NAWSA                Gen. Corresp.          Robbins, Charlotte M.

88 Exeter Street
Boston, Massachusetts
December 16, 1938

My dear Miss Blackwell:
    The Works Progress Administration has issued an order
that mothers eligible for Mothers' Aid will be dropped from the
WPA payroll on or before December 31, 1938.  Mothers' Aid, State
administered relief under the Department of Public Welfare, would
give these mothers a monthly income which amounts to subsistence
dole, i.e. much less than they are earning on WPA.
    Mothers with small children to support are classified by
the WPA Social Service as "heads" of families.  But this ruling
deprives them of their right to support their families independently.
    Strong opposition to this ruling has been voiced not only by
the mothers affected but by various organizations and individuals
interested in preventing injustice.
    In order to discuss this ruling and plan a course of organized
protest, a meeting is being held on Monday, December 19, at
88 Dexter Street (Room 35), Boston, at 3:00 P. M.
    May we look forward to hearing your voice in this question
of vital importance to women?
    Sincerely yours,
    [*Mrs. Charlotte M. Robbins*]
    Mrs. Charlotte M. Robbins
    Mrs. Alan Morse
    Miss Myriam Sieve

Miss Alice Stone Blackwell
10 Massachusets Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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