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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


    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


      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


        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


          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


            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


              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


                Lillian Herrick Olzendam to William H. Dyer
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                  • Date Created: 1919-10-19
                  • Description: Olzendam asks Representative Dyer of Salisbury for his signature in support of ratification, tells him she believes he thinks "the Constitution of Vermont supercedes that of the United States of America," and explains the national importance of Vermont's position.
                  • Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection


                  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


                    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