Description: Members of the Women's Music Club of Columbus, Ohio, with string instruments, ca. 1930. Founded in 1881, the Women's Music Club is now known as "Women in Music – Columbus," and is the second oldest arts organization in Central Ohio. The group worked to bring leading musical performances to Columbus, and to allow a performance outlet for its own members. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05331
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Music; Musical instruments; Musicians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Members of the Women's Music Club of Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1930. Founded in 1881, the Women's Music Club is now known as "Women in Music – Columbus," and is the second oldest arts organization in Central Ohio. The group worked to bring leading musical performances to Columbus, and to allow a performance outlet for its own members. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05332
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Music
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Frances Dana Gage (1808-1884) of McConnelsville, Ohio, was an influential participant in the abolitionist, temperance and women's rights movements in Ohio in the years before the American Civil War. In spite of her work throughout the 1840s and 1850s, Gage did not see women gain significant ground in the years prior to the Civil War. After the war, when it became evident that women would not gain rights from the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments, women began to establish a number of national organizations to seek the right to vote. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04122
Subjects: Women's rights; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Temperance--History; Women abolitionists - Ohio
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of the Ohio Women's Reformatory in Marysville, Ohio. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women was opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archives Series 2759 AV consists of three oversize black and white aerial photographs of the buildings and grounds of the Ohio Reformatory for Women. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS3723
Subjects: Marysville (Ohio); Aerial photographs; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of the Ohio Women's Reformatory in Marysville, Ohio. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archives Series 2759 AV consists of three oversize black and white aerial photographs of the buildings and grounds of the Ohio Reformatory for Women. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS3724
Subjects: Marysville (Ohio); Aerial photographs; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of the Ohio Women's Reformatory in Marysville, Ohio. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archives Series 2759 AV consists of three oversize black and white aerial photographs of the buildings and grounds of the Ohio Reformatory for Women. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS3725
Subjects: Marysville (Ohio); Aerial photographs; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a large parade of women marching in Cleveland. One woman holds a sign stating, "Women Started the Playground Movement." The Playground Movement was a progressive reform movement that believed recreational activity would benefit mental and physical well-being, particularly among children. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00074
Subjects: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women social reformers - Ohio; Social movements; Parades & processions;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Born in Massachusetts in 1818, Lucy Stone was an abolitionist and a prominent leader in the women's rights movement in the nineteenth century. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1847, she embarked upon a career fighting for the rights of women and African Americans. Stone spent the late 1840s and the early 1850s traveling across the United States, hoping to build support for both abolition and women's rights. On a trip to Cincinnati in 1853, she met Henry Blackwell, a businessman. They married in 1855, but Stone refused to take her husband's last name, making her one of the first women in the United States to retain her maiden name after marriage. Stone helped found the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), which lobbied for women to have the right to vote. At the same time, another group of women, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, established the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). The American Woman Suffrage Association later merged with the National woman Suffrage Association. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04183
Subjects: Abolitionists--Ohio--History--19th century; Suffragists; Women--Ohio--History;
Places: Oberlin (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); Massachusetts
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows two inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women during a performance. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F02_001
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Theater--Ohio; Entertainment
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F02_002
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women giving a performance. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F02_003
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Theatre--Ohio; Entertainment; Costumes
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women dressed up in patriotic costumes such as Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty, and a woman in colonial garb with a flag draped over her lap. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F02_004
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Entertainment; Costumes
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)