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Carrie Chapman Catt to Jane Addams, December 29, 1914

Catt discusses an upcoming conference on woman suffrage and tensions in the movement regarding peace.

Jane Addams to Carrie Chapman Catt, December 21, 1914

Addams details her plans to issue invitations to specific women's organizations rather than a general call for the upcoming peace meeting in Washington.

Conferences Peace Requests

Hannah Johnston Bailey to Jane Addams, January 18, 1915

Bailey thanks Addams for her work for suffrage and peace.

Conferences Peace Praise War Woman Suffrage

Florence Adelaide Bramhall to Jane Addams, January 1915

Bramhall discusses the activities of the local women's clubs with suffrage and peace in St. Paul.

Peace Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Madeline McDowell Breckinridge, December 25, 1914

Addams invites Breckinridge to a peace meeting in Washington.

Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Susan Walker FitzGerald, November 23, 1914

Addams will no longer accept the position of Honorary Vice President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association because the restrictions and duties of the office.

Memberships Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Susan Walker FitzGerald, November 23, 1914

Addams no longer wants to accept the position of Honorary Vice President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association because the restrictions and duties of the office.

Memberships Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Alice M. Sanders, November 18, 1912

Addams tells Sanders that though NAWSA officers disagreed over participation in the recent election, she did not foresee difficulties ahead.

Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, February 5, 1913

Addams provides Haldeman with details about her travel plans in New York, Egypt, Sicily, and Budapest.

Travels

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, January 17, 1913

A circular sent to members of the National Council of Women to gather strength against a proposed Militia Pay Bill and increased militarism in the United States.

Government Military Peace Politics Requests

Lena Morrow Lewis to Jane Addams, October 20, 1912

Lewis criticizes Addams and the Progressive Party for claiming to be the only party supporting women's suffrage, as the Socialist Party has supported the suffrage movement since its founding in 1901.

Criticism Politics Socialism Woman Suffrage

Jessie Ashley to Jane Addams, October 17, 1912

Ashley protests against Addams for making a statement attacking Mary Towle at a board meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Criticism Legislation Woman Suffrage

Clara Landsberg to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, October 19, 1912

Landsberg, writing for Addams, sends Breckinridge two letters regarding a misunderstanding at a recent meeting of the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Criticism Finances Requests Woman Suffrage

Mary Rozet Smith to Ada Lois James, September 24, 1912

On behalf of Addams, Smith writes James about Addams's speaking engagements in Wisconsin and clarifies that she endorsed the Progressive Party as an individual and not on behalf of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Anna Howard Shaw to Jane Addams, August 16, 1912

Shaw writes to Addams to clarify the awkward situation between the National and State associations for suffrage in navigating the Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft campaigns.

Politics Woman Suffrage

Martha Carey Thomas to Marjorie Daw Johnson, July 23, 1912

Thomas asks Johnson to collect as much money as possible for the Woman's Journal and sends copies of the letter to Jane Addams and Sophonisba Breckinridge.

Finances Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, July 11, 1912

Addams introduces Marjorie Johnson to Blaine to assist in the suffragist cause.

Friends Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, March 21, 1912

Addams asks Breckinridge to assist a woman in Louisiana in finding a speaker, probably on woman suffrage.

Requests

Jane Addams to Anna Marcet Haldeman, March 9, 1912

Addams discusses plans to visit Haldeman in Philadelphia to see her perform in Ben Hur.

Family Meetings Theater Travels

Jane Addams to Harriet Burton Laidlaw, April 10, 1912

Addams asks Laidlaw to bring to the next meeting ideas for improving the nomination and election process for the National Woman Suffrage Association.

Meetings Memberships Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Belle Case La Follette, February 5, 1912

Addams writes La Follette about an amendment that passed the Executive Board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Meetings

Belle Case La Follette to Mary Ware Dennett, January 22, 1912

La Follette writes Dennett about her reasoning for going off the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, recommends a successor, and shares some political opinions.

Legislation Politics Progressive Requests Woman Suffrage

Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, January 22, 1912

La Follette writes Addams about the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in regard to the 1912 Presidential Election.

Politics Requests

Jane Addams to Catharine Waugh McCulloch, January 5, 1912

Addams sends McCulloch some letters and suggests a meeting to discuss plans for the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Milwaukee.

Meetings Requests

Jane Addams to Belle Case La Follette, January 5, 1912

Addams expresses her disappointment but understanding that La Follette has resigned from the board of the National National American Woman Suffrage Association and agrees that Milwaukee will be a good location for the national convention.

Friends Woman Suffrage

Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, January 2, 1912

La Follett writes Addams about her reasons for resigning from the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and discusses plans for a convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Woman Suffrage