Portrait of Clarina Irene Howard Nichols. Nichols and her husband settled in Quindaro, Wyandotte County, Kansas Territory, where she was active in politics and women's rights. Nichols attended the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention in 1859, where she secured for Kansas women liberal property rights, equal guardianship of their children, and the right to vote on all school questions. Susan B. Anthony paid tribute to Clarina Nichols in her book, "History of Woman Suffrage."
Item Number: 7787
Call Number: B Nichols Clarina Irene Howard *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7787
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 4: Kansas Territory: The Saga of Bleeding Kansas
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Women
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Wyandotte Constitution
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Families
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Nichols, Clarina Irene Howard, 1810-1885
People - Notable People - Anthony, Susan Brownell, 1820-1906
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Quindaro
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Type of Material - Photographs
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