Letter from E.Y. to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, December 8, 1967

A letter from someone whose initials appear to be E.Y. to Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). The writer discusses the mother-of-the-groom dress that Sister Aloyse designed and created for Mrs. Frances Howard Robb for her son Charles Robb's wedding to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967. While the dress was "lovely," the writer took issue with the length, saying "but how can anyone in a right-thinking mind sanction the length of it - for a mature woman. This is one of the reasons why the Catholic Religion and the World is going to "POT." But despite their strong opinion, the writer signs off, "Very respectfully yours."

While the letter is dated December 8, 1967, and refers to the December 8 edition of the Milwaukee Journal, the wedding occurred December 9.

1967-12-08

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