Description: Dated ca. 1891, this photograph shows women's rights activists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton sitting together. The two activists met in 1851 at an anti-slavery meeting in Seneca Falls, New York, and joined forces to launch the national women's suffrage movement and published the newspaper The Revolution. Together they founded the New York Women's State Temperance Society, Women's Loyal National American Equal Rights Association, and the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1903_01
Subjects: Suffragists; Abolitionists; Temperance; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Women authors; Women's rights; Women--Suffrage
 

Description: Dated ca. 1874, this is a photograph of Alice Danner Jones, a Canton, Ohio, resident. Her name and other biographical information are recorded on the reverse of the portrait, where she is described as a lecturer, educator, writer, and church worker. A relative and friend of first lady Ida Saxton McKinley, Jones wrote a book called "A McKinley Romance" about the courtship and marriage of President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1115
Subjects: Portrait photography; Women; Authors; Presidents; McKinley, William, 1843- 1901
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Miss Stowe, Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, Professor Stowe, and Harriet Beecher Stowe in front of their winter cottage in Mandarin, Florida. At her winter residence, Stowe and her husband Calvin hosted Bible studies and were very active in the community in Mandarin, such as helping to found the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour and instigating the construction of a school for African Americans. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was a prolific author and abolitionist. She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to stay with her father, Reverend Lyman Beecher, a prominent religious leader, and his large family, a prolific group of religious leaders, educators, writers and antislavery and women's rights advocates. Harriet lived there during her formative years which later led her to write the best-selling novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin, " a fictionalized account of the pain slavery imposed on its victims and of the difficult struggles of slaves to escape and travel via the Underground Railroad to freedom in the northern states or Canada. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS3008
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Abolitionists; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Women authors
Places: Mandarin (Florida)
 

Description: Dated to the mid-1930s, this is a photograph of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House located at 2950 Gilbert Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was a prolific author and abolitionist. She moved to Cincinnati to stay with her father, Reverend Lyman Beecher, a prominent religious leader, and his large family, a prolific group of religious leaders, educators, writers and antislavery and women's rights advocates. Harriet lived there during her formative years which later led her to write the best-selling novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin, " a fictionalized account of the pain slavery imposed on its victims and of the difficult struggles of slaves to escape and travel via the Underground Railroad to freedom in the northern states or Canada. At the time this photograph was taken, the home was being used as an inn. The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is an Ohio History Connection site managed locally by the Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Inc. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC4334_home_01
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Abolitionists; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Women authors
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the mid-1930s, this is a photograph of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House located at 2950 Gilbert Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was a prolific author and abolitionist. She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to stay with her father, Reverend Lyman Beecher, a prominent religious leader, and his large family, a prolific group of religious leaders, educators, writers and antislavery and women's rights advocates. Harriet lived there during her formative years which later led her to write the best-selling novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin, " a fictionalized account of the pain slavery imposed on its victims and of the difficult struggles of slaves to escape and travel via the Underground Railroad to freedom in the northern states or Canada. At the time this photograph was taken, the home was being used as an inn. The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is an Ohio History Connection site managed locally by the Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Inc. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC4334_home_02
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Abolitionists; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Women authors
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ambrotype portrait of Catherine Cooper Hopley (1817-1911), of England, 1859. Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio, and this and other portraits are included in the Hopley Family Photographs Collection. Catherine authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life," in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AP0258
Subjects: Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911; Scientists; Authors; Women; Snakes;
Places: England
 

Description: Cabinet card portrait of Catherine Cooper Hopley (1817-1911), of England. Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio, and this and other portraits are included in a collection of Hopley family photographs. Catherine authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life," in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P156_B01F12_001
Subjects: Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911; Scientists; Authors; Women; Snakes;
Places: London (England)
 

Description: Photograph of Catherine Cooper Hopley (1817-1911), in her garden at home in the Kew distric of London, England. A handwritten caption on the back reads, "Aunt Kitty, watering her plants." Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio, and this and other portraits are included in the Hopley Family Photographs Collection. Catherine authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life," in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P156_B01F12_002_01
Subjects: Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911; Scientists; Authors; Women; Snakes;
Places: London (England)
 

Description: Photograph of Catherine Cooper Hopley (1817-1911) of England, seated in a study. Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio, and this and other portraits are included in the Hopley Family Photographs Collection. Catherine authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life," in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P156_B01F12_003
Subjects: Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911; Scientists; Authors; Women; Snakes;
Places: London (England)
 

Description: Photograph of Catherine Cooper Hopley (1817-1911) of England, seated and writing at a desk. Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio, and this and other portraits are included in the Hopley Family Photographs Collection. Catherine authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life," in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P156_B01F12_004
Subjects: Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911; Scientists; Authors; Women; Snakes;
Places: London (England)
 

Description: Photograph of Catherine Cooper Hopley (1817-1911) of England, seated and reading a book. Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio, and this and other portraits are included in the Hopley Family Photographs Collection. Catherine authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life," in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P156_B01F12_005
Subjects: Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911; Scientists; Authors; Women; Snakes;
Places: London (England)
 

Description: Photograph of Catherine Cooper Hopley (1817-1911) of England, seated and talking with an unidentified man. Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio, and this and other portraits are included in the Hopley Family Photographs Collection. Catherine authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life," in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P156_B01F12_006
Subjects: Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911; Scientists; Authors; Women; Snakes;
Places: London (England)