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• Elizabeth S. Rogers letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 7 November 1921
  In this letter Elizabeth Rogers, Chairman of the National Woman's Party's National Advisory Council, offers Caroline Katzenstein a position on the Council.
• Mary H. Ingham letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 29 August 1920
  In this letter, Mary Ingham thanks Caroline Katzenstein for her vote, likely for her election as chairman of the Pennsylvania Branch of the National Woman's Party. Ingham goes on to discuss a NWP convention that is to be held to determine the Party's course after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.
• Alice Paul letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 23 May 1921
  In this short note Alice Paul thanks Caroline Katzenstein for forwarding a five-dollar check to the NWP.
• Mabel Vernon letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 30 December 1919
  In this letter, Mabel Vernon, National Secretary of the National Woman's Party, expresses regret over news of NWP's decision to close its Philadelphia headquarters She goes on to enquire about Katzenstein's future plans and discusses news of the ratification process for the Nineteenth Amendment.
• Alice Paul letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 14 September 1935
  In this letter, Alice Paul describes her work campaigning for women's rights at the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva, and asks Caroline Katzenstein to contribute to the Assembly campaign fund.
• Alice Paul and Caroline Katzenstein correspondence, 22 May - 24 May 1917
  This correspondence between Alice Paul and Caroline Katzenstein reviews the finances of the National Woman's Party and strategies to reduce expenditures. Paul discusses the cost of afternoon tea and cake, explaining that it is covered by members of NWP's Washington D.C. branch, and not a direct financial burden on NWP headquarters or the D.C. branch. Katzenstein suggests an advertiser, Joseph Brennian & Co., who would reduce printing costs. Included also is a list of expenses for printed material and stationary.
• Dora Kelly Lewis letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 13 December 1917
  In this letter Dora Kelly Lewis discusses fundraising for the National Woman's Party and happenings at a suffrage convention.
• Dora Kelly Lewis and Caroline Katzenstein correspondence, 19 December - 21 December 1917
  In this letter Dora Kelly Lewis thanks Caroline Katzenstein for her fundraising efforts for the National Woman's Party. She also discusses the effect the Prohibition Amendment had on the proposed suffrage amendment, saying "the 'wets' are so mad that many of them will vote for us in order 'to put it over' the Southern Members. This, however, is not for publication."
• Alice Paul letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 22 December 1917
  In this letter Alice Paul asks Caroline Katzenstein to produce a booklet relating to the National Woman's Party's picket campaign that can be handed out at demonstrations. Paul also provides an update on the status of a suffrage amendment vote in the House of Representatives.
• Charles Shaw letter to Caroline Katzenstein, undated
  A Christmas greeting from Charles Shaw to Caroline Katzenstein. Shaw was a broadcast journalist for WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and featured Katzenstein on his show for her work with women's suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment.
• Anne Martin and Caroline Katzenstein correspondence, 26 November - 5 December 1918
  Anne Martin was the first woman to run for United States senate but was defeated in a 1918 election. She sent letters to her contributors to thank them for their support, including Caroline Katzenstein, who helped fundraise for Martin's campaign. In Katzenstein's response to Martin's letter, she expresses her disappointment over the election but invites Martin to participate in a National Woman's Party demonstration in Washington D.C.
• Mabel Vernon and Caroline Katzenstein correspondence, 10 August - 16 September 1918
  In this correspondence Mabel Vernon discusses Anne Martin's senatorial campaign in Nevada and asks Caroline Katzenstein if she could go out west to work with the campaign as well. Katzenstein, in response, discusses her ocular health, suffrage demonstrations in Washington D.C., and news of various suffragists, including Dora Kelly Lewis.
• Mabel Vernon letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 2 June 1917
  A letter from Mabel Vernon thanking Caroline Katzenstein and the Pennsylvania branch of the National Woman's Party for supporting NWP headquarters and sending a woman to Washington D.C. to serve as a Silent Sentinel. The letter also describes the status of the women's suffrage amendment in the House.
• Why They Put Alice Paul in Solitary Confinement, 1917
  Stories and songs relating to the imprisonment of Alice Paul and other suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse that were sent from the National Woman's Party headquarters in Washington D.C. for Caroline Katzenstein to use for publicity in Philadelphia. The news of the suffragists' imprisonment were key in generating public interest in women's suffrage.
• Jeanette Rankin letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 26 June 1917
  Jeanette Rankin was a representative from Montana and a supporter of women's suffrage. In this letter she informs Caroline Katzenstein that she does not have the time to write a story about working women and women's suffrage for magazine advertising, but assures her that she remains an advocate of the suffrage movement.
• Alice Paul letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 23 April 1918
  In this letter Alice Paul relates to a report that Caroline Katzenstein sent regarding the Pennsylvania branch of the National Woman's Party, and goes over the Party's official position about Denny O'Neil's candidacy.
• Anne Martin letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 24 April 1918
  In this letter Anne Martin thanks Caroline Katzenstein for fundraising for her senatorial campaign. Martin was a prominent suffragist and the first woman to run for United States senate.
• Caroline Katzenstein letter to Anne Martin, 30 April 1918
  In this letter Caroline Katzenstein discusses fundraising for Anne Martin's senatorial campaign. Martin was a prominent suffragist and the first woman to run for United States senate.
• Anne Martin and Caroline Katzenstein correspondence, 15 May 1918
  Correspondence concerning fundraising for the Anne Martin's senatorial campaign and the possibility of Caroline Katzenstein moving to the western United States to aid in the campaign efforts there. Anne Martin was a prominent suffragist and the first woman to run for United States senate.
• Mabel Vernon and Caroline Katzenstein correspondence, 14 October 1918
  In this exchange, Mable Vernon and Caroline Katzenstein discuss ways to disseminate a 'special story' to Philadelphia newspapers in effort to publicize the suffrage campaign. They also discuss the effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic on Philadelphia and the local suffrage campaign. Mable Vernon was a campaign manager for the National Woman's Party, which was based in Washington D.C.
• Alice Paul letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 31 July 1918
  In this letter, Alice Paul provides instructions for Caroline Katzenstein in preparation for a convention in Pittsburgh. Paul was the national chairman of the National Woman's Party and spearheaded the suffrage movement in the years leading up to the Nineteenth Amendment.
• Caroline Katzenstein and Alice Paul correspondence, 11-12 July 1918
  This exchange between Alice Paul, chairman of the National Woman's Party, and Caroline Katzenstein, executive secretary of NWP's Pennsylvania branch, includes a discussion about fundraising, talking points relating to the status of women's suffrage in the senate, and strategies for convincing legislators to support the suffrage amendment. Keeping up with debt and expenses was a continuous problem for the NWP, a point Paul underlines in her letters.
• Woman Suffrage Party and Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association election mailing, 18 May 1918
  This mailing from the Woman Suffrage Party of Pennsylvania urges voters to elect 'trustworthy men' and blames Dr. James J. Heffernan, Pennsylvania state representative of the 17th District, of reversing his promise to support a constitutional amendment for Woman's Suffrage. Includes a facsimile of Heffernan's signature and promise to support the amendment.
• The New York Times article "Pressure for Suffrage: Three Interlocking Systems of Political Machinery Used by Women in Converting the Members of Congress, 25 May 1919
  This article outlines the three chief lobbying strategies of the National Woman's Party. The first was the maintenance of a detailed card index system with information on each member of congress and their voting histories. The second revolved around the NWP's political committee which would hold meetings with men who had some form of financial or personal influence over senators or representatives. The third strategy was NWP outreach to state-level organizations who would in turn pressure congress from below.
• The New York Times article Her Pressure on Congress: Suffrage Lobbyist's Card Index Keeps Tab on Members' Home Influences, Financial Backers, and Even Golf Partners, 2 March 1919
  This article by the New York Times details the various lobbying strategies of the National Woman's Party, including an intricate card index system with information and voting histories of each member of congress. The article also reports how members of NWP would seek to influence the financial backers of the 'anti's' in order to sway them to support women's suffrage.