Scudder, Vida Dutton (1861-1954)

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Denison House

WILPF International Summer School (1924)

Helena S. Dudley to Jane Addams. June 24, 1901

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, April 6, 1902

Helena Stuart Dudley to Jane Addams, April 30, 1902

Marie Rolin Tuttle to Jane Addams, August 4, [1904]

Louis F. Post to Jane Addams, October 1, 1907

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, May 7, 1908

Mary Eliza McDowell to Jane Addams, August 7, 1912

Helena Stuart Dudley to Jane Addams, August 7, 1918

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, January 8, 1921

Florence Converse to Jane Addams, March 26, 1921

Ellen Gates Starr to Helena S. Dudley, March 3, 1922

Jane Addams to Amy Woods, January 15, 1924

Tentative outline of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom International Summer School Program, January 18, 1924

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Summer School Committee List, January 18, 1924

Louis J. Affelder to Jane Addams, March 15, 1926

The Spider Web, ca. January 1927

Vida Dutton Scudder to Jane Addams, April 27, 1902

Vida Dutton Scudder to Jane Addams, June 13, 1902

Vida Dutton Scudder to Jane Addams, November 13, [1909]

Vida Dutton Scudder to Jane Addams, July 19, 1912

Jane Addams to Vida Dutton Scudder, April 25, 1900

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Birth Date

1861-12-15

Death Date

1954-10-09

Birthplace

Madurai, India

Biographical Text

Vida Dutton Scudder was one of the first women admitted into Oxford's graduate program. She later became a professor of English literature at Wellesley College. Scudder had maintained a connection to the Episcopalian church and continued to advocate the Christian message until she passed. Scudder is honored with a feast day on the Episcopal Church's liturgical calendar on October 10. She also helped co-found the third settlement house in the United States, Denison House of Boston, with Helena Dudley and Emily Greene Balch in 1890. She served as its primary administrator from 1893-1913. Scudder died in 1954.

Scudder lived with Florence Converse from 1919 until Converse's death.