Letter : Philadelphia, to unknown person, 1863 Sept. 24.

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Letter : Philadelphia, to unknown person, 1863 Sept. 24.

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Autograph letter signed. Dickinson declines an invitation to give a lecture.

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University of Chicago 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...