Suffrage and Some Suffragettes Sidelights on a Growing Movement
A profile of Colorado state senator Helen Robinson Hobins on her support for a minimum wage for women, her reform agenda, and how she balances public duties with home life. The piece notes her literary interests, travels, and influence, including managing her household and guiding her daughter’s studies.
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Helen King Hobinson
Colorado
Senator Robinson
Lttle
Robinson
Picturesque Group of Suffragettes at Carnegie Hall
The article spotlights a February 17 meeting at Carnegie Hall in New York where women from many nations discussed suffrage. Notable attendees include Mrs Velma Swanston Howard in a Swedish box with a flag, Martha Ullengen of The New York Unitset, Mrs Patricia Street of Australia, with speakers Jane Addams Carrie Chapman Catt and Max Eastman. It also recounts Mary Antin at a Lincoln dinner with Theodore Roosevelt, praising her speaking on immigration and patriotism. The piece intertwines suffrage advocacy with social observations and a literary vignette of Miss Jane Johnstone and Mr David Everett’s wedding.
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Carnegie Hall
New York
Velma Swanston Howard
Selma Lagerloff
New Republic
Martha Ullengen
Patricia Street
Australia
Jane; Addams
Carrie Chapman Catt
Max Eastman
Columbia University
Mary Antin
Atlanta
Theodore Roosevelt
Mary
Antin
America
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Isma Dooly
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Sussex
May Sinclair
Alice Meynell
Thien
Marlon Crawford
Maurice Maeterlinck
Regenstein
Regenstein’s Rty
General
Jores
Washington
Association
Rosalie Jones
Everyman
Martha
Carlton
Whitehall
Columbia
Grafonola
J. B. Cleveland
Cleveland-Manning Piano Company
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