Howland, Isabel, 1859-1942

Cornell University Class of 1881.

From the description of Isabel Howland papers, 1879-1902. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934058

Isabel Howland, undated

Isabel Howland was born to a Quaker family in Sherwood, New York in 1859. She earned a B.A. from Cornell University in 1881. The niece of suffragist, abolitionist and educator Emily Howland, Isabel was involved in similar causes. She was corresponding secretary of the Association for the Advancement of Women in the 1880s and involved in the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. From 1884 to 1885, she accompanied her aunt Emily Howland on European travels. She lived in Paris for much of the 1930s to care for her invalid brother, Herbert. She died in 1942.

From the guide to the Isabel Howland Papers MS 78., 1888-1903, (Sophia Smith Collection)

Suffragist; Social reformer.

Isabel Howland was born to a Quaker family in Sherwood, NY, in 1859. She earned a B.A. from Cornell University in 1881. The niece of suffragist, abolitionist, and educator Emily Howland, Isabel was involved in similar causes. Isabel Howland was corresponding secretary of the Association for the Advancement of Women in the 1880s and the NY State Woman Suffrage Association. In 1884-85, she accompanied her aunt Emily to Europe. Isabel Howland lived in Paris for much of the 1930s to care for her invalid brother, Herbert.

From the description of Papers, 1888-1903. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 49222665