Mabel H. Brandon. Executive Secretary/Anita Franks.
WOMEN'S COALITION FOR THE THIRD CENTURY Officers, Directors and Consultants
ERS
NATIONAL BLACK FEMINIST ORGANIZATION
Jane Galvin-Lewis, 285 Madison Ave.
dont: Rev. Patricia Budd Kepler
N.Y.C.
(212-889-5881)
Harvard Divinity School
CC: 150 W. 94th St., N.Y.C. 10025
45 Francis Ave..
Camoridge, Ma. 02138
NATIONAL COALITION OF AMERICAN NUNS
(617-495-4536)
Sr. Joan Campbell, 1340 E. 72nd St.
Chicago, III. 60619 (313-643-0986 : 752-3337)
Pres: Wilma Scott Heide (see below)
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYMENT
tary: Edith J. Tebo
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Allce Freeman, 360 Broadway
Cambridge, Ma. 02139
arer: Sr. Joan Canpbell
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NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN
TORS
Wilme Scott Heide, 15 Simpson Dr.
Framingham, Ma. 01701 (617-877-5391)
1 EMPLOYED WOMEN,
) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA
NATIONAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS
Colleen S. Alexander, 8804 Tyson Rd.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19118
INATING COMMITTEE OF WOMEN IN THE
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CAUCUS
RICAL PROFESSION
Jean L. King, 201 E. Liberty
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48108 (313-761-2398)
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
L ON WOMEN AND THE CHURCH,
Franziska P. Hosken, 187 Grant S+
; PRESBITERIAN CHURCH USA
Lexington, Ma. 02173 (617-862-9431)
Ramsay, 223 Eisie Rd.
on, Ma. 02402 (617-587-1893)
CONSULTANTS
Mrginia K. Mills, 475 Riverside Dr.
toom 1151, N.Y.C. 10027
Donna Allen, Media Report to Women
3306 Ross Place, N.W.
ALLY EMPLOYED WOMEN
Washington, D.C. 20008 (202-363-0812)
J. Tebo, Box 12 M RD I
own, N.J. 07724 (201-542-1767)
Linda Grant DePauw, Dept. of History
George Washington Univ.
RAIL
Washington, D.C. 20052 (202-676-6230)
Richardson, 48 Dunstar Rd.
ca Plain, Ma.
Patricia Miller King, Schlesinger Library
3 James St., Cambridge, Ma. 02138 (5/8647)
UTE ON WOMEN TODAY
irgaret E. Traxier, 1340 E. 72nd St.
Patricia Hunter Mittenthai, 46 Garden Rd.
)0, 111. 60619
Wellesley, Ma. 02181 (617-235-2864)
RSHIP CONFERENCE OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS
Else Wiersma, I Jefferson St.
Concilia Moran, R.S.M.
Marblehead, Ma. 01970 (617-631-1778)
Kentsdale Rd., P.O. Box 34446
da, Md. 20034 (301-469-9221)
STAFF COORDINATOR
IAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS
Katherine Tarbell, 99 Deerhurst Blvd.
C Rafferty, 6 Birch St.
Buffalo, N.Y. 14217 (716-875-4059)
tor, Ma. 01610
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MUSEUM SCHEDULE:
Opening: Pilgrim Hall and the Plymouth Antiquarian Society
June 29,1976 until September 26,1976
Atlanta: The High Museum
October 16,1976 - November 14,1976
Washington, D.C. : The Corcoran Gallery of Art
November 24,1976 - December 31,1976
Chicago: The Museum of Science and Industry
January 17,1976- February 20, 1977
Austin, Texas: The Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Library
March 14,1977 - April 24,1977
New York: The New York Historical Society
May 7,1977 - June 15,1977
as of January 16,1976
January 16,1976
" Remember the Ladies Women in America 1750-1815
Total raised to date: $ 425,000.00
NATIONAL CORPORATE SPONSORS:
Clairol, Inc.
Philip Morris
NATIONAL CORPORATE PATRONS:
Sears Roebuck, Inc.
Ocean Spray
Swift & Co.
Famolare Shoes
G.D Searle & Co.
Johnson & Johnson
Helena Rubenstein, Inc.
Howard Johnson Foundation
Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
H.J. Heinz Foundation
Ebony
Capital Cities Communication
The American Express Company
Federated Department Stores
Alcoa
IBM
Saks Fifth Avenue
Reed & Barton
Gulf Oil Foundation
Warner-Lambert Inc.
Union Carbide
F.W. Woolworth
WestPoint Pepperell
A T & T
CBS
Exxon
Estee Lauder
Anne Cox Chambers
Continental Oil Company
Barbara Cox Anthony
First National Stores Inc.
US Steel
WPLM
The Ford Notor Company
NATIONAL BENEFACTORS:
Norton Simon, Inc.
The Town of Plymouth
The Richard King Mellon Foundation
The Banks of Plymouth
The Surdna Foundation
The Hobart Memorial Trust
The Walter Annenberg Foundation
Mr and Mrs Randolph Kidder
The Godfrey Cabot Foundation
The William R. Hearst Found
The Massachusetts Bicentennial Commission
The Dorothy Jordan Chadwick Fund
The National Endowment for the Arts ( outstanding)
FRIENDS:
Mr and Mrs William Brewster
Ronson Lighter Corporation
Mrs Enid Haupt
NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
" REMEMBER THE LADIES" Women in America 1750-1815
Armstrong: The Honorable Anne
Ambassador to Great Britain
Ramsbotham: Sir Peter and Lady Frances
British Ambassador to the
United States.
Abzug: The Honorable Bella: House of Representatives
Alsop; Mrs Susan Mary: author
Anthony; Barbara Cox; publisher
Boggs, The Honorable Corrine: House of Representatives
Brodie, Mrs Fawn; Historian
Bruce, Mrs David
Carbine, Ms Pat: Publisher, MS magazine
Carlyle; Ms Kitty: actress
Chambers, Anne Cox; publisher
Chisholm, The Honorable Shirley: House of Representatives
Collins, The Honorable Cardiss: House of Representatives
Dukakis, Ms. Kitty: Massachusetts
Fenwick 1 The Honorable Millicent: House of Representatives
Ganz; Ms Joan Cooney: Children's Television workshop
Graham, Mrs Katherine: publisher: The Washington Post
Harris, Mrs Ladonna: Americans for Indian Opportunity
Hills; the Honorable Carla: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Holt; the Honorable Marjorie; House of Representatives
Holtzman; the Honorable Elizabeth: House of Representatives
Horner; Dr. Martina; President of Radcliffe College
Howar; Ms Barabara: Television
Kennedy; Mrs Joan
Keys, the Honorable Martha; House of Representatives
Kidder, Mrs Randolph
Kissinger, Mrs Henry
Lambert, Miss Eleanor
Lloyd; the Honorable Marilyn: House of Represntatives
Lord, Mrs Oswald: former Representative to the United Nations
McGrory: Ms Mary: pulitzer Prize winning journalist
McWhinney; Madeline H. President; The First Women's Bank, New York
Mellon, Mrs Constance
Meyner, The Honorable Helen; House of Representatives
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Morris; Mr. Richard; Historian
Onassis: Mrs Aristotle
Parnis; Mrs Mollie; Designer
Ramey; Dr. Estelle R. Georgetown University Medical school
Rockefeller; Mrs Nelson A.
Ruchelshaus, Ms Jill: International Women's Year
Russell; Ms Rosalind: actress
Schroeder; The Honorable Patricia: House of Representatives
Sills; Ms Beverly: Opera singer
Smith; the Honorable Virginia: House of Representatives
Straus; Ms Ellen: Chairperson CALL FOR ACTION
Studds; The Honorable Gerry: House of Representatives
Travell, Dr. Janet: Doctor of Medicine
Tree, Mrs Marietta: Former Representative to the United Nations
Walters, Ms Barabara: NBC Television
Wells, Ms Mary: Advertising executive
Pettis: The Honorable Shirley N. House of Representatives.
( list incomplete: January 16, 1976)
BF Pending to Consider
Plymouth, Massachusetts
June 29, 1976
=
"Remember the Ladies" exhibit
June 10, 1976
Dear He. Brandon,
Your gracious letter inviting me to serve
as the National Honorary Patroness of the special
exhibit being planned, "Remember the Ladies" is
deeply appreciated. It would be a pleasure to
have my name listed in this way reflecting my
great interest in this outstanding effort to
60cas on the vital contributions of women in
America during this unique period in our history.
I am also grateful for this opportunity to conven
my encouragement to all who are actively involved
in preparations.
with gratitude and my warmest best wishes,
Sincerely,
Ms. Mabel H. Brandon
National Director
Remember the Ladies"
3067 Whitehaven Street, Northwest
Washington, D. c. 20008
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outcome P.
April 2, 1976
(vis)
Sally 2.
Mrs. Gerald Ford
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mrs. Ford:
LEND NAME
REGRET
On the behalf of the Board of Trustees of the
Pilgrim Society and the Plymouth Antiquarian Society
of Plymouth, Massachusetts, as well as our own National
Individual Sponsors (see enclosed list), I am writing
the Gail see
to request that you would be kind enough to serve as
the National Honorary Patroness of the exhibit, " Re-
member the Ladies;" Women in America 1750-1815 which
will open June 29th in Plymouth.
Thank you so very much for your kind consideration
and all the support you have given this project thus
far.
Very sincerely yours,
mabd H Brander
Mabel H. Brandon
National Director
3067 Whitehaven Street N.W .
Washington, D.C. 20008
MHB/ksr
enclosure
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1775-1976
sors/The Pilgrim Society: Lawrence D. Geller, Director; The Plymouth Antiquarian Society; ymouth County Development Council, Inc.;
Plymouth Bicentennial Commission. Curator/K. Conover Hunt. Catalogue/Professor Linda Grant De Pauw, George Washington University,
ington, D.C. Exhibition Design/Educational Exhibitors, Inc., Roslyn Heights, New York. Research Historian/Miriam Schneir. Exhibition
dinator/Mabel H. Brandon. Executive Secretary/Anita Franks.
Cauncil,
100.
BF TO CONSIDER (Before
Aug. 1976)
Herstory Exhibition
July 8, 1975
Dear Ms. Brandon,
attend per 4/7/76 BFupiter
Your gracious invitation to Mrs. Ford to
participate in the opening of the exhibition
Herstory 1776: The Changing Role 06 Women in
the American Revolution; 1765-1815 is greatly
appreciated. we were interested to learn
about this exhibition and its outstanding
potential for bringing new enlightenment to
the story of the role of women during the
revolutionary period.
Although we are unable to know Mrs. Ford's
schedule so far in advance, we would be happy
to keep this special invitation in mind to
consider closer to the date.
with gratitude and our encouragement to
all who are working toward the success 06 this
exhibition,
Sincerely,
Susan Porter
Appointments Secretary
for Mrs. Ford
Ms. Mabel H. Brandon
Executive Director
Herstory 1776
3067 Whitehaven Street, Northwest
Washington, D. C. 20008
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Sheila weidenfeld
// Background material sent
to Mrs Fords Files
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PILGRIM SOCIETY
Founded 1819
75 COURT STREET
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS 02360
L.D. Geller, M.A., F.P.S., Director and Curator of Museum Collections
Henry H. Atkins, President
P. J. Gomes, D.D., F.P.S., Librarian
C.S. Price, M.S.L.S., Curator of Books and Manuscripts
June 19,1975
Mrs Gerald Ford
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. 20506
Dear Mrs Ford;
On behalf of the Bicentennial Commission of
Plymouth, Massachusetts and the Pilgrim Society, I extend to you
a most cordial invitation to attend the opening of the exhibition,
HERSTORY 1776: The Changing Role of Women in the American Revolution;
1765-1815. The actual opening is scheduled to take place in August,
1976 but the actual date would depend upon your convenience.
The basic theme of the exhibition is to show the
profound changes which took place in the Revolutionary period in
the lives of American women. From a relatively unrestricted life-
style in which women could engage in a wide range of activities,
as exemplified by Abigail Adams, therrole of women dramatically
changed as the nation became independent. New financial and pol-
itical independence created profound sociological, religious, and
educational changes which this exhibit will illústrate through
portraits, costumes, furniture, diaries, letters and household
effects. Although the exhibit will be based along thematic lines
there will also be special emphasis placed on regionalism and
ethnic and social groups such as the role of Indian women andBlack
women.
From Plymouth, Massachusetts the exhibit will move
across the nation for the remainder of 1976 through 1977. It is
already booked into the University of Maryland and we are making
plans with the Washington University in St. Louis. Sixx other
national museums are planning to mount the exhibit but the dates
are yet to be fixed.
Twenty national women's groups have been asked to
sponsor this exhibition as it goes across the country, The response
has been enthusiastic from both these groups as well as from nation-
ally prominent individual women. I enclose the partial list of
sponsors.
The leading scholar of women's Colonial history,
Professor Linda Grant de Pauw at George Washington University, has
agreed to write the text of the catalogue assisted by two brilliant
research assistants - one from New York, one from Maryland. Their
biographies are included.
MOUTH
PILGRIM SOCIETY
Founded 1819
75 COURT STREET
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS 02360
L. D. Geller, M.A., F.P.S., Director and Curator of Museum Collections
Henry H. Atkins, President
P.J. Gomes, D.D., F.P.S., Librarian
C.S. Price, M.S.L.S., Curator of Books and Manuscripts
From all of our research with the National Bicentennial
and the National Association of American Historians we have been
assured that there will be no other exhibit of this kind dealing
with Women of the Revolutionary Period anywhere in the nation.
It is our hope that this exhibition and the accompanying catalogue -
which will also be sold as a book commercially - will bring new
enlightenment to the story of the role of Nomen during this period.
Knowing of your deep committment to women's rights
in the present, it seems most appropriate that you should part-
icipate in this exhibition examining women's rights in the
historical past. I hope SO very much that your busy schedule will
enable you to attend.
Very sincerely yours,
Mabel H Brandon
Mabel H. Brandon: Executive Director
HERSTORY ; 1776
3067 Whitehaven st NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Board of Selectmen
Robert I. Pillsbury
Clarence R. Krueger
Roger E. Silva
Kenneth A. Tavares
David F. Tarantino, Chairma
January 27, 1976
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Dear Mrs. Ford:
On behalf of the Board of Selectmen and the people of Plymouth,
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Massachusetts, I wish to extend to you a most cordial invitation
to attend the opening ceremonies of the exhibition, "Remember
the Ladies", Women in America 1750-1815, on June 29, 1976.
This community is working hard to offer this exhibit as our
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contribution to the nation during this Bicentennial year and
we would be most honored if you would join us in this tribute
to the women of the 18th century who played such a vital role
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in our history.
We are most sympathetic with the pressures upon your schedule
this busy year, but we would do everything in our power to
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for you as it would be for us to have you here.
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The New York Times/Arthur Grace
AT OPENING OF BICENTENNIAL EXHIBIT: Betty Ford
Era women. From left: Kitty Dukakis, wife of Governor
with some of the women who gathered in Plymouth,
of Massachusetts, Joan Kennedy, Mrs. Ford, Represent-
Mass., yesterday for an exhibit about Revolutionary War
ative Margaret Heckler and Nancy Kissinger. Page "
N-V.Times 6/30/76
Newsmakers
LA
Times
6/30/76
Old Men-and Women-Need Love Too
Nannie Gurley isn't worried about the 21-year differ-
ence between her age and her husband's "I always did
like older men." she said. And she didn't even mind that
Amsey Sheffield didn't have a ladder for their elopment.
We were in love," she said, admiring her marriage
license. "We didn't know they were in love," said Sally
Maloney, social services director at the Highland House
Nursing Home in Columbus, Ga. "All the ladies call Mr.
Sheffield 'Honey' and 'Sugar.' We thought he was playing
the field." Sheffield, 94, said he was looking forward to
setting up housekeeping with Mrs. Gurley, 73, a widow in
her. home in Columbus. "The doctor didn't want me to
stay alone," she said. "Now I've got someone to be with
me 24 hours a day. Sheffield began the wedding night
sharing the twin bed in his wife's nursing home room, but
was too narrow and finally he gave up at dawn and
went back to his own room next door. Besides, Mrs. Shef-
freid said, "The nurses and all the aides kept knocking on
door all night to congratulate US.
Many people around the world are planning to help
Sheffield, 94, with his bride, Nannie, 73.
the United States celebrate its bicentennial. Nigel Bra
AP Wirephate
mich found out what he would be doing when he came
home from work in Nairobl, Kenya, "and as walked in
the deor, Linda (his wife) said: "I this great iden
Singer Harry Belafonte, visiting Cuba with actor Sid-
Lit's fly a kite off Mt. Kill July 4." The young couple-he
ney Poitier, says he is impressed by the unity of Cuban
people, Radio Havana said. It added that Poitier had spo-
is' Kenyan and an airline executive, she grew up in Mor-
ken of the difficulties encountered by U.S. blacks in at-
ristown, N.J.-will be climbing 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanja-
taining "complete citizenship." The broadcast, monitored
TO in neighboring Tanzania to fly a homemade kite. Mrs.
in Miami, said the two arrived in Havana last week to
Bramich expects to set a new kite altitude record, as well
participate in cultural programs sponsored by the Cuban
as giving the United States its most unusual birthday sa-
film industry
tute.
-Entertainer Debbie Reynolds, appearing at a Las Ve-
-First Lady Betty Ford made a nonpolitical visit to the
gas hotel, was taken by ambulance to Sunrise Hospital,
historic town of Plymouth, Mass., to join several other
reportedly suffering from laryngitis.
prominent women in dedicating a bicentennial art exhibit
With Mrs. Ford to open "Remember the Ladies-Women
-Henry A. Kissinger, who could earn his living as a
in America 1750-1815," were Joan Kennedy, Nancy Kis
gag writer if he ever gets bumped from the White House
singer, Rep. Margaret M. Heckler (R-Mass.) and Massa-
payroll, noted the critical fire he has been drawing from
chusetts First Lady Hitty Dukakis. The title of the exhibi-
all sides during the current presidential campaign and de-
tion was based on a request Abigail Adams once made of
cided that his. name could "unify the American people"
her husband, John. In making the laws of the new. nation,
because "по one will support me." Later, during a flight
she wrote, "I desire you remember the ladies and be more
aboard Air Force One from Puerto Rico to Washington, a
generous and favorable to them than your ancestors." Af
reporter asked the secretary of state if he was a Republi-
per viewing the show Mrs. Ford, a proponent of the
can He paused, and said, "I want to watch the campaign
Equal Rights Amendment, said, "I look forward to the
a little longer."
day when the wish of Abigail Adams is answered."
-By Jennings Parrot
A-2
The Washington Star
Wednesday, June 30, 1976
Names/Faces
Plymouth Rock Hen Party
Boo of the Week came at Plymouth, Mass., yester-
day, and goes, depending on your point of view, to éi-
ther First Lady Betty Ford or the handful of anti
feminist women who booed her profeminist remarks at
the dedication of a Bicentennial exhibit on Revolution-
era women. The exhibit, titled "Remember the
Ladies" (a quote from Abigail Adams, who had no
way of knowing how unliberated a word she had
chosen), depicts the political, domestic and social lives
of women between 1760 and 1815, and like most things
it will eventually visit Washington. There's some ques-
tion as to just what Mrs. Ford said to draw the boos.
The Associated Press version was: "This exhibit about
-United Press International
those forgotten ladies should give us the courage to
seek equal rights for the women today.' United Press
First Lady Betty Ford (right) visits historic Plymouth, Mass., yesterday for a pre-
International's man heard it this way: 'This exhibit is
view showing of a Bicentennial exhibition about women in America. Among those
dedicated to those neglected women who gave us
joining her were Kitty Dukakis (left), wife of Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis,
strength to seek equal rights for women today."
and Joan Kennedy, wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.
Maybe she said both in sequence and that's what got
the girls sore.
Linda Grant De Pauw
January 2. 1976
II. Love and Marriage
A. Although husbands were legally masters of their wives, many,
like John Adams, preferred to be friends.
261. Abigail Adams "Remember the Ladies" letter
61. Blackstone "When you marry
"
262. Abigail Adams engagement ring
B. Great social pressure to marry
54. "The Old Maid"
65. "Cld Maid's Last Prayer"
64. Divorce Petition of Isaiah Thomas (provided that
it is relevant to item 65. If not it belongs in
category XII A)
C. Courtship
52. "The Disappointment"
56. Dower Chest
57. Engagement Ring
53. Courtship Fraktur
D. Bundling 19.
Courtship Coverlet
53. "A New Bundling Song"
E. Black marriage and families
330. "The Old Plantation" slaves dancing
F. Marriage
48. "Courtship and Marriage"
51. Needlework marriage picture
335. Wedding dress
G. Despite examples of cruelty and unhappiness, happy marriages
were possible
63. Family Group Painting
706
with
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III. Child Rearing
A. Fertility rate of colonial women very high
62. Manuscript on birth control
46. Black maternity dress
47. White maternity petticoat
34. Gynecological forcepts
35. Obstetric kit
37. Illustration of birthing chair
38. "An Abridgement of the Paractice of Midwifery"
B. Children conceived before marriage and bastardy
332. "Woman Swearing a Child to a Grave Citizen"
C. Feeding infants
150. Silver nipple and tube
151. Pewter nursing bottle
152. Ceramic nursing bottle
154. Glass nursing bottle with pewter nipple
155. Glass nipple shield
156. Glass breast pump
D. Feeding little children
147. silver porringer
148. pewter porringer
153. pap boat
188. high chair
E. Clothing for children
141. Child's shirt
142. Child's petticoat
143. Child's crewel dress
184. Portrait of brother and sister
185. Portrait of the Royall children
F. Lessons for little children
5. The Universal Library
3A. Wooden box with cards
1. Child's songbook, fraktur 1780's
2. "Little Goody Two Shoes"
3. "Mother Goose"
4. Little Fanny paper dolls
G. Sewing lessons for little girls
6. Sampler by Nabby Martin
7. Sampler by I.R. 1791
20. Miniature man's shirt
169. Sampler by Anne Marsh's grandmother 1654
170. Sampler by Anne Marsh 1727
187. Saltonstall coat of arms by Henrietta Saltonstall
186. Portrait of the Saltonstall children (I assume this
portrait includes Henrietta.)
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H. Despite harsh child-rearing practices, parents loved children
and could rejoice at birth of child
36. Pincushion "Welcome Little Stranger"
39. Birth Certificate of Sarah Zimmerman
140. Portrait of Mrs. Matthew Jouett and Son, 1814
I. Children's toys
144. Silver rattle with bells, 1750
145. Child's doll, French C. 1775
146. Carved wooden doll, American, C. 1780
149. Wooden doll
338. Child's silver and carol bells (?)
157. Leed's porcelain top
IV. Sickness and Death
A. Rearing a family usually involved burying several children
30. "The First, Second, and Last Stages of Mortality"
32. "Portrait of Rachal Weeping"
33. Gravestone with twelve children
B. Death a constant threat
40. Abby Bishop Mourning Sampler, 1796
41. "The Abbe Family" mourning picture
42. Mourning ring
43. Mourning brooch
44. "Memorial for Herself" by Eunice Pinney
45. Funeral painting
C. Treating the sick
31. Painting: woman treated by doctor
160. Travelling medicine chest
161. Bleeding kit
162. Bleeder
163. Bleeding bowl, English C. 1800
164. Women gathering leeches--lithograph
165. Herbal remedies
D. Those who survived to youth might live to a great age
158. Portrait of Mrs. Davies
166. "Alice an Ancient Black Woman"
159. Senility cradle
V. Food, Clothing, and Housework
A. Cooking
200. Illustrations of women in kitchen
201. Recipes
203. Egg whip
204. Pie crimper, 1757
334. Hearth rug
337. Pot holder
348. Wrought iron turner
276. Iron pot
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B. Maintaining the kitchen garden
333. Lady Skipworth's garden plan
220. Gardener's calendar by Martha Logan
C. Food for the upper classes
197. Abigail Adams's cookbook
198. Two small cookbooks
199. Silver nutmeg grater
205. Silver larding pin
206. Silver skewer
D. Other household chores (making candles, soap, etc.)
202. Candlebox
E. Homemade clothing
207. Homespun apron
193. Wooden tape loom, 1814
194. Women weaving, illustration
82. Pair of leather pattens
85. Cap (if elegant move to category IX I)
94. Brown chintz every day dress
100. Quaker beaver hat
105. Red cloak
173. Petticoat
130. Pair of pockets
F. Homemade bedcoverings
175. Phoebe Warner coverlet, 1800
176. Glazed wool coverlet
177. Eagle quilt
178. Yellow silk coverlet
341. Bed rug
318. Lower class quilt
242. Esther Bradford coverlet
G. Women's pride in handwork
182. Portrait of Mrs. Richard Yates sewing
183. Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Wyche (sewing ?)
5A. Embroidered pincushion
171. Pincushion, 1750
189. Needlework pincushion
190. Silver bobbin
191. Silver spinularium
192. Silver buttonholer
195. Gold thimble
H. Women's art: ornamenting the functional
167. Man's belt, dated and signed
168. Man's pocketbook, 1776
70. Focketbook, "Elizabeth S
", needlepoint, C. 1769
174. Crewel petticoat border
172. Pettipoint seat cover
179. Crewel seat cover
181. Crewel panel
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VI. Working Women
A. Black servants and slaves
217. "Jersey Nanny", mezzotint
323. A black Virginia slave, oil
324. "Portrait of Gustavius Hasselius and his Nurse"
325. "A Cargo of Negroes", broadside, 1769
326. "An Overseer Doing His Duty," watercolor
327. Slave tag
328. Slave costume, reproduction
B. White servants
222. Milkmaid
319. "Three Stages of Life of Indentured Woman", engraving
331. White servant's indenture
C. Farmers and plantation managers
218. Letter from Eliza Pinckney on indigo
219. Lebrun map of Charleston showing planting of indigo
350. Pinckney blue slipper
D. Merchants and vendors
224. Girls selling papers, drawing
225. New Orleans fruit vendor
226. "The Cries of Philadelphia"
E. Millers, mantua makers, upholsterers and other needleworkers
223. Advertisement from a milliner
F. Printers
209. Goddard almanac
210. Goddard petition to Congress
347. Mary Goddard's press
214. Book published by Elizabeth Godefroy
216. Advertisement: Mrs. Green to publish Annapolis Gazette
G. Actresses
107. Playbill "For the Benefit of Miss Storer
108. Portrait of Mrs. Lewis Hallam
109. Miniature of Mrs. Lewis Hallam
110. Engraving of Mrs. Wrighten
111. Playbill "The Old American Theater Company"
H. Painters and sculptors
112. "Landscape "atercolor"
113. Painting by Eunice Pinney
114. "Two Sisters", painting
115. "Pastel of Mrs. Bard"
116. "Painting of Mrs. Caleb Perkins
117. "The Orphans"
118. Watercolor by Mary Ann Willson (A)
119. Watercolor by Mary Ann Willson (B)
120. Watercolor by Mary Ann Willson (c)
121. Miniature by Hetty Benbridge
122. Advertisement of Hetty Benbridge
123. "The Effigy of Lord Chatham", sculpture
124. Engraving of Mrs. Wright
125. "The Heads of the Nation in Right Situation", engraying
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343. Hannah Crowninscheild paint box
344. Hannah Crowninscheild box
345. Funeral painting
351. "Cotters' Saturday Night"
I. Criminals (I am assuming all of these are crimes for gain.
Crimes such as infanticide belong in another category.)
243. Court ruling for damages
244. Mary Coles's trial
245. Dying words of Ezra Brooks
246. Dying words of a black woman
247. Account of woman counterfeiter
VII. Pious Women
A. Protestant
315. "The Total Immersion of Methodists", watercolor
297. Woman in front of Rev. George Whitfield
352. Hannah Coffin, Sentences Divine and Moral"
317. Certificate for membership in an orphan benevolent society
227. "Constitution of the Philadelphia Female Association", 1803
(I assume this was a benevolent society)
B. Quakers
311. Quaker dress
312. Letters of Sophia Hume, preacher
313. The Quaker Meeting
C. Moravian
298. Portrait of Moravian woman, 1811
299, Moravian cap
300. Moravian marriage (by lot), engraving
301. Moravian bakery, sepia drawing
302. German engraving of Love Feast
D. Shakers
303. Shaker portrait
304. Shaker worktable
305. Shaker rocking chair
306. "The Shaker Dance", engraving
354. Shaker sewing stand
E. Blacks
314. Negroes in Religious Ceremony in Philadelphia
F. Jews
307. Mrs. Jacob Franks
308. Rebecca Gratz
G. Catholics
296. Portrait of Mrs. Wheelright (became nun)
309. Mother Ann Seton
310. Needlepoint picture of Mother Seton's school
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VIII. Learned Women
A. Exceptionally well-educated women
29. Portrait of Theodosia Burr
B. Hannah Adams
134. "History of the Jews"
135. Portrait
316. Portrait
C. Mercy Otis Warren
233. Portrait
236. "History of the American Revolution"
234. Card Table
238. Mother of pearl playing fish
235. Shoe
237. Hair brooch
239. Jewelry
D. Botanists
221. Botanical drawing by Jane Colden
E. Writers
228. "Hilroy, A Novel"
215. "The Observer" by Beatrice Ironside
F. Susannah Rowson
133. "Charlotte Temple"
138. "National Song"
13. Portrait
27. "Universal Dictionary and Geography"
28. Watercolor view of Mrs. Rowson's school
G. Poets
129. Manuscript poem by Hannah Griffiths
130 Poems by Sarah Wentworth A. Morton
131. Portrait of Sarah Morton
132. Portrait of Sarah Morton
H. Phillis Wheatley
126. Elegy on Whitfield
127. "Poems" with portrait frontspiece
128. Manuscript poem
H. Education of blacks
18. Blacks at African free school 1796
I. Theories of women's education
26. Benjamin Rush, "Syllabus of Lectures"
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IX. Accomplished Ladies of Fashion
A. Schools for young ladies
25. "Young Ladies Boarding School", pring
21. "Graduation at a Young Ladies Seminary," oil, 1810
22. Advertisements, ladies' boarding school
12. Portrait of Lydia Signourey (school teacher?)
17. Silver award for merit, 1815
24. Book presented for excellence
B. Accomplishments: fine needlework
4A. Sampler "Wisdom Leading Youth up to Education," 1812
14. Needlework globe on stand
7A. "Cymbeline" needlework picture
8. "Cymbeline" engraving
9. Sampler, Mrs. Mansfield's school
10. Coat of arms, needlework, Mrs. Patten's school
11. Needlework picture by Fait Trumble
353. "Liberty feeding the Eagles", needlework picture
C. Accomplishments: painting
18. "The Watercolor Class," oil
15. Painted picture done at Salem Academy, 1815
16. Sewing table with painted decoration
(I am assuming that all the pieces in category VI H are
clearly of professional rather than amateur quality)
D. Accomplishments: music and dancing
133. Woman playing musical instrument
137. "Music Soothes the Savage Beast", 1744, three women & guita
139. Dancing
E, Development of American Ladies
66. Portrait of Harriety Leavens, C. 1815
67. Portrait of Mrs. Jeremiah Lee, 1769
F. Lady of fashion condemned and ridiculed
71. "Heyday! ... Daughter Anne!" engraving, 1773
72. "A Fashionable Lady in Dress and Undress"
G. Corsets
73. "Tight Lacing"
74. Green corset
75. Child's corset
H. Hairdressing
101. Wig stand
104. Carved wooden head for wig
102. Wrought iron hair curlers
103. Eighteenth century hair rollers
I. Cosmetics
68. Portrait of lady with perfume bottle
96. "The Toilet of Flora"
97. "The American Toilet"
83. Perfume bottle
84. Silver patch box
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J. Ladies clothing
98. Fashion drawings
99. Sketches of women's hats and fashions
undergarments
76. Yellow silk petticoat
77. White chemise, 1802
dresses
349. Spetalfield's gown, C. 1750
90. Green silk gown
91. Green silk dress with cape, C. 1815
92. Orange block print dress
93. Silk and taffeta ball gown
shoes
78. blue shoes with silver cord
79. white shoes with flowers, C. 1750
80. yellow shoes with black polka dots
81. pair of blue boots
accessories
69. White satin reticule
95. Hat box
241. Beaded bag with Isaac Hull ship
106. Chinese ivory fan
89. Silk mittens, C. 1760
86. Coral silk stockings
87. Grey silk calash
88. Straw bonnett
X. Presidents' Ladies
A. Martha Washington
248.
Fortrait
249. Travelling expenses during Revolution
339. Travelling trunk
250. Needlework seat cushion
251. Cookbook
254.
Green silk cloak
255. Panel from state coach
256. Invitation to dinner-blank card
257. Letter describing being first lady
253. Martha Washington at tea at Mount Vernon, watercolor
340. Bathing costume
B. Abigail Adams
252.
Portrait
253. Copy of dress
259. Fan
260. Blue sprig china plate
C. Dolley Madison
264. Portrait
265. Turban
263. Red velvet ball gown
266. Piece of French furniture
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XI. Women and War
A. Women's political views
211. "Joy and Gladness", repeal of the Stamp Act
213. Providence Gazette Extraordinary (Goddard), Stamp Act repeal
208. Mary Goddard printing of Declaration of Independence
291. "Beware the Ides of March", poem
271. "The Sentiments of an American Lady", broadside
285. "Letter to an Officer," broadside
B. Daughters of Liberty
280. Documents re Daughters of Liberty
273. "A Society of Patriotic Ladies"
269. Man's linen shirt, C. 1780
270. Portrait of Sarah Franklin Bache
C. Civilian heroines
288. Statue of Sybil Ludington
D. Women with the armies
272. "A New Touch of the Times" (exhibit logo)
268. "Molly Pitcher," 19th century wooden statue
274. Campfollower's costume, reproduction
275. Camp stove
277. Various camp objects
292. British soldier with pregnant wife, broadside
E. Margaret Corbin
286. Gravestone
287. Petition to Congress
F. Deborah Sampson Gannett
281. Portrait
282. Wooden canteen
233. Short sword
284. Pension application
G. Hardships of war
279. State pension certificate for Susannah Mariner
278. Rape testimony, 1779
232. Rape account of 11 year old
295. New York women petition for clemency
293. Grace Galloway letter
H. War of 1812
289. "Receipt for Old Glory"
267. Dolley Madison letter describing evacuation of White Hous
290. Engraving, "The Bombardment of Fort McHenry"
XII. Liberty, Equality, and Women's Rights
A. Rights of Wives
55. Divorce ruling 1811
58. Advertisement for runaway wife
59. Retort from runaway wife
60. Prenuptual property agreement
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B. Servants and slaves
329. Advertisement for white runaway
320. Northern blacks kidnapped by southern slavers, engraving
321. Mumbet, watercolor portrait
322. Mumbet's gold bracelet
C. Feminist writing
229. Wolstonecroft, "Rights of Women"
212. "Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montague", printed by Goddard
D. Women and politics
231. Women voting in New Jersey, newspaper account
294. "Politics in Petticoats, " poem
230. Engraving of presentation on women's rights
XIII. Suggestions for Further Reading and Exhibit Checklist