Lot 419
Women Reformers. Six items signed by five women: (1) Lucy Stone, pioneer of woman's suffrage, Signature and closing cut from a letter ("Yours truly Lucy Stone"), no place, no date, 1¾ x 5 in (2&3) Anna E. Dickinson, lecturer for abolition, 7 x 4½ in. Page Signed, "…Phila., May 8, 1864, Believe me, Most Truly Yours, Anna E. Dickinson," with small image; also, 2¼ x 3¼ in. Card Signed, "Above all things Liberty. Anna E. Dickinson 8-15-74" (4) Mary A. Livermore, journalist who founded Sanitary Commission fairs, Card Signed with place, "Melrose, Mass" (5) Carrie Chapman Catt, 1¾ x 6 in. sheet of paper, signed with date ("Feb. 1, 1932"); and (6) Ida M. Tarbell, muckraking journalist who exposed the trust-ridden national oil industry, Signature cut from letter, 2 x 4¾ in. Overall Fine. Some of the women were also involved in the temperance and peace movements. An important group of women. (6 items).
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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