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^ 259 6 January 1899; Julia Wrigley,Class Politics and Public Schools: Chicago 1900–1950 [New Brunswick, N.J., 1982], 92–98; Kate Rousmaniere, Citizen Teacher: The Life and Leadership of Margaret Haley [Albany, N.Y., 2005], 49–52; Thomas R. Pegram, Partisans and Progressives: Private Interest and Public Policy in Illinois, 1870–1922 [Urbana, Ill., 1992], 121–30.) ••••••••• 110 • From the Diary of SBA [1 January 1899] Sun., Jan. 1, 1899. Arrived in New York at 10 a.m. Train three hours late— Went cousin S. V. Laphams—found Mr G. W. Catt 1 waiting for me there— met warm welcome— took cup of coffee & light breakfast—then went with Mr Catt to their home—Bensonhurst—taking fully two hours Found Miss Blackwell & Mrs Upton there—soon Miss Shaw came without Rachel—so we now had—Anthony, Shaw Blackwell, Upton, Catt—a quorum of our B.C.— Mrs C. had a very nice dinner with regulation four courses— just after dark Rachel came—making all of the Com. save the two auditors—Clay & M’Culloch All together talked over all branches of the work 1. George William Catt (1860–1905), the second husband of Carrie Catt, was a civil engineer and, at this time, president of the New York Dredging Company. (WWW1.) Y Excelsior Diary 1899, n.p., SBA Papers, DLC. ••••••••• 111 • SBA et al. to the House Committee on Elections1 [New York, c. 2 January 1899] 2 Honorable Sirs: At a meeting of the General Officers of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, held January 2d, 1899, the following resolution was passed unanimously: 23 december 1898 ...

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