Letter from Elizabeth E. Baker to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Elizabeth E. Baker writes to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to request used clothing. Baker, a young African American woman, describes being assaulted on a Mississippi trolley car, leaving her with injuries that require her to change her career and move from Mississippi to Atlanta, Georgia.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-19