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Woman in Rocking Chair

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Description: Woman in a rocking chair reading a book in front of a fireplace.
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Elderly Woman Sitting in Chair

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Description: An elderly woman, most likely Dankoler's mother, sitting in a chair before a fireplace wearing a shawl. She is holding a cane in her right hand.
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Elizabeth Waters Dormitory Parlor

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Six women sitting by the fireplace in the parlor at Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Women Assembling Valentine Decoration

Date: 1960
Description: Two women are assembling a large paper valentine decoration. One woman stands on a ladder in front of a fireplace working on the top of the decoration, whi...
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Colonial Kitchen in Historical Museum

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Joyce Elmer is basting a chicken in an iron reflector oven and Gene Lyte is using a butter churn. Both women are University of Wisconsin home economics maj...
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After Dinner Entertainment

Date: 1978
Description: Two women and a man are performing a skit in front of the brick fireplace in the living room at Forest Lodge. One woman is holding a paper fan and wearing...
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Colonial Kitchen in Historical Museum

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Isomel Billings is using an old-fashioned broom, Lietzel Pelican and Patricia Cirves are operating a sausage grinder. The women are University of Wisconsin...
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Mrs. Calvin Johnson and Others

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Description: Indoor group portrait of a man and three women. The woman sitting on the right is identified as Mrs. Calvin Johnson. The items on the mantle and in room ar...
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Israel Greene Beaumont's House

Date: 1929
Description: Interior of the front parlor, with two women sitting on rocking chairs in front of the fireplace. The house is located at 203 South Jefferson Street. Beaum...
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Picnic

Date: 07 1939
Description: Three unidentified women, two wearing wide-legged slacks, are supervising a group of children around a stone fireplace in Council Grounds State Forest (now...
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Red Cross Sewing Circle

Date: 12 08 1932
Description: Large group of women sewing for the Red Cross in the home of James and Mary McManamy, 2005 Jefferson.
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University of Wisconsin Student Conference

Date: 09 13 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin students gathered in Kronshage Hall for a conference.
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Rockford College Jane Adams Room

Date: 1914
Description: Unidentified woman seated in a wicker chair reading in the Jane Adams room at Rockford College. A walled-over fireplace is on the wall behind her, and an H...
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Bronwyn Jones

Date: 09 11 1963
Description: A woman is smiling while posing with her right leg lifted. She is wearing a dress and standing in front of a fireplace and wood-paneled wall. Caption reads...
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Old Library at Hillside Home School

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Description: A woman working in the library at Hillside Home school, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Picnic in New Glarus Woods Picnic Grounds

Date: 1940
Description: Two men and two women have gathered at a picnic table in New Glarus Woods State Park (established 1934). A small bucket and dishes are sitting on the table...
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Mr. William Kaeser stands in front of a large fireplace at his home at 3467 Circle Close, one of the houses on the League of Women Voters' House Tour. Mrs....
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: The Gilmore House, located at 120 Ely Place and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is one of the homes on the League of Women Voters benefit tour. Sitting in ...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women tea and dinner, from the left: Dr. Althea Kratz Hottel, national president and dean of women at the U...

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