Anna E. Dickinson papers [manuscript], 1871-1897.

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Anna E. Dickinson papers [manuscript], 1871-1897.

The collection contains a letter, 1871 June 10 to an unidentified recipient [Ruehn?] discussing the postponement of a trip to England and therefore not needing any letters [of introduction?] at the present. There is a brief mention of either Lucy Stone or Harriet Beecher Stowe. There is also a letter to the managing editor of the [Chicago] Inter Ocean, 1897 April 19, thanking them for support in her "hour of need." In addition she has signed an autograph request "Above all things--Liberty."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7476276

University of Virginia. Library

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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...