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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 28 February 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her mother, Louisa.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 7 February 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. In this letter Dora updates her mother on her lobbying efforts with national leaders in Washington D.C. for their support for ratifying a suffrage resolution in Maryland.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, February 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her daughter, Louise.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 2 February 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. In this letter Dora reports the results of Groundhog Day and her plans to promote NWP in Maryland.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 31 January 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter, 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her mother, Louisa.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 27 January 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her mother, Louisa.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This letter describes a meeting with legislators in Washington D.C. and her interactions with a newspaperman who offered to help the NWP.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 26 February 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. In this letter Dora talks about the failure of Maryland to pass a state-wide suffrage law and a visit from a Dr. Lawrence from Kentucky who talked with Dora and Alice Paul at NWP headquarters.
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Dora Kelly Lewis 1919-1920 correspondence transcriptions, undated These are archival copies of transcriptions of correspondence sent by Dora Kelly Lewis from January 1, 1919 through February 2, 1920. Dora's handwriting is difficult to decipher and the transcriptions, though incomplete, can be helpful to researchers interested in reading her correspondence.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her daughter, Louise.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 5 February 1920 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This letter describes Dora's lobbying efforts at Maryland, including conversations with the governor and a dinner the state's legislators that featured guest speakers.
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Dora Kelly Lewis record of prison sentences, 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This archival copy of a 1919 note lists Dora's prison sentences.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. Dora left this note to her daughter, Louise, likely while they were both sharing a hotel room in either Washington D.C. or another city where Dora was lobbying for the NWP.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 13 December 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her daughter, Louise.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, January 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. Writing from the NWP headquarters in Washington D.C., Dora updates her daughter on her lobbying efforts and details work to free a group of imprisoned suffragists.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 28 December 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her daughter, Louise.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, July 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her daughter, Louise.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 16 July 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. In this letter, Dora expresses her dismay over the NWP's lobbying efforts at the Georgia legislature, but finds consolation in knowing that they did all they could do to promote their agenda.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 10 July 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. In this letter to her daughter, Dora describes her advocacy efforts in Washington D.C. and her interactions with prominent politicians, such as A. Mitchell Palmer, the United States Attorney General.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 6 July 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 25 June 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her daughter, Louise.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 13 June 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. In this letter to her daughter, Dora describes her lobbying efforts at the Pennsylvania state capital and mentions a number of prominent suffragists, including Caroline Katzenstein.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Shippen Lewis, 12 June 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights. In this letter to her son, Shippen, Dora describes her lobbying efforts at the Pennsylvania state capital.
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Dora Kelly Lewis letter, 5 June 1919 Dora Kelly Lewis was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. She was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) before joining the National Woman’s Party (NWP), where she served as chairman of finance, national treasurer, and head of the ratification committee. Her correspondence to family members details her advocacy and experiences while campaigning for women's rights.
