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Theodore Roosevelt asks Jane Addams to provide him with an explanation of an enclosed telegram that may pertain to Millicent Garrett Fawcett. He requests that Addams write a few articles on the progressive movement, especially as it relates to social justice for women and children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-16
Jane Addams has received the forwarded telegram from Millicent Garrett Fawcett and is pleased with Fawcett’s commendation of the Progressive Party. She has sent the telegram to Frances Kellor for distribution to the press. Addams will be writing several articles on the party’s social economic planks drawing on her “experience with poorer people.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-24
Jane Addams encloses her comments on a telegram from Millicent Garrett Fawcett which has been distributed to the press. She believes that it is a good reply to Ida Husted Harper’s letters in the New York Times.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-26
Jane Addams responds positively to the expression of support from Millicent Garrett Fawcett and the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies for the Progressive Party and the party’s stance on equal suffrage.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-26