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6-19-1915
Letter, 1915, June 19, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to Dear Suffragist [Martha McClellan Brown]
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage
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Repository Citation Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (1915). Letter, 1915, June 19, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to Dear Suffragist [Martha McClellan Brown]. .
This Letter is brought to you for free and open access by the Martha McClellan Brown Papers (MS-147) at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Martha McClellan Brown Correspondence by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Qrongrrnstottul 'Inion for llomun ~uffrugr NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, 1420 F STREET, WASHINGTON, D. C. Color•-Purple, White and Gold Wt,t &uffrugist Miss Alice Paul, N, J., Chairman Weekly Organ of the Congressional Union Miss Lucy Burns, N. Y., Vice-Chairman Editor-Miss Lucy Burns Mrs. Donald Hooke,, Md. Art Editor-Mrs. Nina E. Allend<>r Mrs. Mary Beard, N. Y. Mrs. 0, H. P. Belmont, N. Y. Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict, N. Y. Mr•. Gilson Gardner, D. C. Miss Elsie Hill, Conn. Mrs. William Kent, Cal. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Jr., Pa. Columbus, Ohio, June 19, 1915. Dear Suffragist: Ail»isnry Inez Milholland Boissevain, N. Y. Mrs. John Wintero Brannan, N. Y. Constitution enfranchising women, and the time Mrs. Edward N. Breitung, N . Y. Reverend Olympia Brown, Wia. has· now come when we have reason to hope for Mrs. Lillian Harri• Coffin, Cal. success , if the wo men of the country can only be Mrs. Wm. L. Colt, N. Y. Mrs. Frank Cothren, N. Y. or gani zed to g i ve effective supp ort to federal Mrs. Lucius M. Cuthbert, Col. Mrs. George H. Day, Conn. work. In order to gain this support it was Mrs. John Dewey, N. Y. r ecently dec ided at a conference of the Advisory Miss Mary Bartlett Dixon, Md. Miss Lavinia Dock, N. Y. Council of the Congressional Union to form a Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, N. Y. Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, Oregon b ranch of the Union in each state. For the Mrs. J. Borden Estee, Vt. pur pose of organizing a branch i n Ohio, a conven Mrs. Glendower Evans, Mass. Mrs. Bertha W. Fowler, Col. tion ~ill be held in Columbus on Friday, June 25. :Mrs. Emma Maddox Funck, Md. Mrs. Harvey C. Garber, Ohio. You are mos t cordially invited t o attend the Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, H. _Y. me~tings and to take part in the -formation of Mrs. Inez Haynes Gilmore, Cal. Mrs. Edwin C. Grice, Pa. plans of the greatest i mportance to the Mrs. \v. E. Hardy, Nebr. s u ffrage cause. Mrs. F. R. Hazard, N. Y. Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, Cal. Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Del. As i t is necessary to know in advance Mrs. Frederick C. Howe, N. Y. the number that will be present at lu~cheon, you Miss Ada L. James, Wis. Mrs. Agnes Jenks, R. I. a r e requested to inform Dr. Alice M. Johnston, Miss Helen Keller, Mass. Mrs. Florence Kelley, N. Y. 60 East Broad Street, Columbus, before June 23, Dr. Cora Smith King, Wash. as to your attendance on this occasion. Mrss Gail Laughlin, Cal. Mrs. William Bross Lloyd, Ill. Trusting you will be able to come and to Miss Julia Marlowe, N. Y. Mrs. Lionel S. Marks, Mass, help in the winning of the Susan B. Anthony Miss Edythe Wynne, Matthison, Conn. Miss Mary McDowell, Ill. Ame ndment in the next session of Congress. Mrs. Sophie G. Mer<>dith, Va. Mrs. Merndith Nicholson, Ind. Very sincerely yours, Mrs. Mary Hutcheson Page, Mass. Mrs. Marsden Perry, R. I. Mrs. Annie Porritt, Conn. Mrs. William Prendergast, N. Y. Miss Margaret Roberts, Idaho ~ Mrs. John Rogers, N. Y. r ·. ~~o.~ Prof. Lucy M. Salmon, N. Y. MRS. H. 0. HUCKINS ~ ED . ORTON, Jr. Mrs. May Wright Sewall, Ind. Mrs. Julius Stone, Ohio Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs, N. Y. Mrs. Mary C. Therkelsen, Oregon Miss Clara L. Thompson, Mo. ~Jro~ Mrs. Richard Wainwright, D. C. I Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, D. C. MRS. 0. F . DAV ISSON MRS. E. M. FULLINGTON Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, N. J. Mrs. John Jay White, D. C. Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney, Cal. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, D. C. Mrs. S. B. M. Young, Mont. ~ MRS. H. C. GARBER MRS. A. M. COURTENAY