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Miniature of Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Marion Stone Pelley
Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Marion Stone Pelley
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    • Date Created: 1919-10-19
    • Description: Olzendam updates Pelley on her plans to come to St. Johnsbury, requesting a car so she can visit legislators in outlying towns, and tells Pelley that Dr. Horton would like to discover who was the author of a recent editorial in the Burlington Free Press.
    • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
    Miniature of Frederick L. Webster to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
    Frederick L. Webster to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
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      • Date Created: 1919-10-20
      • Description: Representative Webster of Swanton responds to Olzendam's request for his signature of support, saying that he prefers not to urge the Governor to call a special session, as "the matter is up to him to decide." [Response is written on bottom of original request from Olzendam]
      • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
      Miniature of Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
      Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
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        • Date Created: 1919-10-22
        • Description: Olzendam clarifies for Washington County Senator Howland the expectations of the VESA for a special session, explaining that Howland was asked to head a legislative committee to ask the Governor for his conditions for calling a special session, that Howland stated he wanted to select his own committee members, and that the Governor's main objection to a special session was understood to be the expense to the State.
        • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
        Miniature of Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
        Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
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          • Date Created: 1919-10-18
          • Description: Olzendam updates Washington County Senator Frank Howland about the legislative signatures she has obtained in support of a special legislative session to ratify the suffrage amendment.
          • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
          Miniature of Lillian H. Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
          Lillian H. Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
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            • Date Created: 1919-11-06
            • Description: Olzendam asks Washington County Senator Howland if VESA can publicize the existence of his legislative committee and states that she wishes to publish the text of the Federal Amendment and excerpts from the United States Constitution because legislators don‚Äôt seem to fully understand the rights that would be granted to Vermont women upon ratification.
            • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
            Miniature of Lillian H. Olzendam to John Spargo
            Lillian H. Olzendam to John Spargo
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              • Date Created: 1919-11-15
              • Description: Olzendam writes to John Spargo of Bennington about his interest in helping to obtain a special legislative session, and puts him in touch with Washington County Senator Howland, the chairman of the legislative committee to ask Governor Clement for a special session.
              • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
              Miniature of Lillian H. Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
              Lillian H. Olzendam to Frank G. Howland
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                • Date Created: 1919-11-17
                • Description: Olzendam asks Washington County Senator Howland if he would have a conversation with the Governor and present some facts that she has enclosed to help him ‚Äúrealize that a special session would be the pleasantest way out of a bad situation,‚Äù and notes that after the American Legion affair he would be looking for an opportunity to ‚Äúset himself right with the people of the State.‚Äù
                • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
                Miniature of Edwin D. Moore to Lillian H. Olzendam
                Edwin D. Moore to Lillian H. Olzendam
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                  • Date Created: 1919-11-21
                  • Description: Representative Edwin Moore of Bennington responds that he does not approve of asking the Governor for a special session but would attend if one was called. [Response is written on bottom of original request from Olzendam]
                  • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
                  Miniature of George J. Bond to Lillian H. Olzendam
                  George J. Bond to Lillian H. Olzendam
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                    • Date Created: 1919-11-22
                    • Description: Representative George Bond of Searsburg responds that he has enclosed his signature and has for the past 50 years been a staunch supporter of women‚Äôs suffrage, except that he does "not care to trust women in national politics" after the women of the west have elected Wilson in the past two presidential elections.
                    • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
                    Miniature of Lillian H. Olzendam to Edward Curtis Smith
                    Lillian H. Olzendam to Edward Curtis Smith
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                      • Date Created: 1919-12-22
                      • Description: Olzendam asks the Honorable Edward Smith of St. Albans, as a supporter of suffrage, to sign a petition to the Governor to call a special legislative session for ratification and to forward the petition to other well-known men in his social and professional groups.
                      • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection