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President Roosevelt appreciated Bessie Van Vorst’s article entitled “The Woman Who Toils” and compares the women in the article to the “unemployed rich.” Roosevelt believes that these groups threaten the United States with “race suicide” and he advocates traditional values of home and family life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-18
Florence Rich recently read Theodore Roosevelt’s preface to The Woman Who Toils by Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst. She sends him a typed copy of a recent article from the Columbus Medical Journal titled “Some Thoughts on Race Suicide” as she finds it to be a good counterargument to Roosevelt’s position regarding childless women.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05
Father Knickerbocker approaches Theodore Roosevelt with babies in arms and a crowd of others at his heels. Papers lie on the floor reading “Race suicide a crime” and “126,000 new New Yorkers.” Likely published between 1900 and 1904.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902