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Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence
Dora Kelly Lewis served actively in the Suffrage movement. She became an executive member of the National Women's Party in 1913. She served as the chairman of finance in 1918 and as the national treasurer in 1919. In 1920, she headed the ratification committee. The correspondence of Dora Ke...
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| Collection: | Dora Kelly Lewis Correspondence |
| Collection Number: | 2137 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Lewis, Dora Kelly |d b. 1862 |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence |f 1884-1921 | |
| 300 | |a 0.75 Linear feet |f 0.75 linear feet, 2 boxes (200 items) | ||
| 520 | |a Dora Kelly Lewis served actively in the Suffrage movement. She became an executive member of the National Women's Party in 1913. She served as the chairman of finance in 1918 and as the national treasurer in 1919. In 1920, she headed the ratification committee. The correspondence of Dora Kelly Lewis consists of encouraging and endearing letters from her husband, Lawrence Lewis, 1884-1903, reporting on his legal practice and commenting on Dora's suffragette activities. The letters, 1914-1921, are, for the most part, from Dora to her children, some, from prison, reassuring her family that her actions were not illegal, and to her mother. There are a few typed, diary pages. These letters document her efforts in gaining franchise for women. This collection was digitized for In Her Own Right, a collaborative digital project of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL). Digital access to the collection is available through this link: (https://omeka.hsp.org/s/digitalcollections/2137). | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Dora Kelly Lewis descendants, 1986. Accession number 86.02. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Alice Paul. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a National Women's Party |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Women's History--Political Activism--Philadelphia. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Women's Suffrage Amendment (1917) |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Dora Kelly Lewis Correspondence |l 2137 | ||