Letter, Captain Dorothy C. Stratten to Eleanor Roosevelt

100.1 May 13, 1944 Dear Captain Stratten: Mrs. Roosevelt asks me to send you a copy of a letter she has received from a Negro woman, who thinks that Negro women can qualify for the services to which they are not now admitted. Mrs. Roosevelt would appreciate your letting her know what you say in reply to letters of this kind. Very sincerely yours, Secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt Captain Dorothy C. Stratten Chief, Women's Reserve Division United StatesCoast Guard Washington,D.C. O Ruby J. Hamilton x negrt Women in Coast Guard 206 Foster Hall, Lincoln university Jefferson City, mo. may I, 1944 mrs. Eleanor Koosenelt, White House, Fashington, D.C. wn Dear Mrs. Rooseneld, MAY 5 RECD one of the greatest demands of our nation today is more women to fill vital army gobs. l hear this cry for women on the radio, in the movied. l see it in every newspaper and on every war poster. yet, I have noticed that negro women marined, Sparo, and Anes. l know there are not allowed to become members of the are many negro women who can meet the requirements of the marines Spars and Wauls if they are only given the chance. these field? the would like have our Whatis the reason we are Kept from services accepted; thus, hasten the victory that is to be ours. yours truly (miss) Ruby I. Hamilton