Lillie Devereux Blake letters and autobiography 1870-1894

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Lillie Devereux Blake letters and autobiography 1870-1894

Two letters from suffragist Lillie "Tiger Lily" Blake, including one concerning publications in The Atlantic and Harpers (1870), and a autobiographical essay

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Blake, Lillie Devereux, 1833-1913

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Lillie Devereux Blake (pen name, Tiger Lily; August 12, 1833 – December 30, 1913) was an American woman suffragist, reformer, and writer, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and educated in New Haven, Connecticut. In her early years, Blake wrote several novels and for the press. In 1869, she became actively interested in the woman suffrage movement and devoted herself to pushing the reform, arranging conventions, getting up public meetings, writing articles and occasionally making lecture tours....