NAWSA GEN. Corresp. MASSACHUSETTS Suffrage Assocs. Equal Suffrage for Men and Women Women need it Men need it The State needs it [*org*] Woman Suffrage Party of Cambridge [*Mass*] Dec 22, 1914 My dear Mrs. Huntington The gross receipts from the Cambridge market were [162.69] 181.05 expenses 18.36 net receipts 162.69 I enclose the vouchers, [and my che] Yours sincerely Emily W. Browne Cambridge Political Equality Association [*[?]SWERED, NOV 18 1913*] President Mrs. Lewis J. Johnson, 90 Raymond Street First Vice-President, Mrs. Ellen F. Adams Recording Secretary, Miss Miriam Gage, 5 Riedesel Avenue Second Vice-President, Mrs. Walter Wesselhoeft Corr. Sec'y, Miss Margarette B. Krebs, 78 Lake View Avenue Treasurer Mrs. F. Lowell Kennedy, 43 Appleton Street Honorary Vice-Presidents Mr. John Graham Brooks Mrs. Lionel S. Marks Dr. Charles Fleischer Mrs. Ada Eliot Sheffield Rev. George Hodges, D.D. Dr. Walter Wesselhoeft Directors Mrs. George W. Blackwell. Mrs. E. W. Norton Mrs. Davis R. Dewey Mrs. G. H. Parker Mrs. John S. Humphreys Mrs. Henry W. Savage Mrs. Edward C. Jeffrey Mrs. Giles Taintor Cambridge, Mass., November 17 1913 My dear Miss Ryan:- Enclosed is my check for 5.00 more toward the cost of the pageant. A friend of yours and mine gave it to me (i.e. the cash) for this purpose – and asked me to send it in without her name. She evidently doesn't plan to have her left and right hands in the same conspiracy if she can prevent it. Sincerely yours, Grace A. Johnson. [*Return to*] [*copied*] [*Man.*] DR. R.P.M. AMES, SPRINGFIELD MASS. 131 Harvard St. July 20, 1913 My dear Miss Briggs - I am requested by Miss Gay to send you a list of the members of the newly formed Leagues in order that you may send them the quarterly letter. Unfortunately, the names of the Holyoke members ha[ve]s not been sent me. However these I do know belong. Miss Katherine Shine 78 Nonotuck St. Miss Katherine Gilligan 635 Hampden St. Miss Amelia Spamer DR. R. P. M. AMES SPRINGFIELD MASS. (Westfield Cont) Mrs. Geo. A. Walkby- Tekoa Ter. Miss Sarah Knul - " " Mrs. H.D. Chadwick Westfield State Sanatorium Mrs. E.E. Gaylord - 94 Court St. " James L. Noble - 118 Union " " H.W. Ashby - 37 Washington " Miss Alice Brown - Franklin . " Arabella Rose - 53 Court St. " Martha} Grant - 78 Main " ' Mary } Mrs. L.W. Steimer - 28 Bates St. Miss Mattie Hartwell - 70 King " Mrs. W.S. Ayres - 38 Holland Ave. Miss Eunice Beebe - 27 Noble " Mrs. Geo. U. Gray - 24 Day " " H.M. Kingsbury - 26 Pearl St. Miss Eloise Vining - 23 Day Ave. Dr. R. P. M. Ames Springfield Mass. (Westfield Mrs. John R. Reed - 54 Court St. Dr. Fowler Noble - Noble St. Mrs Mary E. Young - 14 W. School St. " E.N. Monroe - 10 Avery St. " Cora A. Shepard - 4 Pearl St. " Delia M. Brady - 81 Franklin" Miss Emma L. Campbell Granby committee Mrs. Ada Gray " A. W. Fiske " Bion B. Wheeler Miss Flora Moody Mrs. Chas. Golthwaite Enfield League Miss Sarah Underwood Mrs E. H. Howe Dr. R. P. M. Ames Springfield Mass. Miss Della Woods Mrs. Ruben Aldrich Mrs S. M. Powers Miss F. R. " " Mary Chaffie Mrs. Norman " " H. O. Stevens Miss Ellen Palmer Mrs Geo. E. Smith Mrs. Howell " Alice Philips Brimfield League Mrs. Martha Streeter Mr. Robert " Mis Alice Sawin Dr. Robert " Miss Gladys Webber Mr. U.S. Spooner Mrs. U. S. " " Prindle Mr. " Mrs. Howell " Alice Pilips Holyoke Dr. R. P. M. AMES, SPRINGFIELD MASS. Mrs. Elizabeth Torone Nautilus Magazine Miss Rose A. Dougherty 218 Dwight St " Katherine [Scolly] 53 Essex St. Mrs. E. G. Whiting 245 Oak St. ---------- Westfield League Mrs. Alma C Guillet 42 Holland Ave. Mrs. R. C. Parker 29 Silver St. Mrs E.R. Knowles 75 [to] eastern Ave. " Mrs. Martha Knul - 21 Avery St. " Hannah J. Rust - 7 " " " C. A. Brodeur - 8 Mill St Dr. R. P. M. AMES SPRINGFIELD MASS. Brimfield League Miss Anna Jarbell Mrs. Robert Levis " Margaret Brown Mr. John Franklin Brown Mrs. Eva A. Parker " Clara Fisk " Kinney " F. S. Pearsall Mr. Bitterfield Miss Upham Mr & Mrs John [Noyes] Miss Glydas Monroe 48 Wannalancht Street, Lowell, mass. Sept. 30, 1918. Dear Mrs. Whiting, I wrote Louise about your inquiry as to men organizers and I quote from her letter received today. "You wrote some time ago about Mrs. Whiting of Somer ville asking if there were any men organizers for suf- frage. You can tell her there is one at least and we have him in Connecticut now and he was in [the] N.Y. [campaign] for the campaign there last year. His name is Richard Kitchelt and he gets $25. a week and expenses. He is a lithographer by trade, a member of the Union and did excellent work in N.Y. state, speaking before labor Unions and getting them to pass resolutions endorsing suf- frage. That is what he is doing here and he was chiefly responsible in getting the Conn. Labor Unions in their recent State Conventions to endorse suffrage for the first time here in Conn. His wife is also a good suffragist. It was she who kept me at her mother's home for a few days when I first went to Rochester. She worked for suffrage there- house-to-house canvassing for over eight months and was a crackerjack at getting signatures on our 1,000,000 petition. Now she is working here in Conn. too. Mr. Kitchelt will finish his work in this state on election day (Nov. 5th) and Mass. could probably get him after that- of she doesn't let the opportunity slip by procrastinating. Naturally Mrs. Kitchelt would rather have him to go to Mass. than to some more remote territory where she can never see him, so (because she is a good friend of mine) please pass on the word about him to Mrs. Whiting or wherever it will bear fruit. The Mass. people can get recommendations of Mr. K. from Mr. James Lee Laidlaw, N.Y. (Pres. of the Mens' League) or from Miss Katherine Ludington, 55 Park St. Hartford, our State President" If the President's talk to the Senate today bears success- ful fruit for our cause I think we can work for the ratification with more enthusiasm. I would suggest that you confer with Mrs. Fitzgerald as she is in closer touch with labor unions than the people at 585. In fact the 585 people do not stand in favor with the u Unions, or did not- now that there is a labor representative on the Board it may be different. I hope you are having good luck with your work. Sincerely yours, Mary Cushing Hall Mr. [?] will be at home, Saturday and I will try to remember to telephone him M.C.H. Hon. Calvin D. Paige, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. We, the undersigned, residents of the 3rd Congressional District, respectfully urge you to vote for and hasten forward with your influence the submission of the Woman Suffrage Federal Amendment for ratification by the various state legislatures. In the midst of this world war, England, Canada, Russia, France and Mexico have determined to extend some measure of the franchise to women as a governmental recognition of the essential character of the service which women have rendered in this war. Since January 1, 1917, five of our eastern and central states, North Dakota, Ohio, Indiana, Arkansas and Vermont, have granted presidential, municipal, or primary suffrage to women, while four more, New York, Maine, South Dakota and Oklahoma, are to submit the measure to the voters this fall or within two years. All over the Commonwealth Massachusetts women are organizing for patriotic service. Massachusetts men should recognize this world wide demand for the enfranchisement of women. We urge you to vote yes on this measure when it comes for decision in this Congress. Berkshire no laborman Thos. Plunkett - Pattsfield Mayor, Moulton, " Hibbard " 5 N. Adams. 2 Editors Weak in businessment Berk - Hamp - & Hampden 2 S. Hampton weak - Franklin & Hampshire 2. Greenfield Amhust = 3. 2nd Hampdan. H (4?)- O.K. 1 Editor Labor 2 1st Hampdan O.K. Labor & Capital. BOSTON EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT 552-554 LITTLE BUILDING TELEPHONE BEACH 6310 "We are indeed bound to be brave, active and joyful in doing each one to the very utmost, what we can, with all our might and with all our heart and with all our soul." PAULINE AGASSIZ SHAW. Dear Fellow-Suffragist: The passage of the Federal Suffrage Amendment through Congress virtually ends the long struggle for Woman Suffrage in the United States. In this hour of victory the thoughts of every suffragist turn in grateful memory to the long list of those whose devotion, toil, and sacrifice have made the victory possible. One generation of noble workers has passed away and only a few of a second generation remain. Along with the sorrow for Dr. Shaw's death, we rejoice that she lived to see the triumph of the cause to which she had given her life. During this year which has held the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Lucy Stone, suffragists every- where have reminded of the debt we owe to her, to Henry B. Blackwell, and to their daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell. It has occurred to some of us that this would be a fitting time to express our affection for Miss Blackwell and at the same time to conclude the celebration of the Lucy Stone Centennial in an enduring way. Miss Blackwell has long wished to write her mother's life. Since Massachusetts has ratified the Federal Amendment her duties as President of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association will not require so much of her time and she will be free to devote herself to this task. In order to do so she must have the help of a secretary to go through the mass of material and assist in preparing the manuscript. There is other valuable historical matter which ought to be preserved which she alone can record. We believe the suffragists of the country will delight to give her the assistance she needs to do this. Miss Blackwell's birthday comes on September 14th. A birthday gift of $5000 would make it possible for her to do what she would like above everything else; would preserve for those who have entered into the inheritance prepared for them a story they will want to recall; and would be a slight token of our love for Miss Blackwell and of our appreciation of her lifetime of service to our beloved cause. -2- The plan has the hearty and sincere approval of our National President, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. The undersigned committee have undertaken to raise this sum and ask the help of suffrage organizations and individual suffragists. May we hear from you? Any letters of greeting which may accompany the gifts will be bound and given to Miss Blackwell when the contributions are presented. Please use paper 6 x 9, that the size may be uniform. The list of those who make the publication of the record possible will be included in the published volume as substantial evidence of their apprecia- ion of the loyalty and service given the cause of Woman Suffrage by Lucy Stone, Henry B. Blackwell, and Alice Stone Blackwell. Contributions or pledges should be sent as soon as possible to Mrs. Wenona Osborne Pinkham, 553 Little Building, Boston, Mass. Sincerely yours, (signed) Maud Wood Park Harriet Taylor Upton Ida Porter Boyer (Mrs. Charles Sumner) Anna Child Bird (Mrs. Robert Gould) Isabella Pratt Shaw Wenona Osborne Pinkham Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.