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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
- Date Created
- 1919-09-03
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Catt offers logistical advice and talking points for Olzendam and Pelley to use when talking to newspaper editors and legislators on their upcoming car trip to drum up support for calling a special session and ratifying the 19th Amendment.
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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Marion R. Horton
- Date Created
- 1919-09-04
- Description
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Catt accepts the terms of renting Horton's automobile for Olzendam and Pelley's upcoming trip and offers NAWSA's support in developing a press kit to share with sympathetic newspaper editors. She asks Horton to persuade Olzendam and Pelley not to antagonize Governor Clement.
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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Marion Stone Pelley
- Date Created
- 1919-09-05
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Catt describes the work to be done by Pelley with the preparations of Miss White, and calls for a thorough campaign to promote a special session of the Vermont Legislature.
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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
- Date Created
- 1919-09-05
- Description
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Catt discusses ratification in other New England states, describes the work needed to get Vermont legislators to pledge for ratification, and stresses the importance of the work of Olzendam and Pelley.
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- Marion R. Horton to Annette W. Parmalee
- Date Created
- 1919-09-08
- Description
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Horton offers Parmelee the position of State Historian for the Vermont Equal Suffrage Association.
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- Lisa M. Wilkinson to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
- Date Created
- 1919-09-08
- Description
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Wilkinson warns that there will be an upcoming meeting of the board and states that while she likes the idea of a suffrage conference with a national speaker, she can't commit to working on a conference due to family commitments. She discusses Greely, Hale, and Spargo as potential speakers.
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- Annette W. Parmelee to Ida Husted Harper
- Date Created
- 1919-09-11
- Description
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Parmelee debates whether or not to accept the position of State Historian for the Vermont Equal Suffrage Association.
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- Annette W. Parmelee to Marion R. Horton
- Date Created
- 1919-09-11
- Description
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Parmelee debates whether or not to accept the position of State Historian for the Vermont Equal Suffrage Association, and gives her opinion as to Governor Clement's opposition to women's suffrage.
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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Marion R. Horton
- Date Created
- 1919-09-12
- Description
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Catt discusses the ratification process around the country and her belief that a different procedure may be more effective in Vermont: having members of the Governor's political party speak to him unofficially and sending letters to all legislators who have pledged support for ratification. Copy,...
Show moreCatt discusses the ratification process around the country and her belief that a different procedure may be more effective in Vermont: having members of the Governor's political party speak to him unofficially and sending letters to all legislators who have pledged support for ratification. Copy, enclosed in letter to Olzendam.
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- Marion R. Horton to Annette W. Parmelee
- Date Created
- 1919-09-12
- Description
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Horton responds that she was unaware of Parmelee's appointment because she feels isolated from other officers and Vermonters, declares that the next VESA president should be a "real Vermonter," and praises Parmelee on her conference paper.
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- Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
- Date Created
- 1919-09-12
- Description
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Olzendam sends Senator Howland a list of possible candidates for the committee and states that after her conversations with legislators she feels they will get the special session. Includes enclosure.
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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
- Date Created
- 1919-09-12
- Description
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Catt tells the story of ratification in Oklahoma and how it compares to Vermont, suggests gathering pledges for a petition to present to the Governor, and says to speak in person only to the "difficult" legislators.
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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Lillian Herrick Olzendam and Marion Stone Pelley
- Date Created
- 1919-09-12
- Description
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Catt provides a status update on ratification progress nationally and stresses the importance of Vermont being the thirty-sixth state to ratify.
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- Vida Chace Webb to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
- Date Created
- 1919-09-12
- Description
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Webb responds that if her husband isn't too busy, she will accompany Olzendam.
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- Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Lisa M. Wilkinson
- Date Created
- 1919-09-15
- Description
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Olzendam relays Horton's idea for a "Citizenship Conference" to be held in Burlington, the "hot-bed of Antis," with men and women speakers (including Mrs. Schoonmaker of Connecticut), later to be brought to Bennington.
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- Annette W. Parmelee to Marion R. Horton
- Date Created
- 1919-09-18
- Description
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Parmelee states that she is willing to take up the State Historian appointment though she is concerned at her ability to perform the task, and questions Horton's opinion of a "favorable Legislature," as they voted suffrage down after Catt's "splendid speech."
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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Annette W. Parmelee
- Date Created
- 1919-09-24
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Catt tells Parmelee that her convention paper was thorough and excellent, but that the NAWSA cannot pay states for sending in their histories and can only promise a copy of the book once written.
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- Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Carrie Chapman Catt
- Date Created
- 1919-09-29
- Description
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Olzendam reports on the outcomes of her and Pelley's trip to visit legislators, indicates that Senator Howland of Barre is willing to chair a committee to ask the Governor for his conditions, and that while the majority opinion is to have a special session, the main objection is the cost to the...
Show moreOlzendam reports on the outcomes of her and Pelley's trip to visit legislators, indicates that Senator Howland of Barre is willing to chair a committee to ask the Governor for his conditions, and that while the majority opinion is to have a special session, the main objection is the cost to the state.
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- Homer B. Hitchcock to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
- Date Created
- 1919-10-01
- Description
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Response of legislator from Westfield, Orleans County, who believes in equal suffrage to an extent but doesn't believe in calling a special session.
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- Carrie Chapman Catt to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
- Date Created
- 1919-10-02
- Description
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Catt tells Olzendam that her work has brought good results and bodes well for a special session of the legislature, discusses the possibility of Governor Clement changing his attitude, and states that the Republican party is pushing for ratification.