Barrett, Kate Waller (1857-1925)

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Kate Waller Barrett to Jane Addams, December 21, 1911

Kate Waller Barrett to Jane Addams, January 2, 1915

Kate Waller Barrett to Jane Addams, February 3, 1915

Kate Waller Barrett to Jane Addams, February 12, 1915

Old Glory: The Flag of Hope for World Peace, 1915

Carrie Chapman Catt to Jane Addams, January 27, 1915

Flo Jamison Miller to Jane Addams, February 1, 1915

Jane Addams to Carrie Chapman Catt, February 2, 1915

Carrie Chapman Catt to Jane Addams, February 4, 1915

Jane Addams to Anna A. Gordon, February 9, 1915

Woman's Peace Party Delegates and Alternatives, November 1918

Jane Addams to Kate Waller Barrett, February 9, 1915

Jane Addams to the Delegates of the International Congress of Women, November 5, 1918

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Birth Date

1857-01-24

Death Date

1925-02-23

Birthplace

Falmouth, VA

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Kate Waller Barrett was prominently known in state and national politics and had held several positions. Barrett was active in women's suffrage movement and served as the vice-president of Virginia Equal Suffrage from 1909 to 1920. With the help of a wealthy New York businessman Charles Crittenton, she founded the National Florence Crittenton Mission. The main objective of this mission was to provide health care and education to unwed mothers. After Charles Crittenton's death in 1909, Barrett served as the president of the mission. In 1924, Barrett addressed the Democratic National Convention in New York. She was put forward as the candidate for the Governor of Virginia which she declined.

Barrett married Reverend Robert Barrett in 1876. The couple had six children. Barrett died in 1925.