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Foster, Abigail K., fl. 1881 to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02076 Author/Creator: Foster, Abigail K., fl. 1881 Place Written: Worcester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 March 1881 Pagination: 2 p. 21 x 13 cm Order a Copy

Abolitionist and suffragist Foster responds to questions from Robinson who was doing research for her book, "Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement. A general, political, legal and legislative history from 1774 to 1881" (Boston, 1881). Foster gives autobiographical details, and discusses the split within the abolitionist movement in 1840 when a woman (Foster) was elected to a committee.

Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911

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