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| Creator: | Foster, Hazel E. (Hazel Elora), b. 1885 | |
| Title: | Hazel E. Foster Papers | |
| Dates: | 1920-1970 | |
| Abstract: | Part of the Jane Addams Memorial Collection. Hazel Foster was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1885. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1932 and worked as a Presbyterian minister and professor of religion throughout the United States. She was active in a number of organizations including the League of Women Voters, the Quaker Fellowship, and the American Civil Liberties Union, and served as religious contacts chairman for the National Board of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In this capacity, she came in contact with Jane Addams, Alice Hamilton, and other women affiliated with Hull-House. The collection contains mimeographed material from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, issues of Four Lights, published material regarding Hull-House, and correspondence. Correspondents include Jane Addams and Clara Stahl. Acquired from Rev. Hazel E. Foster. | |
| Quantity: | 1 linear feet | |
Hazel Elora Foster was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 14, 1885 to Henry Eugene and Julia P. (Tanner) Foster. Foster was a student at Mather College, Western Res. University, 1904-1906, and attended Law School intermittently ending in 1923. She received a B.L. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1909, and did postgraduate work at Mansfield College, 1926-1927. Hazel Foster received the following degrees from the University of Chicago, Divinity School: an M.A. in 1929, a B.D. in 1932, and a Ph.D. in 1933. Foster worked with Hiram House at a social settlement in Cleveland from 1909 -1912, and served as a Missionary Assistant at the Presbyterian Old Stone Church in Cleveland, 1912-1926. Foster's subsequent career consisted of work as an educator, minister, author, and social activist. She served as the administrative dean, prof. Bible dept., Presbyterian. College, Christian Education, Chicago, 1927-1939, a visiting lecturer in India, 1939-1941, a self-employed writer and lecturer, 1941-1942, and was ordained as a minister by the Eau Claire Association. She later taught at Morehouse College and Silliman University in the Philippines. Foster was Chairman of the Commission on Missionary Education and Stewardship of the Cleveland Congregational Union. She was also an active member of numerous religious and social organizations: the American Association of Women Ministers (trustee), Society for Ministry Women in Church (based in the United Kingdom), Western Reserve Association, Friends World Council of Churches, Christian Women United, Quaker Fellowship, League of Women Voters, WCTU, SANE, Civil Liberties Union, the Jane Addams Peace Association, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Her major published works include New Guide to Bible Study and Graeco-Roman Influences on Paul's Attitudes toward Women.
The majority of the collection consists of published documents of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Jane Addams Peace Association, and Jane Addams Centennial. The collection also contains correspondence and other papers. Materials are organized by original order.
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| This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms. | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 --Correspondence. | ||
| Foster, Hazel E. (Hazel Elora), b. 1885 --Archives. | ||
| Stahl, Clara--Correspondence. | ||
| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom--Sources. | ||
| Hull-House and Settlement House History | ||
| Midwest Women's History | ||
Rev. Hazel E. Foster donated these papers to UIC between 1967 and 1970.
Who's of Who of American Women. 7th ed. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1972-1973