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DESCRIPTION: In this handwritten letter from Java, Carrie Chapman Catt writes to Vilma Glücklich and Rosika Schwimmer. She reports receiving a letter from Glücklich. Glücklich referenced a letter Schwimmer sent Catt, but Catt did not receive Schwimmer’s letter nor recent issues of Jus Suffragii, the periodical distributed by the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA). Catt concludes that mail service “seems very uncertain on this side of the world.” Catt, travelling with Aletta Jacobs, complains about the heat and offers details of future travel plans throughout Sumatra, to Manila, Philippines, to Japan, and possibly China. Catt intends to return home in November, and Jacobs may take the Trans-Siberian Railway. Their travel to and in China “depends on the war.” Catt mentions a letter she is drafting for the presidents, presumably of the IWSA, regarding the program for the upcoming congress. Catt wants to find delegates from Egypt, Burma, and India. She asks Glücklich and Schwimmer to send invitations to the names enclosed: Miss Kumudini Mitter, Calcutta, India, and sister; Mrs. S. Q. Ranaday, Bombay, India; Mme. Tackla Pasha, Cairo, Egypt; Mrs. Hla Oung, Rongoon, Burmah. Catt reports that the first two are Hindu, the third Christian, and the fourth Buddhist. Catt closes the letter with: “The Doctor sends her love and I also send my love and gratitude to my dear Hungarian girls.” KEYWORDS: Women Interacting with Women, Social Movements, and Other Actors Beyond Empire; Names of Contacts in Bombay, Cairo, and Burma (Myanmar); Carrie Chapman Catt; Aletta Jacobs; Habsburg Empire; Hungary; Dutch East India (Indonesia); Java; Batavia (Jakarta); Róza Schwimmer (Rosika Schwimmer); Vilma Glücklich

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Author

Carrie Chapman Catt, 1859-1947

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Letter

Duration

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Format

Text

Page Count

2

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Transnational Women’s Movement, Women and Rights, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Myanmar, Egipto, Egito, Khedivate of Egypt (Historical Place), International Woman Suffrage Alliance, Aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1854-1929, Kumudini Mitter, fl. 1912, India, Burma, Egypt, Vilma Glücklich, 1872-1927, Rosika Schwimmer, 1877-1948, Political and Human Rights, Social Reform and Political Activism, Suffrage, Equal Rights for Women, Multi-Ethnic Participation in Social Movements, Burmese, Egyptians, Indians (Asian), Hungarians

Topic

Suffrage, Equal Rights for Women, Multi-Ethnic Participation in Social Movements

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Myanmar, Egipto, Egito, Khedivate of Egypt (Historical Place)