Ethel Eyre Valentine Dreier Papers 1902-1957

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Ethel Eyre Valentine Dreier Papers 1902-1957

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Settlement house president; suffragist; woman's club leader; and civic leader. The bulk of professional papers relate to Dreier's suffrage work and civic activities. Also documented is Dreier's advocacy of public housing; her work in politics; and her settlement house work. Materials include correspondence, speeches, writings, photographs, notebooks, and travel diaries. The personal correspondence consists primarily of letters to her husband. Other correspondents include Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Catt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Alfred E. Smith.

7 boxes; (2.75 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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