Papers, 1859-1951 microform.

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Papers, 1859-1951 microform.

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"Correspondence, speeches, writings, plays, legal files, financial papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and printed material, chiefly 1859-1911, relating to Miss Dickinson's activities on behalf of abolition and women's rights and suffrage and to her career in the theater. Other topics include the elections of 1872 and 1888, The Republican Party, mental hospitals, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and education.

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Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932

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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (October 28, 1842 – October 22, 1932) was an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, Dickinson was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress. A gifted speaker at a very young age, she aided the Republican Party in the hard-fought 1863 elections and significantly influenced the distribution of political power in the Union just prior to the Civil War. Dickinson was the first white wo...