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Roosevelt, Theodore, Edith Franklin Wyatt incoming correspondence, etc., 1952-1955

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Open book Roosevelt, Theodore, Edith Franklin Wyatt incoming correspondence, etc., 1952-1955

Title Roosevelt, Theodore, Edith Franklin Wyatt incoming correspondence, etc., 1952-1955

Creator Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958

Date 1952-1955

Language English

Subjects Social action

Description Correspondence of Chicago writer and social activist Edith Franklin Wyatt, plus drafts of works, contracts, scrapbooks, clippings and mementos.

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription are to accomplish anything we must show as much sober, restrained good sense as we do zealous fervor. My father brought us up, as I have brought up my children, to know that chastity was as much the duty of the man as the woman. My whole soul abhors excusing the man and letting the whole blame and punishment fail on his weaker partner. Yet we must not forget that the temptation is far greater for the man.
When Police Commissioner I saw something of the "red lights" houses and their inmates. They seemed to me just as you describe them. The tawdry, soiled surroundings, how could any one wish to go to such houses? And as for the wretched girls, I do not see how any

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Archival Collection Title Edith Franklin Wyatt papers

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Call Number Midwet MS Wyatt Box 1 Folder 35

BibID 991696368805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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File Created 11/05/2020

Filename 991696368805867_midwest_ms_wyatt_box_001_fl_035_001_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL15Q0E

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