Huge Archive Of Photographs And Documents Assembled By James Alexander Semple Of Famous Women In America.... (Total: 7 Items)

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Huge Archive Of Photographs And Documents Assembled By James Alexander Semple Of Famous Women In America. Amazing archive of hundreds of photographs and documents of prominent women in America. It was assembled by James A. Semple, President of Alexander Publishing in Denver, Co. These women were to be part of a book titled "Representative Women of America", c. 1920's. The archive includes a handwritten biography, completed by the women themselves, with many including signed photographs. One prominent figure being Helen Keller, who signed a photograph on the verso and included another note to Semple. Also an Autograph Letter Signed by Katharine Lee Bates, the author of "America the Beautiful", and a signed photograph of Maude Ballington Booth, Salvation Army leader. This list includes actresses, Suffragettes, women involved in politics, education, and so much more. There are four large binders of photographs and documents, and other collateral material, including a note about the book written by Semple himself. Please see the extended description on our website for a continued list of prominent women. Also, see the companion autograph book assembled by Semple in the auction.

More Information: Harriet C. Adams - Explorer, writer, lecturer
Ida Bailey Allen - Impresario of Century Opera, Co.
Mary Anderson - Labor leader / signed photo
Nancy Astor - First female Member of Parliament
Edith Atkinson - First female judge in Florida / signed photo
Gladys Baker - Syndicated columnist / signed photo
Eda E. Bartholomew - Musician
Mary M. Bartleme - Illinois judge
Mabel Batchelder - President Women's Republican Party, Worcester, Ma.
Amy Marcy Cheney - Composer of music
Cecilia Beaux - Awarded gold metal from American Academy of Arts and Letters
Helen Bell - First Colorado nurse in Philippine War / signed photo
Martha Berry - Founder of Berry College, Rome, Ga. / signed photo
Amelia Bingham - Actress / signed photo
Mrs. Charles Summer Bird - One of four women advisors to US Arms conference delegation / signed photo
Alice Stone Blackwell - Women's rights activist / signed photo
Elizabeth Blackwell - First woman to practice medicine in America / Carte de Visite photo
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair - Suffragette and founder of League of Women voters / photo
Dr. Annie Webb Blanton - Suffragette and first woman in Texas to be elected to a statewide office / photo
Louise deKoven Bowen - Suffragette and appointed by President Harding as representative of U.S. at Pan American conference of Women / Signed photo
Mary C. Bradford - First woman delegate to the 1908 Democratic National Convention / photo
Nell Brinkley - American illustrator and comic artist / Signed photo
Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseare - President National Society Daughters of the American Revolution / Signed photo
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan / Photo
Mrs. Robert J. Burdette - First President of California Federation of Women's Clubs / Signed photo
Carries Chapman Catt - Suffragette / Signed photo
Anne Hyde Choate - Girl Scouts and Niece of Julia Ward Howe / Signed photo
Clara Clemens - Daughter of Mark Twain / Signed photo
Rebecca Latimer Felton - First woman to serve in Senate / Signed photo
Agnes Greene Foster - Author / Signed photo
Katharine Gibbs - Started Gibbs College / Photo
Virginia Gildersleeve - Dean of Barnard College / Signed photo
Anna A. Gordon - Social reformer / Signed photo
Florence J. Harriman - Suffragette / Signed photo
Mary G. Hay - Reformer and Ziegfeld Girl / Signed photo
Margaret Howell Davis Hayes ' Daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis / Photo
Mrs. Herbert Hoover - Wife of President Hoover / Photo
Adella Prentiss Hughes - Founder of Cleveland Orchestra / Signed photo
Osa Johnson - Hunter, author and film maker / Signed photo
Frances P. Keyes - Editor Good Housekeeping magazine / Signed photo
Katherine Langley - U.S Representative from Kentucky / Signed photo
Alice Longworth - Daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt / Signed photo
Annie Nathan Meyer - Anti-Suffragette / Signed photo
Lucille Foster McMillin - Appointed to Civil Service Commission by President Franklin D. Roosevelt / Signed photo
Ruth Bryan Owen - Daughter of William Jennings Bryan and also first woman U.S. Ambassador / Signed photo
Francis Perkins - First woman in Presidents cabinet (FDR) / TLS & Signed photo
Emily Post - Author of etiquette / Signed photo
Roth Pratt - First Congresswoman elected from New York / Signed photo
Corrine Roosevelt Robinson ' Younger sister of President Theodore Roosevelt / Signed photo
Nellie Taylor Ross - First woman Governor / Signed photo
Florence R. Sabin - First woman professional at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine / Signed photo
Doris Stevens - Suffragette / Signed photo
Carrie Thomas - Suffragette / Signed photo
Edith Wilson - Wife of President Woodrow Wilson / Signed photo

The are hundreds more signed photographs and documents of prominent women in the archive. Worthy of further research.