William Robbins' Hope Chest Padlet by William Robbins

Chapter 1 The Stolen Letters

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In chapter 1,we meet Violet, Mother, Father, Chloe, and Stephen. The story is set in 1920, and women cannot vote yet. Violet finds letters from Chloe, her older sister, that were hidden from her mother. Chloe was sent away by her parents. She now lives in New York. She is a nerse and drives in her own car, and is a "New Women" which means she wants women to have the right to vote. Violet is upset with her Mother hid these letters and misses Chloe so much. Her best friend Flossie died 2 years ago from influenza, or the Spanish Flu. Her brother Steven is about Chloe's age and we don't know much else about him. In the end, Chloe is on the banks on Suquehanna River feeling very mad at her parents for hiding the letters.

Chapter 2 The Dying Mrs, Renwick

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In chapter 2, Violet decides to run away. She brings her birthday money and caches a train to go to New York.While she is on the train she meets a suffragist named Mrs Renwick. The old woman Mrs Renwick asks her a lot of questions. Like where are you going, why are you alone? Then Mrs Renwick brought up that she was dying. But she is still wondering if she is dying. Then Mrs Renwick asks if she was a doctor because Violet thought she was fine. But Violet said that she wanted to be a reporter because Flossie wanted to & flossy died. But Mrs Renwick said that she could not have a job because the made women to do house work and giving birth.

Chapter 3 Meeting Myrtle

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We read chapter three today. The message was when you feel like hope is lost, you could find someone that can help you or lead your way. In chapter three when Violet was getting trampled and scared a girl younger than her named Myrtle helped here up and dusted her off and after she fell. Also Violet walked with Myrtle, they talked became good friends. Even though Violet did not expect this,they were kind of similar.

Chapter 4 Henry Street

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In chapter 4, Violet and Myrtle finally arrived at Henry Street. Violet has anxiety about going in, but Myrtle pushes the door open. They see a man with good manners who greets them politely. They ask him where Chloe is. But they didn't no that Chloe left a year ago. After realizing he says: "where are your parents?" Then he starts to get suspicious. Before he could ask any more questions, lady came in and was trying to get Mr. Martin's attention. Then they both agreed to get out of there so they could not get in trouble.

They got out of there with know one seeing them. Myrtle asked if they wanted to go to Washington D.C. Violet was thinking only that. But they did not have any money but they want to go to the train station any way

Chapter 5 Hobie and the Brakeman

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In Chapter 5, Violet and Myrtle meet someone named Hobie at the train station. Hobie explaining how to ride a train without a ticket. Then he explains how to go to Washington. Violet did not like the idea to get help from him, but Myrtle wanted to go with him. So they stayed with Hobie. Right when the train was about to leave all the conductors got on, then the train started moving and Hobie grabbed Violet and Myrtle's arm and swung them into the train. But Violet got caught in the rails and fell over. Violet, Hobie, and Myrtle talked about stuff like where Hobie was from, and that he had gone all over Hobohemia, that there was nowhere he had not been. Then Violet thought about what she would be doing if she stayed home. When they got to Philadelphia Hobie br out them Hobo stew and told them that they were sleeping in that broken down car. When they woke up and had some stale donuts & coffee. They rode an empty boxcar to Baltimore. The police shased them away, so they had to take another train. Wright in the middle of the train ride a man came in the Box car. Asked them if they were stealing rides and when they said something Myrtle allmost got thrown of the train so Violet handed the guy money. Then they guy left and Violet asked questions. When the train stopped they got off but hobey stayed on and they said good by.

Chapter 6 It all comes down to Tennessee

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Violet and Myrtle were getting out of the train station to first go wash up and then go find Chloe. When they were heading to go wash up, they came across a street that had trash and sewage. Myrtle explained that this where she lived and they washed up with all the charcoal water from their hair. Then and went to this house knocked on the door. The women who Violet did not expect Washington D.C. to be like this. Some time after they were right in front of the white house. A women came up and Myrtle asked where the women suffrage ladies are.

Chapter 7 Heading to Nashville

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In the start, we find Violet and Myrtle eating breakfast at Miss Paul's house. As they talk, Mr Martin reminds Violet that she needs to tell her parents that she was fine, and Mr Martin paid for the telegraph. After the meal, Violet and Myrtle convinced the adults to let them go to Nashville, Tennessee. So they got on the train and the CONDUCTOR came by. He stopped right by Myrtle. And said, "This can't do, she has to go in the colored boxcar." Mr Martin and the conductor argued the hole time but it was no use.

Chapter 8 In the Jim Crow car

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Chapter 9 Mr. Martin's escape

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In chapter 9, Violet and Myrtle realize that Mr.Martin is running away from the police.They don't know what he did wrong. Two men called Palmer agents tried to find Mr.Martin, and they question the suffragists about him and accuse the wrong of not being very intelligent because they are female. The to men treated the women like they were dumb. We see examples of inequality with the Jim Crow car and Myrtle being separated from the rest of the group. Another example of inequality is between men and women, we can tell the agents don't think women should get the right to vote.

Chapter 10 Red and Yellow roses

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Violet helps a women who had fallen and was upset about losing her son in the war, and Violet gets angry about the way women have to sit and silence while men make decisions that affect them. It is unequal and unfair that women are not allowed to be a part of the decision-making process. We meet Miss Charlotte Rowe and she accompanies Violet from the train station to the hotel, she is told by Miss Rowe that women use a different entrance at the side of the building. It is unequal that women and men cannot enter by the same entrance, and it is unfair that women have to enter at the side of the building, as if they aren't important enough to enter at the front.

Chapter 11 Finding Chloe

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In chapter 11 we see the same theme "inequality is injustice" Violet is hungry and wants to find somewhere to eat, but is told she can't eat in one of the hotel restaurants because it is for men only. It is unequal and unfair that men and women cannot eat in the same restaurant, especially given that there isn't a restaurant just for women. She also realizes that the women who pinned a red rose on her at the train station was an Anti, and she was staying in an Anti room at the hotel. She finds out she can eat sandwiches if she goes to the Anti meeting. As she listens to them speak, she learns how they are getting men to change their minds about voting on the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. Violet overheard some people talking and said,"Mayhew" and she got really excited to finally see Chloe! Chloe and Violet finally see each other and Violet tells Chloe she had ran away from home to find her. Chloe is really tired and doesn't seem to be much help to find Myrtle and Mr. Martin.

Chapter 12 Dead House Alley

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In the start of the chapter, they are looking for food nobody will allow them in because of Myrtle. Eventually they find a Walgreens drug store with snacks, but the guy doesn't let them stay in. So they eat in the alley with their food. Mr Martin gets directions for a hotel that allows colored people. It's run down, but it works. They each get their own rooms. Violet has her room with an anti. It was her for spying. Sadly, the anti was dumb and just looking good for the meeting. Violet made the women cries by saying,"But Miss Escuadrille, your not even married. And that she could be the queen of the household. Violet had wished Myrtle was with her.

Chapter 13

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Chapter 14 Max Bloom stein's Pharmacy

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In chapter 14 Myrtle was wondering what she was doing after the vote was done. Myrtle told Mr Martin to marry Chloe but Mr Martin dismissed the idea. The Violet told Chloe what the anti's were planning. After that Mr Martin came in and made a scene. So Violet went out of the drugstore to hang out with Myrtle while Mr Martin was making a scene.

Chapter 15 The Ferocious Mrs, Catt

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Violet was at the dining room at the Hermitage hotel when she heard some people talking, Violet listen for a while then she had heard enough so she went out and started to go to Chloe. When she got there she saw that Chloe was not at the hope chest so she went back to the Hermitage and saw Chloe dancing with someone. So Violet came in and started dancing with that man, then they started to talk. Then Violet saw that Miss Pollitzer went over to him and asked him to dance. Then Myrtle didn't want to back to Dead Horse alley so she and Mr. Martin went to Sixth Avenue and a lot was happening their. Then Mr Martin went to the Hermitage hotel, but colored were not a loud in so Myrtle had to act invisible again. Myrtle heard a lot of people talking so she went some where else. She went up the stairs on to the balcony, someone saw her so she started to wipe the railing she listened to them. Then Myrtle saw Mr. Martin and Chloe going up to the veranda so that's where myrtle went. There were a lot of people there that were talking and Myrtle said "hi" and a ladies looked at her. They talked for a while then that lady said, "keep your little colored friend and Bolshevicks away from here. Right their a hotel worker came out and said that Myrtle can't be out here. So Myrtle went out of the hotel and back to Dead Horse alley.

Chapter 16 Politics and Gunplay

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They went into a picnic so Violet and Myrtle could learn to drive a car. Mr. Martin was reading the news paper on baseball and Violet saw that Hobie got caught. The Myrtle and Violet walked on the side of the stream and talked. On Monday it felt like a normal day in Pennsalvania and Violet and Chloe were going to the capital and talking a lot about the 19 Amendment, when they got there they climed the stairs and Miss Pollitzer came out and started to talk to Chloe in a fast way. So Chloe had to go back in the Hope Chest to go look for this person on the highway. Myrtle and Mr. Martin were still in dead horse alley and talking about stuff, when two men came in and were holding guns and pointing them at Mr. Martin. Myrtle flew herself into a corner and watched Mr. Martin get harassed by the two men. They cuffed him and took him out. Myrtle ran to the door and the ladies who owned the hotel said that Mr. Martin was crazy. Also Mrs ready was packing up all of Myrtle's baggage. Myrtle did not want to stick around so she ran out the door.