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Women -- Education

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the education of women. Works on all aspects of women's involvement in education are entered under Women in education.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Cora Schumacher papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3280
Abstract

This collection primarily contains letters written to Cora Cessna Schumacher, a graduate of Western Female High School and later a teacher and missionary. Spanning 1891-1923, the collection also contains ephemera from Western Female High School, including a 1900 commencement program and a book of Schumacher's grades, among other materials.

Dates: 1891 October 17-1923 June 16

Lydia Waldschmidt Western High yearbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3281
Abstract

This collection contains the Western Female High School Class of 1917 yearbook, belonging to Lydia E. Waldschmidt (1900-1986). Waldschmidt pasted in photographs of her friends and classmates, as well as various ephemera from school events and correspondence after graduation. She also recorded her thoughts on her time at school, including her favorites subjects, school songs and mottoes, and more. The yearbook also contains the autographs of other members of her classmates.

Dates: 1917 - 1929