Williamsport Women: Voices, Images, Actions

A cooperative community project

Source material related to the history of women in Lycoming County selected from the archival collections of Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Historical Society, and the James V. Brown Library. The documents highlight the history of local women in volunteer and reform organizations, education, the arts, the workplace, and private lives. The first part of the collection covers the time period 1875-1925. Materials continue to be added on a regular basis.

This material has national, perhaps international, significance as it relates to women's history and studies during a time period when there is a scarcity of materials about women's contributions to local communities. All three cooperating facilities are very limited in staffing and available hours, so the materials reach users who either cannot physically come to the collections or did not previously know of their existence.

This project has been partially funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, in addition to grants from private individuals and organization.

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