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Women's Literary Group, Bernice Lacey and Friends, circa 1905; Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa

Women's Literary Group, Bernice Lacey and Friends, circa 1905; Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa

Title

Women's Literary Group, Bernice Lacey and Friends, circa 1905; Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa

Description

From the middle of the 19th to the early 20th Centuries, women were organizing and discussing topics ranging from abolition to temperance. Literature was another topic many women enjoyed meeting together to discuss. Pictured here is Bernice Lacey, daughter of Congressman John F. Lacey of Oskaloosa, along with her friends at a women's literary group outside the home of Lacey.

Creator

Mahaska County Historical Society

Source

Historical Archives

Publisher

Mahaska County Historical Society

Date

1905?
2008-08-03

Rights

www.nelsonpioneer.org

Format

still image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

Mahaska County Historical Society
http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll7,51