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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Autograph Letter Signed

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Autograph Letter Signed
<B>Elizabeth Cady Stanton Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> four pages on Boston Athletic association letterhead, 4.5” x 7”, with New York address, March 5, 1894, to Mr. Homer Norris, n.p. The letter reads in part, “<I>We are very busy in New York this year getting our Constitution amended, as to secure to women the right of suffrage…I enclose the plan of campaign & ask your help as you have the opportunity in the greatest step in progress the world has yet seen: the emancipation of women…I had the honor of calling the first Convention…in 1848, & I penned the first resolution demanding suffrage for women. This fact I suppose makes my autographs valuable to the rising generation…</B></I>” Very fine condition. Elizabeth Stanton (1815-1902) apparently recognized her own historic stature as a feminist. <I>Ex. Henry E. Luhrs Collection. </B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)