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A tongue-in-cheek poem from the 1910 Microcosm called "We Would Like to See" "“J. Van Liew Morris at a Suffragette Meeting” J. Van Liews was a physics and mathematics instructor.

Gladys Corthell was born in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1890. She attended the University of Wyoming until 1913, when her parents decided to send her across the country for a year so that she could experience life beyond Wyoming before she married her…

In an article about Boston’s suffrage parade on May 3, 1914, the Boston Globe reported that Simmons students were among the undergraduates who marched with the College Women’s Equal Suffrage League.

On October 17, 1915, over eight thousand suffragists marched through Boston in support of women’s voting rights. Simmons students, including Blanche Castleman, were among the college students in attendance.

Blanche Castleman, who graduated with a B.S. in Library Science in 1919, poses near the entrance to North Hall.

A scrap of streamer in Blanche Castleman's yearbook from the October 17 suffrage parade in Boston. According to the Boston Globe, on the day of the parade, "antis" (those opposed to women's suffrage) prepared over 100,000 red "blushing" roses for…

This broadsheet, containing marching instructions, a parade map, and song lyrics, advised suffrage supporters on how to participate in the Boston suffrage march of October 16, 1915. Simmons is the only college listed individually among the groups of…

This broadsheet, containing marching instructions, a parade map, and song lyrics, advised suffrage supporters on how to participate in the Boston suffrage march of October 16, 1915.