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Miniature of Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Vermont Legislators
Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Vermont Legislators
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    • Date Created: 1919-10_01
    • Description: Copy of circular letter sent to legislators, with instructions for printing, present status of ratification nationwide, and "Woodstock Suffrage Study Club" letterhead on the back.
    • 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Herrick Olzendam to Lisa M. Wilkinson
                  Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Lisa M. Wilkinson
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                    • Date Created: 1919-09-15
                    • Description: Olzendam relays Horton's idea for a "Citizenship Conference" to be held in Burlington, the "hot-bed of Antis," with men and women speakers (including Mrs. Schoonmaker of Connecticut), later to be brought to Bennington.
                    • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
                    Miniature of Carrie Chapman Catt to Annette W. Parmelee
                    Carrie Chapman Catt to Annette W. Parmelee
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                      • Date Created: 1919-09-24
                      • Description: Catt tells Parmelee that her convention paper was thorough and excellent, but that the NAWSA cannot pay states for sending in their histories and can only promise a copy of the book once written.
                      • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection