Owens, Helen Brewster, 1881-1968.
Helen Brewster Owens papers, 1867-1948 (inclusive).
Correspondence, manuscripts for speeches, minutes, reports, clippings and memorabilia of Owens contain material on the New York State and Kansas campaigns for women's suffrage, and on the achievements of women in mathematics and science including copies of doctoral theses and articles by and questionaires about women with Ph.Ds in math and science. Also contains the correspondence files of the Empire State Suffrage Association, and material on the Woman's Centennial Congress, 1940, and the World Center for Women's Archives. Correspondents and others in the collection include: Pauline K. Angell, Rachel Foster Avery, Caroline Lexow Babcock, Kai M. S Baldwin, Belle Barton, Mary Ritter Beard, Alice Stone Blackwell, Katherine Devereux Blake, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Marjorie Borden, Anna Louise Brewster, Clara Linton Brewster, Gertrude Foster Brown, Roxana Burrows, Jenny Curtis Cannon, Carrie Chapman Catt, Pauline M. Dankin, Addie M. Dean, Janet Decker, Lotta Jones Denison, Mary Ware Dennett, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Helen N. Eacker, Frances Farrar, Anna C. Farrington, Anna W. Fisher, Antoinette Funk, Flora Gapen, Frances Field Gore, Cora Perry Hamilton, Eva Elise vom Baur Hansl, Florence Hopewell, Grace Murray Hopper, Ethel Puffer Howes, Lucy Somerville Howorth, Lillian Huffcut, Lucy B. Johnston, Florence King, Harriet Burton Laidlaw, James Lees Laidlaw, Helen K. Lee, Elizabeth C. Lemmi, Henrietta W. Livermore, Leila J. Livermore, Ruth McCormick, Catharine Waugh McCulloch, Katherine L. McEwan, Mary L. McKinnon, Helen C. McNamara, Helen C. Mansifeld, Maye W. Manus, Harriet May Mills, Isabella Mott, Ruth N. J. Mott, Maud Nathan, Mary Frances Winston Newson, Jessie Norton, Jane Olcott, Frederick William Owens, Helen Brewster Owens, Alice Paul, Mary Gray Peck, George Haven Putnam, Agnes Ryan, Lena S. Seabring, Clara M. Schlingheyde, Anna Howard Shaw, Nettie Rogers Shuler, Margaret Topliff, Frances VanDer Cook, Booker T. Washington, Mary Sayre Welles, William Allen White, Vira Boarman Whitehouse, Chase Going Woodhouse, and Mabel Ford Yeomans. Institutional names include: Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (Washington, D. C.), Empire State Campaign Committee (New York, N. Y.), Equal Franchise Society, International Woman Suffrage Aliance, Kansas Equal Suffrage Association, Men's League for Woman Suffrage, National American Woman Suffrage Association, National Broadcasting Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, New York State Woman Suffrage Association, Woman Suffrage Party of New York City, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Women's Political Union of New Jersey, world Center for Women's Archives, and Woman's Centennial Congress (1940).
Suffragist and mathematician, Helen Barten (Brewster) Owens in 1910 received her Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University, where her husband, Frederick William Owens, was a professor of mathematics. She served as chair of the Resolutions Committee for the New York State Woman Suffrage Association (1910), organized the College Equal Suffrage League at Cornell (1911) and was a paid organizer and chair of the Sixth Judicial District for the Empire State Campaign Committee (1913-1916). She also campaigned for suffrage in Kansas (1911-1912). Owens taught math at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. (1914-1917) and at Cornell (1917-1922). She was associate editor of American Mathematical Monthly and conducted research on women in mathematics and sciences.
Angell, Pauline Knickerbocker, 1886-
Avery, Rachel Foster, 1858-1919.
Babcock, Caroline L. (Caroline Lexow), b.1882.
Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958.
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950.
Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950.
Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 1856-1940.
Borden, Marjorie.
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947.
Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947.
Funk, Antoinette.
Hansl, Eva Elise vom Baur, 1889-1978.
Hopper, Grace Murray.
Howes, Ethel Puffer, 1872-1950.
Laidlaw, H. B. (Harriet Burton), b. 1874.
McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, b. 1862.
Nathan, Maud, 1862-
Owens, Frederick William, 1880-
Paul, Alice, 1885-1977.
Peck, Mary Gray, 1867?-1957.
Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930.
Ryan, Agnes, 1878-1954.
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919.
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
White, William Allen, 1868-1944.
Woodhouse, Chase Going, 1890-1984.
Yeomans, Mabel Ford.
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Washington, D.C.
Empire State Campaign Committee.
Equal Franchise Society.
International Woman Suffrage Alliance.
Kansas Equal Suffrage Association (1884-1913).
National American Woman Suffrage Association.
National Broadcasting Company.
New York State Woman Suffrage Association.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Women's Political Union of New Jersey.
World Center for Women's Archives.
Non-governmental organizations.
Women -- Education -- United States.
Women -- Societies and clubs.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Kansas.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- New York (State).
Women -- Suffrage -- Songs and music.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
Women immigrants -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Women mathematicians.
Women scientists.
Women's rights.
Women in science
Broadsides. aat
Constitutions. aat aat
Dissertations. aat
Pamphlets. aat
Questionnaires aat aat
Speeches. aat
Mathematicians. lcsh
Scientists 1csh
Baldwin, Kati M. S.
Barton, Belle.
Brewster, Anna Louise.
Brewster, Clara Linton.
Brown, Gertrude Foster, 1867-1956.
Burrows, Roxana.
Cannon, Jenny Curtis.
Dankin, Pauline M.
Dean, Addie M.
Decker, Janet.
Denison, Lotta Jones.
Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952.
Eacker, Helen N.
Farrar, Frances.
Farrington, Anna C.
Fisher, Anna W.
Gapen, Flora.
Gore, Frances Field.
Hamilton, Cora Perry.
Hansl, Eva vB. (Eva vom Baur).
Hopewell, Florence.
Howorth, Lucy Somerville, 1895.
Huffcut, Lillian.
Johnston, Lucy B.
King, Florence.
Laidlaw, James Lees.
Lee, Helen K.
Lemmi, Elizabeth C.
Livermore, Henrietta W.
Livermore, Leila J.
McCormick, Ruth.
McEwan, Katherine L.
McKinnon, Mary L.
McNamara, Helen C.
Mansfield, Helen C.
Manus. Maye W.
Mills, Harriet May.
Mott, Isabella.
Mott, Ruth N. J.
Newson, Mary Frances Winston, 1869-1959.
Norton, Jessie.
Olcott, Jane.
Owens, Helen Brewster, 1881-1968.
Seabring, Lena S.
Schlingheyde, Clara M.
Shuler, Nettie Rogers, 1862-1939.
Topliff, Margaret.
VanDer Cook, Frances.
Welles, Mary Sayre.
Whitehouse, Vira Boarman, 1875-1957.
Men's League for Woman Suffrage.
National College Equal Suffrage League.
New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
Woman Suffrage Party of New York City.
AIP-ICOS
Woman's Centennial Congress (1940).
Woman voter.
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
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