Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. She ran the newspapers "The St. Cloud Visitor" and the "St. Cloud Democrat."
Portrait of Frank M. Eddy (1856-1929). Eddy was the first native Minnesotan to represent our state in Congress. Eddy was Pope County clerk of court for ten years, Seventh District Representative to Congress (1895-1903), publisher of the Sauk Centre Herald (1916), and worked in the Minnesota Secretary of State's office (1918-1929).
Group photograph of the Alpha Delta Society at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Julia Rognlie is picture in the third row from the bottom, second from the right.
First 50 years of the College of Saint Benedict (CSB). Sister Dominica Borgerding was appointed the directress of the academy in 1909. When the college was established in 1913, she served as directress for both the academy and the college until 1918. Hers was an ample, progressive, hearty soul. Weeping girls were swept to her bosom, given a huge apple, and made to feel that all was right with the world. She is best known for her amazing gift for dramatics (Gable, OSB).
Portrait of the Reverend George Henry Bridgman, Hamline University president, 1883-1912. Prior to coming to Hamline, he was a minister in the Canadian Methodist Conference and principal of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, New York.