Herbert Hoover letter to Mrs. Edna Gellhorn - May 24, 1917
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[The New Willard, Washington letterhead] May 24, 1917 Mrs. Edna Fischel Gell-Harn, Chairman, Womens Central Com. on Food Conservation, St. Louis, [Missouri]. Dear Madam: I beg to acknowledge your telegram of May 20th. Thank you for your congratulations, but I regret exceedingly I cannot make any plans for addressing meetings, as my time is fully occupied here. Yours faithfully, Herbert Hoover
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| Title | Herbert Hoover letter to Mrs. Edna Gellhorn - May 24, 1917 |
| Creator | Hoover, Herbert |
| Source | Hoover, Herbert. Letter to Mrs. Gellhorn. 24 May 1917. Edna Gellhorn Papers. Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from Herbert Hoover to Mrs. Edna Gellhorn. He apologized for not being available to speak. Mrs. Edna Gellhorn was an active civic leader and reformer. She became a leader in the women's suffrage movement and in 1920 became a founder and first vice president of the National League of Women Voters. |
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| Language | English |