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The Emily Howland Papers contains items from the personal papers and library of abolitionist, suffragist, and peace activist Emily Howland, including her collection of political pamphlets, posters, program documents, articles, conference papers, short papers, and other publications relating to topics such as women’s suffrage, anti-slavery movements, Indian rights, the Unitarian Church, and temperance.
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The Emily Howland Papers contains items from the personal papers and library of abolitionist, suffragist, and peace activist Emily Howland, including her collection of political pamphlets, posters, program documents, articles, conference papers, short papers, and other publications relating to topics such as women’s suffrage, anti-slavery movements, Indian rights, the Unitarian Church, and temperance.

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Emily Howland was born in 1827 in Sherwood, New York. As an abolitionist, in 1857 Howland taught at a school for colored women in Washington, D.C. Howland then taught freed slaves in Virginia to read and write. In 1867, Howland started a community for freed slaves in Northumberland County, Virginia. Moving back to Sherwood, New York following her father’s death, Howland ran the Sherwood Select School, which was later renamed Emily Howland Elementary School. In 1890 at the Aurora National Bank, Howland was one of the first woman directors of a bank in the United States in Aurora, New York. Throughout Howland’s life, she was involved in many women's suffrage movements, as well as peace and temperance movements. She would attend both the National Woman’s Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association meetings rather than choosing sides. Howland later died in 1929 at age 101 in Sherwood, New York.

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There is no restriction on access to the Emily Howland Collection for research use. Particularly Fragile Items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
170 Main St
Aurora, NY 13026, United States
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