NAWSA GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Nathan, Maud MRS. FREDERICK NATHAN 162 WEST 86th STREET NEW YORK February 25, 1913. Answered Mar 21 1913 To the Editors of the Woman's Journal: - I enclose a page of the Herald of Sunday, February 16th, to show you that 27, 452 letters were received in the Woman Suffrage Letter Contest, and that I was the winner of the prize, for the best pro-suffrage letter. What I would like The Woman's Journal particularly to note, is that out of the number of letters received, in the contest, the Herald stated in last Sunday's issue that "The pro-suffrage letters outnumbered those of the other side two to one". That means that I com- peted with 20,000, women while Mrs. Goodwin only competed with 7,000. Although I wrote to Mrs. Goodwin over a week ago, to ask her where she secured her statistics in regard to her statement that only 9% of the women in the United States wished to vote, I have not heard from her. I pointed out to her that it was impossible for anyone to claim that the statistics were reliable, for even were she able to count all the women belong- ing to various suffrage leagues, clubs and organizations, in the U.S. there would still be a large number of women, not affiliated with any of them, who believe in equal suffrage. I am surprised that the Woman's Journal of February 22nd did not mention the result of this contest. Yours very truly, Maud Nathan Mrs. Frederick Nathan 225 West 86 Street New York City Many thanks, dear Miss Blackwell, for your Easter greetings. I send you my best wishes + kindest remembrances. Yours sincerely Maud Nathan April 8th / 43 suffrage Private Mailing Card Miss Alice Stone Blackwell 1010 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge Mass. Maud Nathan Jan - 17 -1906 162 WEST EIGHTY-SIXTH STREET. My dear Miss Blackwell The enclosed letter is from Mrs. Stephen Wise of Portland, Oregon. Her husband is Rabbi of the leading Jewish Congregation there, + very active in Civic life. Will you please send a copy of every good pamphlet you have on the question of woman suffrage, to Dr & Mrs. Wise & send me the bill. I shall be happy to contribute a dollar or so in order that the cause in Oregon may have such a strong champion as Dr. Wise. He told me, when in New York, that the Liquor Interest is working against woman suffrage in Oregon, so sure do the Liquor Dealers feel that most women are opposed to saloons etc - Rather flattering to the women! I have enjoyed reading your book of poems translated from Russian, thank you so much for sending it to me. I shall mail you a copy of next Sunday's World, with my reply to the preacher who in a sermon recently, said the "new woman" is an abomination, & she who asks for woman's rights, is a menace to society! I shall hope to see you in Baltimore - if well enough, I shall go there for the convention Yours sincerely Maud Nathan With the Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for your Happiness in the New Year Maud Nathan [*Greetings from very 200 year old country home at Morris - Conn. Best wishes for your happiness & for peaceful days. Yours sincerely Maud Nathan*] NEW Y MAR 3 PM 1929 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell 3 Monadnock St. Uphams Corner Station Boston Mass. Dear Miss Blackwell Thank you for your Easter greetings. I have the greatest sympathy for you in the loss of your eye-sight. My pal, who lives with me, Mrs Arnold Johnson also has very poor vision + I read aloud to her + help her in every way I can - you have wonderful memories + you must cherish them. With best wishes I am yours faithfully, Maud Nathan [*Maud Nathan*] Mrs. Frederick Nathan April 14th 1938 225 W-86th St New York City MRS. FREDERICK NATHAN 225 WEST 86TH STREET NEW YORK CITY March 25, 1942 Dear Miss Blackwell: Thank you so much for your lovely greeting, with [gzuglrinder] quotations. I am enclosing a verse written by my friend, Mrs. Johnson, which I think is very colorful. I hope you have been better this winter; I'm sorry to say that Mrs. Johnson and I have both been ill most of the winter. But we will soon go to my country house in Morris, Conn. With best wishes, I am yours sincerely Maud Nathan (nL) MRS. ARNOLD BURGES JOHNSON 225 WEST 86TH STREET NEW YORK CITY Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue's a tulip-bed. The brilliance of the taxi-cabs Flaunts through its dull common-placeness As the tulip, thrusting aside the common dull brown earth, Flaunts the brilliance of its chalice. Taxi-cab and tulip, are they akin? The color-splendor of the sunset, Of the sunrise, The vivid blaze of the poppy fields, The sunshine stored in the heaped-up pumpkin harvest, The bloom of purple grape, The daring crudity of [the] a girl's spring frock, Color, color everywhere... Taxi-cab and tulip, are they akin? [Carina?] Johnson Memories are part of our spiritual wealth. Land, houses, gold and jewels are our material wealth. There we bequeath to our heirs. Our memories die with us unless we record them, and thus have them as a real legacy to those who follow. - Maud Nathan To the Editor of the [Ruf?] Republican, Mrs. Maud Nathan June 22 1906 162 WEST EIGHTY-SIXTH STREET. Dear Miss Blackwell It would take me longer, I fear, to ascertain whether the women most active in Municipal Reform in this city are in favor of woman suffrage, than you would care to wait for the information. I'll give you now whatever information I have at [*facts ought to be gleaned for you for the Equal Suffrage League- Very Sincerely Yours, Maud Nathan*] hand & I would advise your getting Mrs de Rivera, Pres. of the Equal Suffrage League to get the rest of the information for you. I am just now working up the annual meeting of The Consumers' League of N.Y. which is to be held on Jan. 30 & I have my time entirely occupied. Miss Margaret L. Chanler, Pres. of Woman's Municipal League is an ardent woman suffragist. Mrs. C. R. 162 WEST EIGHTY-SIXTH STREET. Mrs. Henry Butterworth Mrs Helen van C. de Peyster 11 E. 86- Miss Elizabeth Higginson Miss Kathering J. Rhodes Sect'y Woman's Municipal League 31 Union Square District Chairmen: Mrs. Edward Curtis Miss Katherine S. Day Mrs Camden C. Dike Mrs J. T. Dougine Mrs. Wm. Herbert Mrs Frederick W. Longfellow " Frederic B. Pratt Mrs Gordon Mendell Campaign Committee Mrs. V. Simkovitch 26 Jones St. (Greenwich House) Mrs George Alexander Strong 213 W 71 Miss Katherine S. Dreier 6 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn Heights Miss Helen Van C. de Peyster (Telephoned to her, she is in Aiken, Ga.) 11 E. 86 Miss Frederick W. Longfellow Mrs Herbert Parsons Miss Catherine S. Leverich Mrs Gordon Wendell Mrs Edward Curtis Mrs Henry Parsons Miss Helen Arthur Mrs. Frederick Nathan Woman Suffragist " Henry Villard " " " James Scrymser Miss Lillian Wald 265 Henry St. " Francis A. Kellor 111 W. 23 Household Research Society Mrs Rosalie Loew Whitney W.S. 162 WEST EIGHTY-SIXTH STREET. until she finally succeeded in getting Mayor Strong to appoint Mr. Waring as our Street Cleaning Commissioner. I wonder what she thinks of our dirty streets of to-day. The tammany voters put their candidate in office - The Street Commissioner, Major Woodbury, is the same man who was Commissioner under Mayor Low, but the reform system & the Tammany system differ, for whereas our streets were clean under the former, they are filthy under the latter. The whole difference is that under the present system, the men don't do their work. The men who are given the jobs are the men who are hangers on & heelers of district leaders, & want the wages, but are not expert workers. The tammany system is: "To the victors belong the spoils" - and of course the street cleaning dep't. is one of the largest fields for the distribution of spoils for "the boys"! Mr. Wm. M. Ivins, who was republican candidate for mayor during the last campaign is a woman suffragist. Mr. Nathan, who worked hard in our Assembly District (Citizens' Union) & who is now Vice Chairman of the District, is also a suffragist. I think the Chm'n of this District, Mr. Henry Hardon, (315 W. 71st st) is also one, but I am not positive. He too, may qualify his statements. Mrs Stanton Blatch is called upon all the time to speak at meetings in favor of municipal reform. She spoke against the laying of four tracks on Amsterdam Ave at a large mass meeting years ago & again this year against the 11th Ave. R.R. tracks - She & I are often the only women speakers at large meetings held in favor of Municipal Reform. Where are the "Antis" at these meetings? Jan 23rd. I have just rec'd Miss Grace Dodge's reply, which however, do not publish, as I did not say I wanted her answer for publication. She believes in Woman Suffrage, but she does not believe women are ready for it yet. Miss Rhodes, the Secty of W.M.L. has not had time to look into the subject & doesn't know whether she is a suffragist or not! I'm afraid I haven't been able to get many facts for you, but I'm really too busy. I think there Mrs. Lines of Brooklyn was also active & she is a woman suffragist. Mrs. Florence Kelley who does so much to have our city & state laws enforced is of course a suffragist. I can not tell you whether Fulton Cutting [Pres] Chairman of the Citizens Union is a woman suffragist or not. I can only tell you that apparently all the campaign workers of the Citizens Union who were at the dinner he gave to Mr. Jerome, applauded me vigorously when I spoke on woman suffrage & many of them came to me afterwards & told me they believed in giving the ballot to women. Some of them qualified their statements by saying: "to intelligent women"! Mrs. Kinnicutt is the wife of a well known physician here, who, some years ago was so disgusted with our dirty streets that she studied the systems of street cleaning abroad & wrote & talked Lowell, who was Treas. of the W.M.L. during the campaign of 1903 & who raised nearly $1900.00 herself for the campaign fund (the entire am't raised was [18,695] $13,596.22) was a woman suffragist. Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney, the present Vice Pres. of the W.M.L. is a well known lawyer & woman suffragist. She did admirable work for the Legal Aid Society. The present Treasurer is Miss Grace H. Dodge, who has done so much for working girls. and as I have occasion to write her to-day in regard to other matters. I'll ask her to let me know whether she is a believer in the cause or not. The Sect'y of the W.M.L. is Mrs. Alfred J. Boulton & I don't know her views. The Directors are: Mrs. Julius Henry Cohen " Paul Leicester Ford 53 E. 77th St. " Henry Parsons 29 W. 56- (who has done so much for farm schools) Mrs. Herbert Parsons wife of Chrmn of Republican County Com. Miss Sadie American (woman suffragist) (started vacation schools in chicago) Miss Catherine S. Leverich Mrs. George Alexander Strong. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.