75 Stories, 75 Years

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• About — 75 Stories, 75 Years

  The 75 documents and objects in this anniversary exhibition evoke the depth and breadth of the Schlesinger Library’s holdings. They tell 75 stories—harrowing, heartbreaking, pathbreaking, brave—ab...

• Index — 75 Stories, 75 Years

• Oil portraits by Gardner Cox, 1969 and 1942 — 75 Stories, 75 Years

  Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger’s obituary in the New York Times noted, “In her 20’s Mrs. Schlesinger marched as a pre–World War suffragette; in her 80’s she marched with her granddaughters in Vietna...

• Objects — 75 Stories, 75 Years

  The items in this online exhibition evoke the stories of American women through the ages. Click on any image to begin.

• World War II–era cookbook, ration coins, and ration card, ca. 1941–1945 — 75 Stories, 75 Years

  These items tell stories of patriotism and sacrifice made by countless Americans during World War II. Ration books, issued by the government, controlled prices and ensured equal access to scarce goods...

• Diorama of Radcliffe Yard, 1978 — 75 Stories, 75 Years

  This diorama of Radcliffe Yard was constructed in 1978 for the Radcliffe College centennial. It represents a view of the Yard as it was in 1879, at Radcliffe’s founding. A group of volunteers and arti...