52 items tagged with Women--Social life

Handmade Mickey Mouse valentine. Inscription reads "WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE '34?"

Handwritten note from Jackie Lesker asking Alice to serve as a waitress for the Class Day supper.

Handwritten Christmas note. Envelope reads "A Merry Christmas to My Junior Sister '1934' from '1936'".

Handwritten poem, most likely left for Alice with a Hershey's candy bar by her Simmons "older sister" (the older student who mentored Alice when Alice was a freshman).

Personal correspondence from Miss Madeline G. Howe to Alice Walker.

This short handwritten poem describes a lonely girl who ought to have company.

A thank you note to Alice from another woman named Alice. Note says the author had never enjoyed or appreciated a party as much as the one on Sunday night. Note implies that there were other people at the party and that they were all sweet.

This photograph shows two women standing in front of trees.

Photograph of a group of freshman dressed as bridesmaids for the Freshman-Junior Wedding. The Freshman-Junior Wedding was an annual Simmons tradition in which the freshman class president dressed as the bride and the junior class president dressed in…

Photograph Benny and Bea. Two girls both holding schoolbooks.