Mabel Walker Willebrandt papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2000
Subjects: Politics and government; Social life and customs; United States. Office of the Assistant Attorney General; Political activity; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); History; United States; Prohibition; Women
Description: Correspondence, speeches, writings, family papers, and printed matter relating primarily to Willebrandt's service as U.S. assistant attorney general under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.  Correspondence includes letters to Willebrandt's parents and pertains chiefly to social and political life in Washington, her efforts as an enforcer of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Republican Party politics, and the issue and role of women in politics. Also includes a file concerning the 1888 Haystack Massacre, Stevens County, Kan.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Mrs. Hendrick Van Dyke, 1980-1987.

Lawyer and public official.

Collection material in English.

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