Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998

Description: Lawyer, feminist, judge, and political activist. The Kenyon collection illuminates the continuity of social activism around such issues as race, class, poverty, and gender from the 1930s-60s. Topics reflected include worldwide suffrage; abortion rights; minority legal rights; the Equal Rights Amendment; and civil rights. Materials include writings, speeches, organizational records, photographs, memorabilia, and audio tapes of interviews and speeches. Significant correspondents include: Bella Abzug, Florence Allen, Roger Baldwin, Mary Dewson, India Edwards, Felix Frankfurter, Betty Friedan, Hubert Humphrey, Fiorello LaGuardia, Frieda Miller, Constance Baker Motley, Pauli Murray, Edmund Muskie, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Harriet Pilpel, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Anna Lord Strauss, and Harry Truman.

Dates Covered: 1850 -- 1998

Donor: Dorothy Kenyon

Holding Institution: Smith College

Archive: Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive

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Letter from Dorothy Kenyon to Mary Sutherland, February 20, 1948

written by Dorothy Kenyon, 1888-1972, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 56, Folder 12, 2pp.) (Northampton, MA) (20 February 1948) , 2 page(s)

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Letter from Dorothy Kenyon to Mary-Elizabeth Murdock, May 7, 1971

written by Dorothy Kenyon, 1888-1972, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 4, Folder 7, 1p.) (Northampton, MA) , 1 page(s)

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Letter from Dorothy Kenyon to Max Habicht, March 4, 1941

written by Dorothy Kenyon, 1888-1972, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 39, Folder 13, 1p.) (Northampton, MA) , 1 page(s)

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Letter from Dorothy Kenyon to Rachel Nason, June 9, 1949

written by Dorothy Kenyon, 1888-1972, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 57, Folder 11, 2pp.) (Northampton, MA) , 2 page(s)

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Letter from Dorothy Kenyon to Walter Kotschnig, October 16, 1947

written by Dorothy Kenyon, 1888-1972, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Northampton, MA) (16 October 1947) , 2 page(s)

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Letter from Dorothy Kenyon to Walter Kotschnig, September 30, 1947

written by Dorothy Kenyon, 1888-1972, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 56, Folder 7, 3pp. scan0070) (Northampton, MA) (30 September 1947) , 3 page(s)

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Letter from Elsie Zimmern to Dorothy Kenyon, April 1, 1938

written by Elsie M. Zimmern, 1876-1967, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 39, Folder 11, 1p.) (Northampton, MA) , 1 page(s)

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Letter from Emile Giraud to Dorothy Kenyon, December 31, 1940

written by Emile Victor Giraud, fl. 1940, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 39, Folder 13, 2pp.) (Northampton, MA) (31 December 1940) , 2 page(s)

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Letter from Emile Giraud to Dorothy Kenyon, May 21, 1941

written by Emile Victor Giraud, fl. 1940, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 39, Folder 13, 1p.) (Northampton, MA) (21 May 1941) , 1 page(s)

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Letter from Emilie Gourd to Presidents of Alliance Auxiliaries, May 24, 1938

written by Emilie Gourd, 1879-1946, in Dorothy Kenyon Papers, 1850-1998, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 39, Folder 11, 2pp. DK390110003-4.) (Northampton, MA) (24 May 1938) , 2 page(s)

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