Susan B. Anthony’s Christmas Letter to Girls: Equal Rights For Women and Girls Would Benefit Men and Boys Too
She invites the students to join “the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first woman’s rights convention ever held," asking "you all to be present - if not in person - in spirit”.
In the late 1890s, students in the Department of Bookkeeping & Penmanship at the State Normal School in Emporia, Kansas (now Emporia State University), wrote to prominent men and women seeking holographic letters containing a sentiment, reminiscence, or word of advice to be included in albums devoted to handwriting. Anthony was one...
In the late 1890s, students in the Department of Bookkeeping & Penmanship at the State Normal School in Emporia, Kansas (now Emporia State University), wrote to prominent men and women seeking holographic letters containing a sentiment, reminiscence, or word of advice to be included in albums devoted to handwriting. Anthony was one of those contacted, and she responded.
Autograph letter signed, on her National American Woman Suffrage Association letterhead, two pages, Rochester, New York, December 25, 1897, making the important point that equal rights for women and girls would be good for men and boys too. “Yours of March asking a word from me for your Normal School autograph book rises before me this Christmas morning as I am making a most strenuous effort to demolish the pile of envelopes asking for my pen-tracks before the year 1897 closes. Enclosed, in same package with this, is my publisher’s first announcement of my forth-coming book, which I trust will be deemed worthy of a place in the shelves of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. Also a copy of my rehearsal of the progress made by women in the last half century, – Also my appeal for contributions to help us of the National to establish a newspaper bureau – And I wish I could say, also, the call for our 20th Annual Convention in Washington from February 12 to 20, 1898 – and the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first woman’s rights convention, ever held, – and invite you all to be present – if not in person – in spirit, and join in our rejoicing over the better times that are for girls & women, and because of that – for boys & men also.” The first Woman's Rights Convention was held at Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19th and 20th, 1848. The upcoming convention Anthony speaks of marked its 50th anniversary.
The letter comes with the printed advertisement that Anthony mentions for her authorized biography, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony.
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