Letter from Anna Howard Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, California, Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.), Colorado, Idaho, National American Woman Suffrage Association, Republicanism, Speeches, addresses, etc., Utah, Voting, Washington (State), Women--Suffrage, Wyoming
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Anna Howard Shaw has heard about Theodore Roosevelt’s upcoming speech at Carnegie Hall on “The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood” and hopes he discusses the women’s suffrage movement in light of the growing list of states where women have gained the right to vote.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-14
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
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 Anna Howard Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt. [October 14, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71288. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919. Letter from Anna Howard Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt. [14 Oct. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71288.
APA:
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919., [1911, October 14]. Letter from Anna Howard Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71288.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
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 Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
