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Sources consulted for the biography of:Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith (1851–1928)
Biographical Information
- Birth and death dates on Death Certificate, Richmond City, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
- Marriage notice in Baltimore Sun, May 5, 1877.
- Birth date (Dec. 12, 1851) and variant marriage date (Apr. 25, 1877) in Meredith Family Genealogical Chart, Accession 25021, Library of Virginia.
- Variant birth date of Dec. 12, 1852, on gravestone, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond.
Suffrage Activism
- Virginia Branch Congressional Union Minute Book, notebook with suffrage speeches and other writings (including first and second quotations in undated speeches) and correspondence (including third quotation in letter from daughter, 10 Aug. 1918) in Meredith Family Papers in private possession of great-granddaughter Sophie Meredith Sides Cowan (2019).
- Correspondence in National Woman's Party Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Some materials in Equal Suffrage League of Virginia Records, Accession 22002, Library of Virginia.
- Richmond News Leader, Nov. 12, 1909; Nov. 13, 1909.
- Richmond Evening Journal, July 7, 1916.
- Suffrage work documented in The Suffragist, esp. June 19, 1915 and July 22, 1916 (with portraits).
Obituaries
- Obituary and editorial tribute (with fourth quotation) in Richmond News Leader, Aug. 28, 1928.
- Obituary in Richmond Times-Dispatch, Aug. 28, 1928.
- Obituary and memorial resolutions in Equal Rights, Sept. 8, 1928, Sept. 22, 1928 (with portrait), and Oct. 13, 1928.
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