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Date created
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1883-1885
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Creator
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Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
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Description
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Graceanna Lewis describes a school, likely the Foster School for Girls where she taught from 1883-1885, and writes about the books she has been studying. She describes how she came across algae and conducted experiments with it. She has an upcoming meeting planned with Dr. Adele Amelia Gleason and mentions her mother, Rachel Gleason, the fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
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Size
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2 pages
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Type
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Text
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Subjects
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Botany
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Books and reading
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Women in education
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Microscopes
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Bible
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Geographical location
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Language
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English
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View full item
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https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/sc178972 |
Local identifier
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A00180211
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Collection
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Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, SFHL-RG5-087
(explore contents)
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Contributing institution
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Rights
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Please cite appropriately, crediting Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, SFHL-RG5-087, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College as the source and indicating the identifier of the item, A00180211. This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/.
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