Gage, Matilda Joslyn. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Gage, Matilda Joslyn. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Gage, Matilda Joslyn

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1870-04-02

Description

Handwritten letter from Matilda Joslyn Gage to Amy Kirby Post. Gage writes to Post and asks her for a report on the public's reaction to the woman's rights movement in Monroe County.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1842

Location

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

Transcription

N.Y. State Womans Suffrage Asso.
Office Secretary
                   [Fayetteville?]
                              Apr 2/70
   Mrs Amy Post:
                    Will you inform
me as to the progress and
present status of the wo-
man Suffrage reform in
Monroe County?
What is the general tone
of the newspapers,- what
that of public men and
especially what do women
say in regard to it..
I should like to in-
corporate this report in
to a short report of the
condition of the state
that it may be presented

(Page 2)

at the Anniversary.
       What do you think
of Tilton’s move?
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Sec State W.S.A

Annotations

Matilda Joslyn Gage, a woman's rights activist is writing to fellow activist, Amy Post. The anniversary may refer to the 1850 National Woman's Suffrage Convention held in Worcester, Massachusetts. Theodore Tilton was an abolitionist and editor. During this period, there was a court case brought against clergyman, Henry Ward Beecher. In 1874, Tilton filed charges against the Beecher for his adulterous relationship with Tilton's wife.

Tags

Women's Rights

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Gage, Matilda Joslyn, “Gage, Matilda Joslyn. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/4124.

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