Group Biography

A-Z Listing

Adams, William H. Celebrated Women Travelers of the Nineteenth Century. London: W.S. Sonnenschein, 1883. 459p.

Brockett, L. P. Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience. Bowie, MD: Heritage

Books, 1993. [reprint of 1867 ed] 2 vols.

Brown, Mary C. Women in Michigan State Government. Lansing, MI: House of Representatives, [1979]. 58 p.

Clifford, Mary L. Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers. Williamsburg, VA: Cypress Communications, 1993. 183 p.

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1890. Glendale, CA: A. H. Clark Co., 1983-. 3 vols.

Crathern, Alice T. In Detroit Courage was the Fashion. The Contribution of Women to the Development of Detroit from 1701-1951. Detroit, MI: Wayne University Press, 1953. 249 p.

Dannett, Sylvia. Our Women of the Sixties. Washington, DC: U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963. 44 p.

The Eldon House Diaries: Five Women's Views of the 19th Century. Toronto: Champlain Society, 1994. 517 p.

Ellet, Elizabeth F. The Pioneer Women of the West. Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates, 1873. 434 p.

Fowler, William W. Woman on the American Frontier: A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mother of the Republic." Hartford, CN: S.S. Scranton, 1880. 527 p.

Gauthier, Doris A. Alcona: The Women Pioneers. N.P. , 1986. 80 p.

Georgiady, Nicholas P. Michigan Women. Milwaukee, WI: Franklin, 1967. 32 p.

Hale, Sarah Josepha. Woman's Record: or, Sketches of all Distinguished Women from "the Beginning" till A.D. 1850. NY: Harper Brothers, 1853. 904 p.

Hall, Richard. Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. NY: Marlowe, 1994.224 p.

Harley, Rachel B. Michigan Women: Firsts and Founders. Lansing, MI: Michigan Women's Studies Association, 1992. 110 p.

Harley, Rachel B. Michigan Women: First and Founders, Volume II. Lansing, MI: Michigan Women's Studies Association. 1995. 182 p.

Harris, Fran. Focus - Michigan Women, 1701-1977. Michigan Coordinating Committee of the National Commission on the Observance of Women's Year, [1977]. 119 p.

Hine, Darlene C. Black Women in the Middle West: The Michigan Experience. Ann Arbor, MI: Historical Society of Michigan, 1990. 31 p.

Historic Women of Michigan: A Sesquicentennial Celebration. Lansing, MI: Michigan Women=s Studies Association, 1987. 257 p.

Hurn, Ethel. Wisconsin Women in the War Between the States. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Commission, 1911. 190 p.

Jolly, Ellen R. Nuns of the Battlefield. [Providence, RI: Providence Visitor Press, 1927] 336 p.

Nuns who worked caring for the wounded in the Civil War.

Keuter, Aubert. Fifty Golden Years: [Sisters at Harbor Springs]. N.P., Harbor Springs, MI:,[1936]. 19 p.

King, William C. Woman: Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized World. Springfield, MA: King-Richardson, 1901. 665 p.

Michigan. Civil War Centennial Observance Commission. Michigan Women in the Civil War. Lansing, MI: The Commission, [1963]. 144 p.

Northwood Institute. Distinguished Women of Northwood Institute. [Midland, MI: Northwood Institute], 1970. 39 p.

Starling, Elizabeth. Noble Deeds of Woman; or, Examples of Female Courage and Virtue. Boston, MA: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1850. 470 p.

Vieth, Jane K. Women of Courage: An Oral History of Michigan State University Women. Union Lake, MI: Michigan Oral History Council, 1985. 11 p.

Weddon, Willah. First Ladies of Michigan. Grand Rapids, MI: The Printers, 1977. 86 p.

Weddon, Willah. Michigan Press Women: Today and Yesterday. Stockbridge, MI: Weddon Press, 1996. 169 p.

Willard, Frances E. A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in all Walks of Life. Buffalo, NY: Moulton, 1893. 812 p.

Woman's Century Calendar. Edited by Carrie Chapman Catt. NY: National American Woman Suffrage Association, [1900]. 81 p.

Women in the Library Profession: Leadership Roles and Contributions. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1971. 27 p.

Women Lawyers and the Origins of Professional Life in America: The Letters of the Equity Club, 1887 to 1890. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1993. 290 p.

Women of Bay County, 1809-1980. Bay City, MI: Museum of the Great Lakes, 1980. 68 p.

Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey. Collected by Lillian Schlissel. NY: Schocken Books, 1982. 262 p.

Groups and Clubs

AMERICAN WOMAN'S EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Annual Report. 3rd edition. NY: J.D. Bedford, 1955.

ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN.
Souvenir. Nineteenth Annual Congress...invited and entertained by the Ladies= Literature Club...October 14, 15, 16, 1891, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 48 p.

CAMP FIRE GIRLS.
Rogers, Ethel. Sebago-Wohelo Camp Fire Girls. Battle Creek, MI: Good Health Pub. Co., 1915. 249 p.

CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS. MICHIGAN.
Year book, 1902, 1907.

CIVIC IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE.
Wilcox, Ella. What One Civic League has done. Alma, MI:, 1926. 23 p.

COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA.
Lamar, Mrs. Clarinda H. A History of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, from 1891 to 1933. Atlantic, GA: W.W. Brown, 1934. 272 p.

DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH.

Gold Leaf Lodge no. 208, Farwell, Michigan. Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Order. 1905. 48 p.
Proceedings of the Session of the Michigan Rebekah Conventions and Assemblies held at Adrian, Michigan, 1927.
Report of Officers of the Rebekah Assembly, I.O.O.F. of Michigan. Forty-sixth Annual Session of Conventions and Assemblies, Battle Creek, October 20,21,22,23, 1930. 132 p.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS.

Lineage Book. Have: Volumes 1-9 (1925-1951)
Yearbook. Have: 1945-1951, 1954, 1955, 1957.
Northwest Frontier Chapter. Yearbooks. Have: 1948-1958.
Le Plaisance Bay Chapter. Yearbooks. Have: 1954-1961.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. Have: 1936-1937; and scattered issues from 1954 through 1990.
Early History. Daughters of the American Revolution. Washington, DC: DAR, 1908. 24 p.
In Washington; The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Washington, DC:, 1965. 118 p.
Washington Landmark: A View of the DAR, the Headquarters, History, and Activities. Washington, DC: DAR, 1976.
Algonquin Chapter. Directory of Algonquin Chapter, DAR. St. Joseph, MI: The Chapter, 1994. 129 p.
Historical Record of the Michigan Daughters of the American Revolution, 1893-1930. 2 volumes.
History of the California State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1938-1960. Los Angeles, CA: DAR State History Committee, 1968. 599 p
History of the Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Frankfort, KY: Hulette Printing Co., 1966. 108 p.
Proceedings of the Daughters of the American Revolution Continental Congress. Washington, DC: The Congress. Have: 1938, 1939, 1942, and 1943.
Proceedings of the Michigan Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference. Have: 1939, 1955-1964, 1973-1987.
Yearbook of the Michigan Daughters of the American Revolution. Have: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938.

DAUGHTERS OF FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA.
Lineage Book of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. Have: 1910; 1924.

DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Journal of the National Convention. Have: 1936.

DE MOLAY.

De Molay Foundation of Michigan. Directory, 1972.
Order of De Molay. Grand Council. Ritual Degrees and Ceremonies of the Order of DeMolay. 1945.

EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.

The Michigan Suffragist. Have: February 1914-May 1917.
Report of the Michigan Annual Convention. Jackson, MI: November 5,6,7, 1913.

FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS.

Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs. Annual Directory. 1923.
Flint Federation of Women's Clubs. The Flint Federation of Women's Clubs presents "womanhood" a Pageant...November 15 and 16, 1928.
Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs. Manual. 1908-1909.
Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs. A History of the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs, 1895-1953 by Blanche B. Maw. Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Press, 1953. 212 p.
Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs. History Supplement, 1953-1966. 67 p.

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN.
Report of the Transactions during the third quinquennial term terminating with the third quinquennial meeting held in Berlin June 1904. Boston, MA: 1909. 2 vols.

KU KLUX KLAN.

Blee, Kathleen. Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920's. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991. 228 p.
Wolverine Woman. Have: 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931. (Scattered issues)

LADIES' LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS.

Avon Ladies' Library Association, Rochester, Michigan. Catalogue of the Books of the Avon Ladies' Library Association. Rochester, MI: Era Print. Have: 1887;1892.
Kalamazoo Ladies' Library Association. Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Ladies' Library Association. Kalamazoo, MI: C.M.W. Earle, 1856. 14 p.
Potts, Grace J. Women with a Vision. Kalamazoo, MI: Ladies' Library Association, 1979. 101 p.
Ladies' Library and Literary Association, Owosso, Michigan. Articles of Association, By-Laws, and Catalogue of Books of the Ladies' Library Association of Owosso City. Owosso, MI: J.H. Champion, 1870. 25 p.
Ladies' Library Association, Stanton, Michigan. Catalogue of Books of the Ladies' Library Association...May 1, 1903. Stanton, MI: Herald Printing House, 1903. 33 p.

LADIES' LITERARY CLUB.

Ladies' Literary Club of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Announcement. Have: 1905-06; 1923-24.
Rowland, Frances L. Our Presidents: A Dream of Fair Ladies: Ladies Literary Club, 1873-1903. Grand Rapids, MI: 1903. 79 p.
Stinchcomb, Hogue. History of the Ladies' Literary Club of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Grand Rapids, MI: Clandoin Printery, 1910. 299 p.

LADIES' LITERARY SOCIETY.
The Atheneum: Ladies' Literary Society in Lexington, Michigan. Programs. Have: 1888; 1898; 1909-10; 1938-39.

LADIES' SOCIETY FOR EVANGELIZING THE WEST.
The First Annual Report of the Boston Ladies' Society for Evangelizing the West. Boston, MA: American Tract Society, 1943. 15 p.

NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.

Organizing to win by the Political District Plan. NY: The Association, [1935]. 31 p.
Woman Suffrage and the Liquor Interests: Some Exhibits. NY: The Association, 1913. 15 p.

ORDER OF THE AMARANTH.

Be a Ready Hostess. Saginaw, MI: 1950. 63 p.
Directory and Household Helps. Saginaw, MI: 1949. 60 p.

ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.

Grand Chapter of Michigan. Annual Session. Have: 1917, 1946.
Grand Chapter of Michigan. Centennial Book, 1867-1967. Charlotte, MI: McGrath-DeFoe, 1967. 233 p.
Phillips, Robert. A Little Light on the Heroines of the Order of the Eastern Star. Coldwater, MI: Robert Phillips, 1910. 60 p.
Saginaw, Michigan. Salina Chapter no. 439. Directory and Household Helps. 1947-48.72 p.

RELIGIOUS ORDERS.

Callan, Louise. The Society of the Sacred Heart in North America. NY: Longmans, Green, 1937. 809 p.
Mary Barbara, Sister. A Covenant with Stones: Historical Reminiscences of the 50th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Michigan. Nazareth, MI: Sisters of Saint Joseph, 1939.132 p.
A Retrospect, Three Score Years and Ten, Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. NY: Benziger Brothers, 1916. 190 p.
Rosalita, Sister. No Greater Service: The History of the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Monroe, Michigan, 1845-1945. Detroit, MI: 1948. 863 p.
Schwind, Mona. Period Pieces: An Account of the Grand Rapids Dominicans, 1853-1966. Grand Rapids, MI: Sisters of St. Dominic, 1991. 305 p.
Ziolkowski, Mary J. The Felician Sisters of Livonia, Michigan: First Province in America. Detroit, MI: Harlo Press, 1984. 586 p.

SOCIETY OF WOMEN PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS.
Moore, Julia Gatlin. History of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, 1903-1953. Detroit, MI: 1953. 96 p.

TAU BETA.
Plumb, Mildred. History of Tau Beta. Detroit, MI: Privately Printed by Evans-Winter-Hebb, 1938. 181 p.

SOCIETA ITALIANA DI BENEFICENZA.
Statuto Fondamentale della Societa Italiana di Beneficenza. Iron River, MI: The Society, [1935]. 32 p.

UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION.

Greenbie, Marjorie L. Lincoln's Daughters of Mercy. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1944. 211 p.
Henshaw, Sarah E. Our Branch and its Tributaries: Being a History of the Work of the Northwestern Sanitary Commission. Chicago, IL: Sewell, 1968. 432 p.

WOMAN'S CLUBS.

Lansing, Michigan Woman's Club. Annual Announcement. Have: 1892-1906; 1912.
Mackinaw Woman's Club. Program of Activities and List of Officers, Standing Committees, and Members of the Club. Have: 1942-1949.
Montague, J.A. A History, Traverse City Woman's Club, 1891-1932. 24 p.
Saginaw Woman's Club. Articles of Association: Constitution and By-Laws. Revised to April 1937. 13 p.
Saginaw Woman's Club. Yearbook. Have: 1920-1922; 1937-1940.

WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.

Handbook of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Evanston, IL: National W.C.T.U. Publishing House, 1936.
Michigan Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Annual Convention. Have: 1889-1953.

WOMAN'S HISTORICAL CLUB.

Lansing, Michigan Woman's Historical Club. Yearbooks. Have: 1897-1912.
Lansing, Michigan Woman's Historical Club. Programs. Have: 1895-1931.
Lansing Michigan Woman's Historical Club. Constitution. 1906.
Lansing Michigan Woman's Historical Club. Anniversary Banquets. Have: 1897-1915.

WOMAN'S PEACE PARTY.

Degen, Marie Louise. The History of the Woman's Peace Party. NY: B. Franklin Reprints, 1974. [Reprint of 1939 edition]. 301 p.

WOMAN'S PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Leaves from our Lives. Columbian Souvenir. Grand Rapids, MI: Dean Printing, 1894.63 p.
Manual of the Michigan Woman's Press Association, Organized in Traverse City, July 22, 1890. Have: 1904.

WOMAN'S PROGRESSIVE CLUB.
Woman's Progressive Club, Ovid, Michigan. Yearbook. Have: 1900-1901.

WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.

Constitution, Rules and Regulations for the Government of the National Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Have: 1914, 1923, 1941, 1945.
Journal of the Convention of the National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Have: 1888: 1901-1927.
Ritual of the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Have: 1921, 1944.
Services of the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Have: 1916, 1921.
Woman's Relief Corps, Department of Michigan. Journal of the Convention of the Woman's Relief Corps. Have: 1884; 1901-02; 1904-1913; 1919; 1921-1925; 1928-1929; 1944.
Woman's Relief Corps, Department of Michigan. Roster. Have: 1903; 1908; 1921.

WOMAN'S TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.
Wittenmyer, Annie. History of the Woman's Temperance Crusade; A Complete Official History of the Wonderful Uprising of the Christian Women of the U.S. Against the Liquor Traffic, Which Culminated in the Gospel Temperance Movement. Philadelphia, PA: Office of the Christian Women, 1878. 794 p.

WOMEN'S CLUB HOUSE ASSOCIATION.

Women's Club House Association, Lansing, Michigan. Constitution and Laws. Lansing, MI: The Club, 1914. 7 p.

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM.

Detzer, Dorothy. Appointment on the Hill. NY: H. Holt, 1948. 262 p.

YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

Proceedings of the Michigan Annual Convention of the Young Women's Christian Association. Have: 1886-1894; 1900-1903.

Compiled by Evelyn Leasher
February 1999