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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harriet Henderson Seager

Theodore Roosevelt states that the letter that Harriet Henderson Seager had sent earlier in the year does not appear to have been received. Roosevelt then expresses sympathy for the cause of fair pay for women workers that Seager is advocating for but states that he is unable to attend the Women’s Cosmopolitan Club meeting due to restrictions on his time.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Chicago speech, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt discusses public service and the duties of public servants such as politicians and Supreme Court judges. This record also contains Roosevelt’s handwritten opinion of President William H. Taft as a 1912 presidential candidate.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Social and industrial justice

Theodore Roosevelt first discusses the authority of the courts to delay or stop social and political justice and advancement and how that needs to be changed by the will of the people. He then discusses the need for regulation of industry for the safety and welfare of its workers. The Progressive Party supports a minimum wage, 8-hour work day and child and women labor laws to help the industrial laborer’s standard of living.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1912-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931