Citations

The text in this exhibit is drawn extensively from the following archival collections:

Muriel Simonson papers, 1908-1981. Tufts University. Tufts Archival Research Center. Medford, MA.

Other sources are listed below by page and topic

No additional sources to be cited.

Economic data on the price of goods:

United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Retail Prices, 1890 to 1925 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 418," Retail Prices (October 1926). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/scribd/?itemid=5366&filepath=/files/docs/publications/bls/bls0418_1926.pdf, accessed on January 17, 2017.

Labor statistics on women's employment in 1920:

United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Handbook of Labor Statistics, 1924-1926 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 439," Handbook of Labor Statistics (June 1927). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/scribd/?itemid=493213&filepath=/files/docs/publications/bls/bls0439_1927.pdf, accessed on January 17, 2017. Pages 427-429 and 652-653.

Labor statistics on women's employment in 1930 extrapolated from:

United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Handbook of Labor Statistics, 1936 Edition : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 616," Handbook of Labor Statistics (1936). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/scribd/?itemid=533188&filepath=/files/docs/publications/bls/bls0616_1936.pdf, accessed on January 18, 2017. Page 1121.

School Expenses:

Tufts College. Course Catalog, 1924-25. Pages 115-117

No additional sources to be cited.

Description of baby parties:

Miller, Russell E. “Women’s Role in the History of Tufts University, A Sketch by Russell E. Miller” in Jackson College Histories binder. February 1960. Tufts University. Tufts Archival Research Center. Medford, MA. Pages 17-18.

Quote describing baby parties:

Tufts Weekly, May 13, 1925.