Whitlock, Brand (1869-1934)

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Jane Addams to Brand Whitlock, December 9, 1908

Anna Eliza Nicholes to Brand Whitlock, December 24, 1908

Anna Eliza Nicholes to Brand Whitlock, January 14, 1909

Jane Addams to Brand Whitlock, February 8, 1909

Lucia Osbourne Ford to Brand Whitlock, February 8, 1909

Ella S. Stewart to Brand Whitlock, February 17, 1909

Jane Addams to Brand Whitlock, April 11, 1911

Jane Addams to Brand Whitlock, May 11, 1911

Jane Addams to Brand Whitlock, May 3, 1915

Brand Whitlock to Jane Addams, December 10, 1908

Woman Suffrage Is Needed in Chicago, March 24, 1909

Discuss Negroes Yearly, June 2, 1909

Edwin Morrell to Jane Addams, January 4, 1911

Jane Addams to Ada Lois James, January 29, 1913

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 9, 1915

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Birth Date

1869-03-04

Death Date

1934-05-24

Birthplace

Urbana, OH

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Brand Whitlock was a Progressive politician in Ohio. He started his career working as a lawyer and a journalist in Chicago. His career in politics began in Toledo, Ohio, where he was elected mayor and served four consecutive terms. President Woodrow Wilson named Whitlock the United States Ambassador to Belgium in 1914. Whitlock also wrote eighteen novels over the course of his lifetime, most of which involved politics.

Whitlock married Susan Brainerd in 1892, though she died four months later. In 1895 he married Susan's sister, Nell Brainerd. Whitlock died in 1934.

Jane Addams and Whitlock corresponded frequently, discussing Whitlock visiting Hull-House and aiding Chicago's suffrage movement. Addams enjoyed Whitlock's book The Turn of the Balance and often stated that the residents of Hull-House would like to meet Whitlock and hear him speak.