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• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa Kuhl Kelly Boulton, 5 March 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 to Dora's sister, Louisa Kelly Boulton.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 21 February 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, sent to Dora's mother, gives an update on Louise Lewis' convalescence and preparations for President Wilson's trip to Boston.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 14 February 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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 2 February 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 mother, Louisa.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 3 March 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 mother, Dora provides an update on her daughter Louise's convalescence.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 20 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. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her daughter, Louise.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 29 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. This particular letter was sent from Dora to her daughter, Louise.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 10 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. In this letter Dora describes another experience in prison, reporting that the warden denied the suffragettes visitors and their mail.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 13 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. In this letter Dora describes a demonstration where NWP planned to burn Woodrow Wilson's words.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 17 April 1918
  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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, April 1918
  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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 11 April 1918
  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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 11 April 1918
  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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 5 March 1918
  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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 5 March 1918
  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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 11 December 1917
  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 in particular was sent from Dora to her mother, Louisa, and describes a fundraising campaign to pay for one of NWP's lawyers, and lobbying Democratic members of congress to speak with President Woodrow Wilson.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, December 1917
  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 particular letter Dora updates her daughter on her fundraising efforts for the NWP.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 4 December 1917
  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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 3 December 1917
  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 gives an update on her work at NWP headquarters and her health after she and other suffragists were brutalized during the 'Night of Terror' at the Occoquan Workhouse in November 1917.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louisa W. Kelly, 14 November 1917
  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 mother, Dora provides an optimistic update on her time at the Occoquan Workhouse and states that, since she and the other imprisoned suffragettes were not considered political prisoners, they could only write once per week. Dora and the other prisoners were brutalized by the guards that evening, which would be infamously known as the "Night of Terror."
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 11 November 1917
  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, likely written from prison, she thanks her daughter for sending her a few articles of clothing, and asks that she look into some of her bills.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 5 November 1917
  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 provides an itinerary for her fundraising travels in the north-east United States and details a meeting in Washington D.C. where released suffragette prisoners gave speeches. $1000 was raised for the NWP at that meeting, which included donations from Louise and Dora's son, Shippen, for which she expresses her sincere gratitude.
• Dora Kelly Lewis postcard to Louise Lewis, 30 October 1917
  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 Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 31 October 1917
  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.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Louise Lewis, 23 October 1917
  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.