Description: Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence typed transcriptions, 1917

Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence typed transcriptions, 1917

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Main Author:	Dora Kelly Lewis, b. 1862- (Creator)
Collection:	Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence (#2137)
Date:	1917
Box Number:	Box 1
Folder Number:	Folder Correspondence 1917 (6)
Format:	Electronic
Subjects and Genres:	Lewis, Dora Kelly, 1862- Suffrage Typescript
Copyright:	Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:	https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13788
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Summary:	This digital record contains sixteen images that depict typed transcriptions of Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence from 1917. These transcriptions are held along with the original letters in folder 6 (labeled as: "Correspondence, 1917, 6"). Folder 6 has been completely digitized and its representations are held in three digital records: Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence typed transcriptions, 1917; Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence, 1917; and Dora Kelly Lewis cabinet card portrait. The transcriptions are an incomplete representation of the original correspondence, some letters are missing. 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.

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This digital record contains sixteen images that depict typed transcriptions of Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence from 1917. These transcriptions are held along with the original letters in folder 6 (labeled as: "Correspondence, 1917, 6"). Folder 6 has been completely digitized and its representations are held in three digital records: Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence typed transcriptions, 1917; Dora Kelly Lewis correspondence, 1917; and Dora Kelly Lewis cabinet card portrait. The transcriptions are an incomplete representation of the original correspondence, some letters are missing.

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.

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