Papers of Molly Dewson, 1893-1962

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Papers of Molly Dewson, 1893-1962

1893-1962

Correspondence, writings, speeches, etc., of Mary "Molly" Williams Dewson, suffragist, reformer, and head of the Women's Division of the Democratic Party.

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