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Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 to Alexander M. Ross

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.53 Author/Creator: Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 1877-1900 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

"The struggle for a married woman's rights will be a longer and a harder fought battle than any other that the world has ever known." Preaches rights for married women, and catalogs the abuses of husbands. Also supports temperance. Wonders why God did not make mankind better. Author and recipient inferred from content. Only last two pages remain.

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897
Brown, John, 1800-1859

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