On August 6th, 2019, In Her Own Right conducted a working group at the Society of American Archivists annual conference, this year held in Austin, TX. The purpose of the working group was to tease out the many issues involved in documenting women’s history outside mainstream archives, and to attempt to identify best practices for engaging with non-archival communities, their stewards (archivist or layperson), and their records. The resulting conclusions will inform the work of the project as it expands its reach in the NEH phase.
Labor Day Special: Philadelphia’s Shirtwaist Strike of 1909-1910
Happy Labor Day! Most people are familiar with the Uprising of 20,000 and the tragic New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Did you know that Philadelphia had a similar fire that led to one of the first massive uprisings of women in the United States?
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One Hundred Years Later: Remembering the Ratification of the 19th Amendment in Pennsylvania
post by Jessica Markey Locklear, Graduate Assistant at Temple University’s Special Collections Research Center
One hundred years ago on this day in history, the state of Pennsylvania voted to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the constitution stating that, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Heavily influenced by Quaker ideologies, Pennsylvania has a historical reputation of being a front runner in advocating for national progressive social reform. What originally began as ecumenical campaigns against slavery in the early nineteenth century eventually evolved into a seventy year struggle for the woman’s right to vote. Continue reading “One Hundred Years Later: Remembering the Ratification of the 19th Amendment in Pennsylvania”
Taking “In Her Own Right” to Social Studies Teachers
By Caroline Hayden
Earlier this spring, In Her Own Right (InHOR) presented at the 116th Annual Conference of Middle States Council for the Social Studies in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Together with Mariam Williams from our sister project, “Chronicling Resistance, Enabling Resistance,” I spoke to Social Studies educators from high schools and the higher education field about the resources that can be accessed through both PACSCL projects. The conference turnout was high even with the inclement weather, and there were many opportunities for great conversation about teaching the history of women’s rights activism and resistance movements, using archival collections.
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Announcement: NEH Implementation Grant Awarded to In Her Own Right!
The project team for In Her Own Right is proud to announce that we have been awarded a Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) program implementation grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH). This upcoming NEH-funded phase of the project, scheduled to run from May 2019 through April 2021, will result in the digitization of another 48,000 pages of manuscript and archival material from the collections of twelve Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) members and two additional repositories. It will make possible a site redesign for the project database website (originally created during our pilot stage with funding from an earlier NEH planning grant), including enhancements such as new online exhibits, contextual essays, and data analysis tools. Importantly, it will also provide resources for an exploration of additional repositories in order to reveal and digitize hidden collections specifically representing the activist efforts of marginalized women.
See the announcement on the PACSCL website for further details and to hear what the principal investigators on the project have to say about the news. We’re thrilled to be able to bring more content and better representation to In Her Own Right!
New Data for the New Year!
The In Her Own Right project database, hosted at inherownright.org, is proud to present the fruits of our first harvest to the public. Our record count is now over 1000, but rest assured the focus is on quality over quantity. The new data includes photographs, letters, diaries, school records, and much more. Read a bit about each new collection below, and stay tuned–a website redesign is in our future!
Meet the InHOR Project Team
In Her Own Right has received valuable contributions from many people throughout the course of the project. Here, we’d like to introduce the Project Team for the CLIR-funded phase; a cross-institution coalition who are thrilled to expand the content and capabilities of the InHOR database.
Get Ready for the Bootcamp!
The InHOR project team will host a “bootcamp” training session from 9am-1pm at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania this coming Monday, July 9th, to onboard contributing institutions. Although the bootcamp is targeted at institutions participating in InHOR, any and all staff of PACSCL members are welcome to attend. The bootcamp will cover project content, context, and technical specifications. Those specifications and other project documentation may be found on this site’s documentation page. The bootcamp will also provide a more general introduction to standards and workflows for digitization, and will allow time for questions and comments.
If you’ve registered, check your email for a basic agenda! We look forward to seeing you soon.
In Her Own Right is hiring! Two internships available.
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries’ CLIR
In Her Own Right Graduate Student Internships
Summary: Two graduate student internships, offering pre-professional experience in creating and editing descriptive metadata and participating in digitization. Continue reading “In Her Own Right is hiring! Two internships available.”