Stella Benson letters : to Laura Hutton : ALS, 1914-1933.

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Stella Benson letters : to Laura Hutton : ALS, 1914-1933.

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Contains letters full of description and even some drawings of the many places Stella Benson lived and traveled to, including England during World War I and fighting for women's suffrage, living and traveling near Berkeley, Calif. when Prohibition began, a car trip across the U.S. in 1921, time in India where she interviewed Mahatma Gandhi and saw Europeans hunt Indian wildlife, living in China where she fought for the rights of women, and about her writing. Also includes biographical notes and commentary on Benson's correspondence by her friend Laura Hutton.

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