Catt, Carrie Chapman    General Correspondence  Clevenger, Mrs. Earl

1026 E. Edwards
Edmond, Okla.
July 17, 1944

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt
120 Paine Ave.
New Rochelle, N.Y.

Dear Mrs. Catt:

Your book by Mary Gray Peck arrived during one of those crucial
periods that most of us at some time encounter. My three children
were experiencing much illness. The death of my mother at that
time terminated a period of seven months of tense anxiety for her.

Nevertheless, I read the book eagerly and felt that many people
much less interested in you and the woman movement could surely find
more than a passing enjoyment in the material and the method of 
presentation. Both you and Miss Peck are to be congratulated.

Even my eight year old daughter read all of the inserts accompanying
the pictures, priding herself upon her ability to locate you.
Each time I laid the book aside, she requested a review of what
I had just read. Particularly did she enjoy the episodes about
your youth; and insisted upon hearing about your mature experiences
even though I suggested that they were beyond her comprehension.

In view of this more extensive biography I was able to make a
few revisions to the chapter I had written concerning your
biography. For this I am grateful to you and the author. My
writing interest at present is centered upon your speeches and
their analysis. Have you as yet found time to correlate the list
of speeches I sent you with the copies you have? As yet I have
not obtained copies of the speeches you made at the Brooklyn Art
Institute. 

When there, I believe you requested that I remind you to send me
one of your photographs. Of course I would appreciate one very
much.

Sincerely yours,
Ima Clevenger
(Mrs. Earl Clevenger)

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