Susan Walker FitzGerald (1871-1943) was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College class of 1893. During her time at Bryn Mawr, she founded the Self-Government Association (the first student government organization in the nation, which survives today) and served as class president. Following graduation, she worked as secretary to the dean of the College, M. Carey Thomas, from 1893 to 1894; she continued in this role after Thomas became Bryn Mawr's president, from 1894 to 1895. FitzGerald is best known for her long commitment to the struggle for women's suffrage and her involvement in progressive political organizations, including the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government, the Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association, and the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). She was elected in 1922 as the first female Democrat to enter the Massachusetts House of Representatives. This collection primarily contains letters from FitzGerald to her parents while she was a student at Bryn Mawr College and letters from fellow students to FitzGerald regarding the formation of the Student Government Association.