LETTER: TLS to Mr. [Norman] Thomas, with carbon copy of reply.
Sanger, Margaret. Typed Letter Signed; with carbon copy of reply from Norman Thomas at reverse. Fishkill, New York: To Mr. [Norman] Thomas, December 10, 1938.
Single sheet, 6 x 9-1/2”; with carbon copy of reply from Norman Thomas at reverse; buff stationery, with “Willow Lake Fishkill New York” printed on reddish-brown at the upper margin; the reverse of the letter has been used to record Mr. Thomas' reply; some smudging to letter from carbon; folded once to fit an envelope; generally very good.
She writes Norman Thomas (1884-1968), reformer, co-founder of the ACLU, and longtime head of the Socialist Party in the United States, to say she had “wanted so much to have the book [Autobiography] carry an Honor Roll giving the names of a few hundred who have given some special service to the movement, as you have done.” Though her publishers finally deemed this impractical, Sanger is anxious for him to know that “it is not because your name does not belong in the book, or in any history of the birth control movement, but because of these unforeseen difficulties, that it does not appear.” She considers Thomas one of “those who...have stood by in times of storm and stress and helped to build up the movement.” In his acknowledgement dated January 21, 1939, Thomas writes of her book: “May I say you did a real service, — one of the long list of those services, — when you published your autobiography.” A very nice letter from Sanger acknowledging Norman Thomas' contribution to the birth control movement and, of course, an altogether fascinating association of two of the country’s most memorable reformers.
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