LETTER: Typed letter signed to "Miss Paine," December 23, 1903.
Susan B. Anthony to “Miss Paine”:
“Some women have been hard at work
trying to get the ballot in the hands of all”
Anthony, Susan B. Typed letter signed, “Susan B. Anthony” to “Miss Paine.” Rochester, New York. 12/23/1903; one leaf “National American Woman Suffrage Association” stationery; 8 ½ x 11 inches; one autograph correction in blue; creased where folded from mail; with original mailing envelope.
Anthony writes to an unidentified “Miss Paine” of Groveland, Massachusetts, to whom she reports having sent a set of The History of Woman Suffrage and other documents which included, among others, a report of both the International and National Councils [of Women], for which, Anthony writes, “you will see that some women have been hard at work trying to get the ballot in the hands of all.” The International Council of Women, founded in 1888, was one of the first international women's organizations; Anthony chaired the American chapter of the organization, the National Council, which held conferences designed to “form a National Council of Women in each self-governing country of the world,” which would “bring women from many countries together to work for women, not only in the cause of suffrage, but on many fronts” (International Council of Women Records, 1888-1959. Five College Archives and Manuscript Collections. Sophia Smith Collection. Smith College).
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