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Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. A. W. Nicholson

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. A. W.  Nicholson

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Mrs. A. W. Nicholson to write a letter to Roosevelt expressing her views on women’s suffrage. She is to write in a tone that reflects that Roosevelt is for suffrage, and he may send the letter to The Outlook to publish. Roosevelt showed Nicholson’s letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, who has been “extremely lukewarm” on the subject of women’s suffrage, and Mrs. Roosevelt approved of Nicholson’s approach. Roosevelt increasingly favors women’s suffrage, but does not want to force it on states that do not want it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-08

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt