NAWSA GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Brown, Gertrude F. MRS. RAYMOND BROWN 55 EAST 76TH STREET NEW YORK CITY 21 Dear Mrs. Stantial: I was glad to get your invitation to add my voice to the friends who are expressing their good wishes to Mrs. Park. I am enclosing a letter which might be added to Mrs. Park's book. Thanking you for your own work. Yours most sincerely Gertrude Foster Brown Jan. 17. [*Brown*] MRS. RAYMOND BROWN 55 EAST 76th STREET NEW YORK CITY Mrs. Sherman Booth 265 Sylvan Road Glencoe, Ill. Dec. 3rd. 1940 Dearest Mrs. Catt: I hope you were not too much used up by the strenuous days of last week, and that by this time you have quite recovered from the fatigue you must have felt. All of us will remember as long as we live your remarkable speech at the dinner Monday night. As an appeal it far surpassed the Declaration of Purpose, which was innocuous enough, and not improved by the hours spent on it Wednesday afternoon. What I am writing for now is to ask if you would not send a copy of the book to Mrs. Sherman Booth. I started to send one just now and stopped, as I know she would appreciate it very much more if you would autograph it. If it is possible I wish she could have one of the honor edition, but if not send her the other and I will gladly pay for it. She must have wondered what became of the interview she and her husband were good enough to give me so many years ago. I wish she could have been at the Congress. Wasn't it nice to see so many of the old guard? Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Ellicott of Maryland, and many, many others. It was wonderful how far they came, mostly to see you. The book turned out far more interesting than I had hoped, and will be, I think, a valuable record for many students. I hope it will have a wide distribution. Most affectionately Gertrude [*FILE*] VOTES FOR WOMEN NEW YORK STATE WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION President, MRS. RAYMOND BROWN 294 West 92nd Street, New York Recording Secretary, MRS. NICOLAS SHAW FRASER Geneseo Corresponding Secretary, MRS. H. W. CANNON 288 Madison Avenue, New York Treasurer, MRS. E. M. CHILDS 362 Riverside Drive, New York Office Hours of the President 1 to 4 P. M., Mond., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MISS HARRIET MAY MILLS 926 W. Genesee Street, Syracuse MRS. ARTHUR L. LIVERMORE 144 Park Avenue, Yonkers MRS. HELEN PROBST ABBOTT 302 Beckley Bldg., Rochester MRS. DEXTER P. RUMSEY 742 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo MRS. GEORGE W. TOPLIFF 6 Matthews Street, Binghamton HEADQUARTERS, 1 EAST 41ST STREET, NEW YORK Telephone, 1761 Murray Hill Mar. 30, 1914. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, 585 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. My dear Miss Blackwell: Undoubtedly you saw in the Saturday papers that the three Inter-collegiate debates on the subject of woman suffrage were all decided against us. After consulting with Mrs Catt, I wired the three winning anti-suffrage debaters comprising the Yale team, that the suffragists of New York challenged the winning anti-suffrage team of Yale, to a debate in New York City with real suffragists; time and place to be agreed upon later. I was away from the office for over Sunday, but left word to wire yourself, as president of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, and Mrs Feichert, as president of the New Jersey Association, asking you each in turn to challenge the winning anti-suffrage teams of Princeton and Harvard. I hope that you are willing to do this. Whether the teams accept or not, it seems to me a good thing to do ; it gives us a good newspaper story, and it is also well for those boys. I very much hope that they will accept the challenge, and I am sure if they do, that such a debate would attract a great deal of attention and bring out a great crowd. I shall be glad to hear from you as to what you can do about it, and what you have done. Most sincerely yours, Gertrude Foster Brown President. MRS. RAYMOND BROWN PLANDOME, LONG ISLAND July 7th 1935 Dear Mrs. Brown: Here is the list of contributors to our part of the Alice Stone Blackwell Fund. I've typed it myself, hence the errors. We have sent Mr. Brown a total of $2225.00, leaving us to pay $275 more. Quite a bit more than that has been pledged but I suspect some of that will not be paid. I cant imagine any one not feeling the obligation to pay a pledge but apparently some do not. Mr. Villard is to pay $75 more in September and there are several smaller sums due then. Altogether I am sure that we shall make good our quota. Did you have enough to buy the $10,000 annuity? Then, as I understand it, you are giving her $5000 or keeping that sum on tap for her as she needs it. We will send you all the letters which have something nice to say. Yours sincerely Gertrude Foster Brown Woman Suffrage Study Club President, MRS. RAYMOND BROWN 294 West 92d Street, New York 1st Vice-President, MRS. FRANCIS A. SHINN 158 Waverly Place 2d Vice-President, MRS. WALTER McDOUGALL 1 West 89th Street Recording Secretary, MRS. LOUIS OLZENDAM 204 West 92d Street Corresponding Secretary, MRS. CHARLES J. FERRIN, Jr. 6 West 91st Street Treasurer, MRS. CHARLES F. HORNE 616 West 148th Street Auditor, MRS. A. F. TOWNSEND 26 West 12th Street Bellpark Long Island Aug 20th Dear Miss Ryan: I take pleasure in sending you the list of members of our club. I am always urging them to subscribe to the Journal. Your sincerely, Gertrude Foster Brown MRS. RAYMOND BROWN 55 EAST 76TH STREET NEW YORK 21 February 21st, 1949 Dear Miss Blackwell: I want to introduce to you a very dear friend who is writing a book about our most revered suffrage pioneers, your mother, Miss Anthony and Mrs. Catt. [*Plandome Long Island NY*] Constance Buel Burnett, Mrs. Vivian Burnett, is the daughter of the late Clarence Buel, long time editor of the Century magazine, and daughter-in-law of Frances Hodgson Burnett. She has been one of my most beloved friend for many years. although she is so much younger than I. She would have much pleasure, I know, in meeting you and in talking with you about your mother. For myself, I am glad of an opportunity to tell you how much I appreciate your remember- ing me and sending me the Christmas messages, which I value highly. I would be very grateful for anything you can do for Constance. Warm greetings to both Mrs Stantial and your self, [*Gertrude Foster Brown*] Mrs. Raymond Brown Plandome, Long Island June 4th 1935 Dear Miss Peck: It was awfully good of you to respond so promptly to our appeal for Miss Blackwell, and the sum you sent was most generous. You will have a formal receipt from Alice Miller, but I also want to thank you most warmly. They tell me - the Boston committee - that a scrapbook is to be made of the many letters that have come in bearing tributes to Miss Blackwell. Yours is a prize winner! Warm regard Yours sincerely, Gertrude Foster Brown The Woman's Journal (Formerly The Woman Citizen) CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT CHIEF CONTRIBUTING EDITOR VIRGINIA RODERICK EDITOR MRS. RAYMOND BROWN MANAGING DIRECTOR THE EDITORIAL OFFICE TELEPHONE ASHLAND 6770-6771 171 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK November 2, 1928 Dear Mrs. Catt, First about the Susan B. Anthony history. While Miss Wald did not have Mrs. Harper's letter, I think I know what she wrote you as I also had a letter from her saying she thought we should not give the book any free advertising. However, Virginia and I take an entirely different viewpoint. We think the book should be reviewed. It is a serious history of one of the great figures in the woman's movement, published by a reputable publisher. That in itself would entitle it to editorial comment from the Woman's Journal. In addition, if those who know the subject best think it is unsound, their viewpoint should not be hidden, and the book should not be allowed to stand as authentic history without comment. Virginia also thinks we would miss an idea for a bit of interesting scrap! I have written Mrs. Harper to return my book with pencilled comments on places which she finds inaccurate, and I hope you yourself will let us have something of that kind. We want especially to know where the book is inaccurate in statement of fact, and misleading in its interpretation. I don't believe any comment the Journal might make will give the book additional readers, or increase its sale, but our review should amuse and interest our readers. Now about the suffrage history. My idea of such a book is that it should not be a history, but rather a story. Our object is to have a book which will be widely read. To ensure a wide reading of a book it must be published by a well known house that has a good publicity department, the machinery for wide distribution, and such a firm must have great faith and pride in the book and be glad to publish it because it promises wide sales and not because they are paid by the Leslie Commission to print it. The disadvantage of such a book being written by any one of the three persons you name is that not one of them has an established reputation as a writer or has a name that is known in the least. It is possibly that Mary Gray Peck might write a good book. She is extraordinary in her letters and her brief comments on affairs, but it is a totally different matter to write a sustained book. She has never had any experience which would qualify her for a long and well-planned effort. On the contrary, Rose Young has had much experience and she is a good routine writer. In my opinion she has not the dramatic touch we Woman Citizen Publishing Company Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Pres. Mrs. F. Louis Slade, Vice-Pres. Directors: Mrs. Raymond Brown Mrs. Wendell T. Bush Mrs. George B. Ford Mrs. Ben Hooper Mrs. Otto Kahn Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach Mrs. Sumner McKnight Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. Thomas B. Wells Guarantors California Mrs. Charles D. Blaney, Saratoga Mrs. John R. Haynes, Los Angeles Mrs. Milbank Johnson, Pasadena Mrs. Parker S. Maddux, San Francisco Mrs. M. C. Sloss, San Francisco Miss Frances Wills, Los Angeles Colorado Mrs. Richard Crawford Campbell, Denver Connecticut Miss Mary Bulkley, Hartford Mrs. George H. Townsend, Greenwich Mrs. Howard B. Tuttle, Naugatuck Miss Gertrude Whittemore, Naugatuck District of Columbia Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Washington Florida Mrs. Frank P. Hixon, Lake City Illinois Mrs. Jacob Baur, Chicago Mrs. John Jay Borland, Chicago Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, Chicago Mrs. William Butterworth, Moline Mrs. Davis Ewing, Bloomington Mrs. Harry Hart, Chicago Mrs. William G. Hibbard, Winnetka Mrs. Medill McCormick, Chicago Maryland Mrs. Charles E. Ellicott, Baltimore Massachusetts Mrs. Oakes Ames, Boston Mrs. Wm. H. Baltzell, Wellesley Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes, Milton Mrs. Benjamin F. Pitman, Boston Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw, Boston Mrs. Samuel B. Woodward, Worcester Michigan Mrs. Henry Ford, Dearborn Mrs. Charles H. Hodges, Detroit Mrs. Edwin Lodge, Detroit Mrs. Willard Pope, Detroit Mrs. Henry G. Sherrard, Detroit Minnesota Mrs. Sumner T. McKnight, Minneapolis Missouri Mrs. Ames Cushman, St. Louis Mrs. A Ross Hill, Kansas City Mrs. R. McK. Jones, St. Louis New Jersey Mrs. George B. Case, Englewood Mrs. Carl Fischer, Englewood Mrs. Henry Lang, Montclair New York Mrs. Edna M. Albert, New York Mrs. Raymond Brown, New York Mrs. Wendell T. Bush, New York Mrs. Stephen Clark, New York Mrs. Henry P. Davison, New York Miss Louise Grace, Great Neck Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn, New York Mrs. E. Huntington Hooker, New York Mrs. Otto Kahn, New York Mrs. Thomas W. Lamont, New York Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach, New York Mr. V. Everit Macy, New York Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt, New York Miss Grace Van B. Roberts, New York Mrs. Dexter P. Rumsey, Buffalo Mrs. F. Louis Slade, New York Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip, New York Mrs. William E. Werner, Rochester Mrs. Caspar Whitney, New York Mrs. William G. Willcox, Staten Island Ohio Mrs. Chester C. Bolton, Cleveland Mrs. Watler H. Merriam, Cleveland Mrs. Elisabeth C. T. Miller, Cleveland Mrs. Robert Patterson, Dayton Miss Belle Sherwin, Cleveland Pennsylvania Mrs. Francis B. Biddle, Germantown Miss Mary E. Converse, Rosemont Mrs. John W. Lawrence, Pittsburgh Mrs. George A. Piersol, Merion Miss Florence Sibley, Philadelphia Rhode Island Mrs. George H. Crooker, Providence Mrs. Theodore B. Pierce, Providence Texas Mrs. Waldine Kopperl, Galveston Wisconsin Mrs. Ben Hooper, Oshkosh Mrs. Fanny O. Munger, Janesville Mrs. Charles W. Norris, Milwaukee Contributing Editors Grace Abbott Chief of the Children's Bureau Judge Florence E. Allen of the Supreme Court of Ohio Mary Anderson Chief of the Women's Bureau Mary Beard Historian Emily Newell Blair Vice-Chairman, Democratic Nat'l Com. Louise de Koven Bowen President, Juvenile Protective Ass'n, Chicago Dorothy Canfield Novelist Cornelia James Cannon Essayist Mary Roberts Coolidge Professor of Sociology, Mills College Caroline Bartlett Crane Sanitarian Virgina C. Gildersleeve Dean of Barnard College Dr. Alice Hamilton Ass't Professor of Industrial Medicine, Harvard University Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard Professor of Political Economy, University of Wyoming Mrs.Alvin T. Hert Vice-Chairman, Republican National Committee Florence Kelley Secretary, National Consumers' League Harriet Burton Laidlaw Lecturer Julia Lathrop First Chief of Children's Bureau George Madden Martin Novelist Lucia Ames Mead Lecturer Ellis Meredith Writer Maud Wood Park Chairman, Women's Joint Legislative Committee, Washington Dr. Valeria H. Parker Social Worker Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Writer and Lecturer Ruth Sawyer Novelist Mrs. John D. Sherman Pres., General Federation of Women's Clubs Dr. Louise Stanley Head, Bureau of Home Economics Ida Tarbell Biographer M. Carey Thomas Pres. Emeritus, Bryn Mawr College Elizabeth Tilton Leader in Law Enforcement Martha Van Rensselaer Co-director, College of Home Economics, Cornell University Marguerite Wilkinson Poet and Critic Mabel Walker Willebrandt Ass't Attorney General Mary E. Woolley Pres., Mount Holyoke College - 2 - November 2, 1928 ought to have, and her name would have no value with the publisher. Dorothy Canfield is out of it, so we need not waste any time on her. The advantages of Dorothy Thompson are: 1) Her name has a market value both with the public and a publishing house. 2) She has had great experience in writing and her recent book on Russia has had much favorable comment. 3) She was in close touch with the suffrage movement and has the ardent, youthful spirit which we need to make a story effective with the young people today. We have no idea whether she will be willing to do it or not. She is out of touch, off on a lecture tour and has not yet had my letter, but she returns sometime next week. Any writer would have to do a considerable amount of research, but such a book will require great skill in assembling the material, in knowing what to leave out, and in handling the essentials in a dramatic fashion so as to make of the movement what it was, the most thrilling epic in the history of the nation. It is well nigh certain that no matter who does this job will not be able to satisfy all of us old suffragists, but the essential is that we have a book sufficiently true to history, which will have a great big sale and bring the movement home to the consciousness of this young people of coming generations. Yours affectionately, Gertrude Foster Brown (Mrs. Raymond Brown) GFB:MG Please, I'm not committed to Dorothy Thompson & maybe one will think of someone better - Only she seems to me the [?] [?] at this moment. MRS. RAYMOND BROWN PLANDOME, LONG ISLAND NEW YORK July 19 1943 Dear Mrs. Stantial: I hope the file of Woman Citizens were received safely. They were expressed to the Radcliffe Library about two weeks ago, and I sent you a note at the time. One volume was missing and I wrote you that I had found some extra copies here in the garret, and I thought I could complete the file - to my surprise, as I had not known they were here. Please let me know if you would like the missing copies. It was the year 1930, I think. I am very sorry not to be able to attend the dedication, and hope you will have a grand time. Yours sincerely Gertrude Foster Brown MRS. RAYMOND BROWN 55 EAST 76TH STREET NEW YORK June 6th 1944 Dearest friend - I've been absolutely fascinated by the book - what a grand present to give your devoted friends in your [?5th] year! Miss Peele has done a remarkable job I think, but she has a grand [?] ! This is only to say a thousand thank yous, and to repeat how happy I am that you are recovering so successfully I hope to see you again before going away. Always devoted love and gratitude for being your friend. Gertrude FROM US TO YOU YOU probably knew us when we looked like this to YOU Trains leave Pennsylvania Station, Long Island Railroad, at 3:12; 3:42; 4:28; 5:05; 5:25; returning hourly. Because of the gas shortage guests cannot be met, but many taxicabs will be found at Manhasset, and one at Plandome. From the latter station to our house is a pleasant ten minute walk. All out!! Plandome Sta R.R. from N.Y. Undercut on R.R. Golf Club Big Pond Pond No No No No Brick House No No Stucco House No Ditto Ditto Yes! Small White House and Welcome No Plandome Park Design For a Ten Minutes Walk Ray and Gertrude Brown at home Saturday August 14th from 4 to 7 o’clock in celebration of their Fiftieth Wedding anniversary R.S.V.P. No Presents please 1232 Plandome Road Plandome Manor Long Island. LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE THE LONG-LONG ROAD. but you'll find us looking more like THIS Windsor County Convention Equal Suffrage Thursday Springfield, Vermont June 5, 1919 Town Hall MORNING SESSION, 10:30 O'CLOCK Prayer Rev. H. L. Ballou Summarized report State Suffrage Convention Mrs. Merrill Present Status of Suffrage in Vermont Municipal Suffrage Presidential Suffrage Mrs. Olzendam 1919 Legislation Pertaining to Women and Children Rev. H. L. Ballou Luncheon 12:30 AFTERNOON SESSION 2 O'CLOCK Status of Suffrage in Nation, including brief History of Federal amendment Mrs. Raymond Brown Echoes from St. Louis Convention Mrs. Veda Chase Webb The Future in Vermont with Note on League of Women Voters Dr. Marion R. Horton Citizenship in New England as applied in Rhode Island Mrs. Algeo How to make the World Safe for Democracy Miss Ann Batchelder Question Box Opened 4:30 Sight Seeing Tour of Town Band Concert 7 o'clock EVENING SESSION, 7:30 O'CLOCK Community Singing Greetings Dr. Horton Comments Mr. Richard Billings Work Yet to Be Done Mr. James Hartness How to Remove False Impressions About Suffrage Mrs. Algeo How We Can Held Spread Suffrage Sentiment Mrs. Raymond Brown Community Singing COMMITTEES FOR COUNTY CONVENTION Windsor County Program and General Arrangements Mrs. Olzendam, Mrs. Beal Finance Mrs. E. C. Beers Press (material for county papers) Mrs. W. L. Bryant Publicity (street posters, fliers, etc.) Mrs. F. S. Locke Churches and Schools Miss Gladys Gallup Hospitality Mrs. W. D. Woolson Registration Mrs. T. D. McQuaid Badges Mrs. Arthur Bennett Luncheon Mrs. Dan Barney Distribution of Literature, etc. Mrs. L. J. Albee Pages Mrs. W. H. Beardsley Ushers Mrs. Fred. B. Gill Hall Mrs E. C. Beers MRS. RAYMOND BROWN See also - files of Woman's Journal and Woman Citizen New York State Woman Suffrage organizations [*Catt files*] WOMEN'S ACTION COMMITTEE FOR LASTING PEACE To unite American women to work for full participation by the United States in the United Nations in order to build a world of peace and justice under law. NATIONAL OFFICERS Nat'l President Mrs. Norman deR. Whitehouse Vice-Chairmen Mrs. Dana Converse Backus Mrs. Barry Bingham Mrs. Arthur Brin Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach Mrs. William Dick Sporborg Acting Treasurer Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Creigh C. Stern CONSULTANTS Mrs. Vera W. Beggs Vera Micheles Dean Mrs. Burnett Mahon Anne O'Hare McCormick Mabel Newcomer Mildred B. Northrop Mrs. Ogden Reid Ruth Bryan Rohde Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Dorothy Thompson Sarah Wambaugh COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Campaign Mrs. Raymond Brown Vice-Chairman Mrs. Monroe Percy Bloch Citizens of Foreign Birth or Origin Mrs. DeWitt Stetten Field Representative Mary Dingman Finance Mrs. H. Frederick Willkie Governmental Information Laura Puffer Morgan Vice-Chairman Mrs. Henry A. Monat Legal Adviser Judge Dorothy Kenyon Literature and Publications Mrs. Dana Converse Backus Membership Mrs. Barrett Andrews Vice-Chairman Mrs. Geoffrey O'Hara Policy Mrs. Howard G. Hymer Radio Mrs. George Fielding Eliot Representative to the United Nations Mrs. Creigh C. Stern Reviewer and Librarian Roberta Newell Speakers Mrs. Arthur Paul NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 1 EAST 57TH STREET NEW YORK 22, N. Y. ELdorado 5-3142 Fourteen National Member Organizations ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION MILLS COLLEGE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN, INC. NATIONAL BOARD OF THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUBS NATIONAL HOME DEMONSTRATION COUNCIL NATIONAL WOMEN'S TRADE UNION LEAGUE OF AMERICA THE GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. U.S.A THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH THE NEEDLEWORK GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. WOMAN'S DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE, BOARD OF MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH WOMEN'S DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS ALSO MEMBER CLUBS AND INDIVIDUAL WOMEN: SPONSORS AND GENERAL MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S ACTION COMMITTEE FOR LASTING PEACE ABOUT 10,000,000 WOMEN The member organizations endorse fully the purpose of the Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace. They adopt policies by individual action, generally paralleling those of the Committee. 181 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.