Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 to Miss Treadwell

GLC01518

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GLC#
GLC01518
Type
Letters
Date
August 27, 1916
Author/Creator
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Title
to Miss Treadwell
Place Written
Oyster Bay, New York
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 15 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Sub-Era
World War I

On his Sagamore Hill letterhead, Roosevelt thanks Treadwell for her letter to him and his wife. Written from, or just after a trip to France during World War I: "your letter brings vividly before my eyes the terrible suffering and high heroism of France, and the joy in service felt by you and the men and women like you. This war has shown that the right type of woman can do her full share of the work of war just as the right kind of man does his." He closes by condemning all pacifists as German collaborationists, and adds, "if I had my way I would disenfranchise all the pacifists of both sexes."

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