MANUSCRIPTS: Three manuscript poems on signed postcards to Smith
Three poems by Alice Stone Blackwell
to Judith Winsor Smith
Blackwell, Alice Stone. Autograph Postcard Signed “Alice Stone Blackwell” to “Mrs. Judith W. Smith.” Boston, Mass. 12/25/1907; 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches; blue ink.
Blackwell writes a short poem on suffrage to her friend and fellow suffrage pioneer Judith Winsor Smith (1821-1921) of East Boston, Massachusetts. Smith was the founder and the first president of the Massachusetts women’s club called the Home Club of East Boston.
Blackwell’s poem reads, in full:
This Teddy Bear invites a kiss,
And holds out coaxing paws;
He loves you for your valiant work
To aid the suffrage cause!
(with):
Blackwell, Alice Stone. Autograph Postcard Signed “Alice Stone Blackwell” to “Mrs. Judith W. Smith.” Nashville, Tenn. 11/12/1914; 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches; blue ink.
Blackwell pens another poem to Smith:
Beneficient and bounteous,
Your life pours forth its tide.
May it as clear and tranquilly
As these calm waters glide!
(with):
Blackwell, Alice Stone. Autograph Postcard Signed “Alice Stone Blackwell.” ND; 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches; black ink; no mailing address or postage.
Another poem by Blackwell, this one absent of any salutation, but likely also to Smith:
We two have dug together
For suffrage, many a year.
I never dug with anyone
More wise and true and dear.
Congratulations, for the fruit
Is quickly to appear!
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