Letter to Kate Waller Barrett from Calvin Coolidge
Letter from President Coolidge to Kate Waller Barrett regarding the Florence Crittenton Mission which managed homes for unwed mothers and prostitutes.<br /><br />Transcription: <br /><br />The White House<br />Washington <br /><br />October 23, 1924.<br /><br />My dear Mrs. Barrett:<br /><br />It is not easy to imagine a single reason why the work of the Florence Crittenton Mission should not have the most unqualified endorsement from every good citizen. I can think of a long list of the most persuasive reasons why that endorsement should be given, and for myself I gladly extend it.<br /><br />I wish you the fullest encouragement and cooperation in the splendid work you are carrying on.<br /><br />Very truly yours, <br /><br />Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge, Calivin
M 9 Box 111, <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/vcu/repositories/5/resources/279.oai_ead.xml">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1924 October 23
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Virginia Suffrage News, vol. 1, no. 2, November 1914
A publication of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. <br /><br />The ESL formed in November 1909 in Richmond, Va. Lila Meade Valentine served as the first president. Adele Goodman Clark, Nora Houston, Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston, Kate Waller Barrett, and Kate Langley Bosher were among the approximately 20 women who founded the group. In 1910, Ellen Gertrude Kidd, owner of "Pin Money Pickles" became treasurer of the ESL. An advertisement for Pin Money Pickles appears on p. 16 of this issue.
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
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1914 November
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Kate Waller Barrett [photograph]
Photographic portrait of Kate Waller Barrett. Barrett was one of the first women medical doctors in the south. She co-founded the National Florence Crittenton Mission with Charles Nelson Crittenton. The organization focused on the needs of unwed mothers and prostitutes ("fallen women"). Barrett was instrumental in helping unwed mothers become an acceptable subject of philanthropy.
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League for the Promotion of Public School Education in Virginia letter, January 20, 1930
Informational letter from the League for the Promotion of Public School Education in Virginia signed by the Chairman, <a href="http://aw22.org/pgm/barrett.html" target="_blank" title="biographical sketch of R. S. Barrett" rel="noreferrer noopener">Robert S. Barrett</a>. Barrett was the son of the Rev. Dr. Robert S. Barrett, an Episcopal clergyman, and <a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=Kate+Waller+Barrett" target="_blank" title="materials related to Kate Waller Barrett" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kate Waller Barrett</a>, one of the first women medical doctors in the South and co-founder of the National Florence Crittenton Mission.<br /><br />Text --<br /><br />Dear Fellow Virginian:<br /><br />As you have perhaps noted in the newspapers this League has been established for the purpose of promoting public school education in Virginia. It is non-political and non-sectarian. There are no dues or obligations of any kind and its membership is composed of those persons who are interested in this important subject. The simple advice that your are interested will make you a member. <br /><br />Just at the present time the League is interested in the establishment of a Secretary of Education in the Presidents cabinet, believing that it will be of great benefit to Virginia. We agree with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Capper" target="_blank" title="Arthur Capper" rel="noreferrer noopener">Senator Capper</a>, of Kansas, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Robsion" target="_blank" title="John Marshall Robsion" rel="noreferrer noopener">Representative Robsion</a>, of Kentucky, the authors of the bill now pending in Congress, who say: <br /><br />"We seek broader opportunity for the childhood of this Nation, by guaranteeing to every boy and girl under the Stars and Stripes, regardless of race, creed, or color, at least a Grammar School eduation. If we succeed the deplorable illiteracy, now so manifest on every hand, will be abolished and intelligence completely enthroned."<br /><br />We feel that as a friend of education you should be interested in this bill and are therefore sending you a copy together with Congressman Robsion's speech which effectually answers all arguments against it. <br /><br />After you have read this leterature we will greatly appreciate it if you would write to our Virginia Senators, Senators Claude S. Swanson, and Senator Carter Glass, and your representative in Congress letting them know that you approve the bill and asking them to advocate and vote for it. <br /><br />Yours very truly, <br />Robert S. Barrett<br />Chairman
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1930 January 20
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