Authors: Adams, Kate J.
Year: 1912
Subjects: Adams, Kate J.; Female juvenile delinquents Illinois Chicago.; Prostitution Illinois Chicago; Women Suffrage United States.; Social workers; Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions.
Abstract: Collection consists of letters from Kate J. Adams to her cousin, Katherine Jane Foster Adams, as well as a letter from her  niece, Florence Foster.  Letters mention family news and Adams's social work and work in the suffrage movement. In addition, there are clippings and programs about Adams's work, including a pamphlet describing the Chicago Committee of Fifteen, which was responsible for closing properties used for prostitution in Chicago.  There is also an article by her entitled "Reasons for Suffrage" published in the National Suffragist (1916), and a photograph of her.