Mary Whitall Worthington diary, volume 10

Bryn Mawr College

Mary Whitall Worthington's diary during her time at Bryn Mawr College from 1907 to 1908. In it she gives vivid descriptions of her day to day life including interesting lectures she attends, time with friends, class plays, and traditions such as rush night, lantern night, May Day, and her class dinner. She discusses her extracurricular activities including playing on the hockey team and her involvement with the College Women's Equal Suffrage League. Miss Worthington writes of her interest in philosophy and pens an address (possibly for a meeting of the College Women's Equal Suffrage League) entitled "Women and Progress." In this diary, Miss Worthington occasionally expresses concern about her grades and academic performance and mentions her health and repeated stays in the infirmary and visits to doctors. She talks about her relatives, particularly her aunt, M. Carey Thomas, and her brother Babe who attends Haverford College (class of 1911). Throughout her diary, Mary Whitall Worthington includes photographs of friends, programs from events, exam questions, drawings, and letters from family members. Miss Worthington also keeps a list of the books she has read throughout the year at the front of the diary and an index of topics she discusses at the back.

Mary Whitall Worthington diaries

Worthington, Mary Whitall

Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey), 1857-1935

Female friendship

Women -- suffrage

Academic achievement

Field hockey

Health

Athletics and Physical Education

Home and Family

Political and Social Activism

Student Life

Tradition and Ritual

Worthington, Mary Whitall

1907-1908

Bryn Mawr

Philadelphia

New York

Diaries

Bound volume, approximately 9.75 x 11.5 inches

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