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Madeleine Z. Doty, Quai de Bergues, Geneva, C. 1955-1959
Madeleine Doty lived here while lecturing at the University in Geneva as a Professor.
Letter from Madeleine Z. Doty to My Dear
Seems to be written to three note editors in the early 1960s. The letter is a discussion of the life of Madeleine Doty, from the days of Queen Victoria to the Space Age. Doty mentions the following accomplishments: graduating from Smith College, practicing law in New York City, secretary of the Russell Sage Foundation Children's Court Committee, knew Theodore Roosevelt personally, worked for the Prison Reform Commission, went undercover to prison for a week, attended the Women's Peace Conference at the Hague in 1915, wrote articles for the front page of the New York Tribune, wrote the book Short Rations about Germany. In 1917, Doty took a trip around the world for Good Housekeeping, was in R...
One Woman Determined to Make a Difference
This work contains twelve chapters of Doty's uncompleted autobiography that were written in the last years of her life. Its purpose is to demonstrate the effort, convictions, and (for her day) the daring achievements of Dory as an early twentieth-century feminist. It describes her roles, just as a resident of Greenwich Village, as columnist, and one of the first women lawyers, and, for the last two-thirds of her life, as resident of Geneva, Switzerland, where she worked for international understanding and peace.
Letter from Madeleine Z. Doty to Dear Family, December 18, 1917
Letter sent to Doty's family from Petrograd with Professor Ross across Siberia. Planning to leave Russia for Sweden and Norway in two weeks. Compares the developing Russian Revolution to the French Revolution, but claims to be safe as long as she tells people she is an American. Mentions the armistice declared between Russia and Germany. Discusses Arthur Bullard, who is leaving for Moscow, where she also plans to go in the future.
Letter from Madeleine Z. Doty to Dear Family, January 22, 1918
Doty left Russia for Sweden, to visit Ellen Key, and then went to Norway. Has been traveling with several American YMCA men since leaving Russia. Waiting in Bergen, Norway for the steamer to England. Happy to have left Russia, which is now similar to the final stage of the French Revolution. Description of the economic motivations of the Russian Revolution. Discussion of the relative conservatism of Japan, and Maxim Gorky in Russia. Doty compares the expense of living in Russia versus Norway, argues that World War I is wholly economic, and notes the difficulties in getting food and clothing.
Letter from Madeleine Z. Doty to Beloved Family, October 6, 1917
On the ship the Empress of Russia headed to Japan. Discusses the Pacific Ocean, in contrast to the Atlantic. Meets Florence Harding, wife of an English secretary in Peking. Decides to stop briefly in China with Harding on the way to Russia. Discusses revelry and smoking with new acquaintances, despite the disapproval of the missionaries onboard.
