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Size | 3 items |
Abstract | Alice McLellan Birney (1859-1907) of Marietta, Ga., was the founder of the National Congress of Mothers (later known as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers). The collection contains a biographical sketch of Birney, written by Grace Porch Keith; a photograph of women at the first meeting, 1897, at Birney's home in Marietta, Ga. (copied from the Nashville Tennessean, 1931); and a letter, 2 December 1901, from ""Alice"" to ""Momma"" about the opening of Congress and other events in Washington, D.C. |
Creator | Birney, Alice McLellan, 1859-1907. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, January 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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Alice McLellan Birney (1859-1907) of Marietta, Ga., was the founder of the National Congress of Mothers (later known as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers).
Back to TopA biographical sketch of Alice McLellan Birney, founder of the National Congress of Mothers (later known as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers), written by Grace Porch Keith; a photograph of women at the first meeting, 1897, at Birney's home in Marietta, Ga. (copied from the Nashville Tennessean, 1931); and a letter, 2 December 1901, from "Alice" to "Momma" about the opening of Congress and other events in Washington, D.C.
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Papers, 1897, 1901, 1931 |