Frances Kellor's Campaign for State Constitutional Convention Delegate, 1914

Kellor, Frances

In 1914, Frances Kellor ran unsuccessfully on the Progressive Party ticket for delegate at large to the upcoming New York State constitutional convention. She was nominated by the Committee of the State of New York for Representation in the Constitutional Convention, which was chaired by Lillian Wald. Kellor was an expert on immigration. n his 1913 autobiography Theodore Roosevelt wrote, "I ...