Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Schloss Guggenheim
Subject(s): Equality, National Civic Federation, Suffrage--Women, Women--Civil rights, Women--Rights of women, Women's rights
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Theodore Roosevelt approves of the work being done by the Women’s Department of the National Civic Federation and discusses women’s rights. He believes the success of the movement to acknowledge women’s equality with men in political rights will be depend on its concrete results. If women do their duty better for having those rights, then they should have them. Their primary duty is in the home. If Roosevelt believed that women would not fulfill those duties well because they gained the right to vote, he would not advocate for them to have that right; just as he would not advocate for men to have political rights if he believed that their having them would take them from their prime duty of providing for their wives and families.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-03-29
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Guggenheim, Florence Schloss, 1863-1944
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Schloss Guggenheim. [March 29, 1916]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o212145. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Schloss Guggenheim. [29 Mar. 1916]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 5, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o212145.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.: , [1916, March 29]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Schloss Guggenheim. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o212145.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 5, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
