TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, The White House, Washington letterhead, March 11, 1940. A letter to the Director of the Women’s Division of the Democratic national Committee, Dorothy McAllister. In full: “I am glad to have an opportunity to wish all success to the National Institute of Government which the Women’s Committee is planning to hold in Washington, May 2, 3 and 4, next. I hope the attendance will be large and representative of every state in the Union.” In fine condition, with faint paper clip impression to upper left. Written only 21 years after women were granted the right to vote, this letter is evidence of the continuing political work contributed by women. Roosevelt, at the urging of his outspoken feminist wife, Eleanor, worked with the Democratic National Committee to understand the role women voters would play in future elections. In April 1937 Dorothy McAllister was appointed director of the Women’s Division. Both FDR and First Lady Eleanor were committed social reformers and it is for their accomplishments that they are both remembered. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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