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SUMMARY:Notable Alexandrian: Dr. Kate Waller Barrett
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DESCRIPTION:Learn about our notable namesake of the Queen Street Library: 
 humanitarian\, reformer and suffragette! Presented by Patricia Walker of L
 ocal History/Special Collections..\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/4
 488172
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em><strong>Amendment XIX:&nbsp\; The righ
 t of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
  by the United States or by any state on account of sex.</strong></em></p>
 \n<p><em></em>Kate Waller Barrett\,&nbsp\;was born Katherine Harwood Walle
 r in Stafford County\, VA\, in 1857.&nbsp\; After marrying Rev. Robert Bar
 rett in 1876 they moved to Richmond\, VA.&nbsp\; When an unwed mother came
  to the rectory one evening with her child Kate Waller Barrett took them i
 n and vowed to work "in behalf of this outcast class."&nbsp\; Upon the Bar
 rett's moving to Georgia next\, Kate Waller Barrett received her MD from t
 he Women's Medical College of Georgia in 1892.&nbsp\; She then procured la
 nd to open a shelter for unwed mothers.&nbsp\; She met Charles Crittenton 
 who financed the shelter which opened in 1893.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; After Rev. Ba
 rrett died in 1896\, Dr. Barrett\, a widow with&nbsp\;six children\, becam
 e Superintendent of the Mission in 1897 and succeeded Mr. Crittenton as Pr
 esident of the Mission in 1909.&nbsp\; There were 90 homes with a national
  headquarters in Washington\, DC. Two of Barrett's children&nbsp\;led the 
 National Florence Crittenton Mission after her.&nbsp\;Her eldest son Rober
 t South Barrett\, Jr.&nbsp\;served as her successor as NFCM president\, an
 d her&nbsp\;daughter Reba Barrett Smith served as vice president and gener
 al superintendent.</p>\n<p>Dr. Barrett was also active in war work\, veter
 an's relief\, and women's suffrage. She&nbsp\;was a charter member and vic
 e president of the League of Women Voters\, and a motivating force behind 
 the creation of the American Legion Auxiliary. Barrett also held offices i
 n a number of political organizations including: Vice President of the Equ
 al Suffrage League of Virginia (1909&ndash\;1920\,) President of the Natio
 nal Council of Women (1911&ndash\;1916\,) the first Virginia State Preside
 nt\, American Legion Auxiliary\, President\, American Legion Auxiliary (19
 22&ndash\;1923) and Vice President of the Conference of Charities and Corr
 ections of Virginia</p>\n<p>Dr. Barrett&nbsp\;died at her home on Duke Str
 eet in 1925.&nbsp\; The Alexandria Library at 717 Queen Street was named a
 fter her when it opened in 1937.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>For additional&nbsp\;infor
 mation on Kate Waller Barrett you can visit the&nbsp\;<a href="https://soc
 ialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/people/barrett-kate-waller/" target="_blank" re
 l="noopener"><strong>VCU Library's Social History Project</strong></a>.</p
 >\n<p>Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p
 ></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><em><strong></strong></em></p>\n<p><em><strong></strong
 ></em></p>\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/4488172
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