Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Description

Handwritten letter from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Amy Kirby Post, 1849. Stanton writes to Post and introduces her to fellow activist, Amelia Bloomer. Bloomer began to publish her newspaper, the Lily during this period.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

724

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

                          Grassmere Saturday eve.
Dear friend
                 Allow me to introduce to you
Mrs Bloomer of Seneca Falls, Editor of the
Lily, a paper devoted to Temperance
& literature, with a sensible infusion
of woman’s rights. Mrs Bloomer wishes
to get subscribers to her paper. Will
you aid her what you can. We
women’s rights women ought to do all
in our powers to sustain every effort
on the part of women; to open for
herself a higher & easier road to
fortune & fame, [Trade?] the old beaten
ones of the needle, teaching & marriage
as a necessity. That women are beginning
to edit papers is a promising sign of the
times. Do what you can for the Lily.
I should think we might get some
subscriptions in [Garrisons?] What do you
think? Whatever you do for the Lily
I shall esteem a personal favor as I
feel interested in its success. I remain
                          your much obliged
                         friend - E.C. Stanton

Annotations

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a woman's rights activist, is writing to fellow activist, Amy Post.

Amelia Bloomer was also a woman's rights activist and popularized the bloomer costume. The bloomer costume was a pair of long, baggy pants narrowing to a cuff at the ankles and worn below a skirt.

Stanton refers to radical abolitionist and woman's rights supporter, William Lloyd Garrison, who edited the Liberator.

Tags

Women's Rights

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, “Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3015.

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