Letter from Nellie M. Quander to Alice Paul (1913)

February 17, 1913.

Mis Alice Paul,
Chairman, Woman Suffrage Parade.

Dear Madam,

Fearing that a letter which I sent you has gone astray, I am sending you the same matter. There are a number of college women of Howard University who would like to participate in the woman suffrage procession on Monday, March the third. We do not wish to enter if we must meet with discrimination on account of race affiliation. Can you assign us to a desirable place in the college women's section?

There is still another request. Our sorority had hoped to have had Miss Jane Addams to address us next month, but we have learned to-day that she is to sail for Egypt next week. From among the many noted women who will be here in connection with the Inauguration, can you put us in communication with some one of them — one who is an eloquent, forcible, and scholarly lecturer, some one of national if not world-wide fame? We are most desirous of having a good speaker to address the college women of Howard. We can assure such an one a large and appreciative audience.

Hoping that you may find it convenient to send me an early reply; and thanking you for such consideration, I remain,

Yours truly,
Nellie M. Quander,
President, A. K. A. Sorority,
Howard University.