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Letter Regarding the Federal Amendment

from Ellen F. Vanderbilt

Context: Ellen F. Vanderbilt of Newport, RI, sent this letter to members of the Senate and House of Representatives. She expresses her opposition to the Federal Amendment for woman suffrage (the 19th Amendment), describing it as anti-American and an increase to the socialist vote.

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