Mrs. Louisa Southworth portrait   Save
Frances Jennings Casement Papers
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Louisa (Stark) Southworth, a prominent philanthropist in Cleveland who was closely involved with the women's suffrage movement, as well as other progressive and educational efforts. This item comes from the Frances Jennings Casement Papers, a manuscript collection comprised of letters and association records related to the founding and leadership of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association. Casement (1840-1928) was born in Painesville, Ohio, and graduated from Painesville Academy and Willoughby Female Seminary. Her father, Charles Casement, supported abolition and women's suffrage and encouraged Frances to be active in social causes. Frances Casement established the Painesville Equal Rights Association in 1883, and shortly after became involved in the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, serving as its president from 1885 to 1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS510_B01F77_Southworth
Subjects: Ohio Women; Civil Liberties; Suffrage; Suffragists; Ohio League of Women Voters; Social movements;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio);