LETTER: Autograph letter signed, to Tennie Claflin.
Two ALS from Henry Blackwell and Lucy Stone
to American Suffragette Tennessee Claflin, 1887
with Blackwell Essay on Woman’s Suffrage
Stone, Lucy. Autograph letter signed “Lucy Stone” to “Mrs. [Tennessee] Claflin. Boston: Feb. 12, 1887; one leaf Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association letterhead; creased where folded; recto only.
Together with:
Blackwell, Henry. Autograph letter signed “Henry B. Blackwell” to “Mrs. Claflin.” Boston: Dec. 26, 1887; one leaf American Woman Suffrage Association letterhead; creased where folded; recto only.
Together with:
Blackwell, Henry B. “Objections to Woman Suffrage Answered.” Woman’s Journal. ND; one leaf; printed on both sides.
Two letters from Woman’s Journal publishers Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell to Tennessee Claflin, fellow suffragette and owner of the feminist paper Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly. In Stone’s letter, she inquires about Claflin's health after she missed an important recent meeting. She ends her letter with historic news: “Municipal suffrage passed both houses by a handsome vote!!”
The second letter, written by Henry Brown Blackwell, requests an “...article on ‘Women on School Committees’ of say 1000 words, for the...Woman's Journal of Dec 10 of which we shall print a large extra edition for use at the N E Woman's Suffrage Bazaar...”
Blackwell (1825-1909) was an American advocate for social and economic reform who published Woman’s Journal and played a part in founding both the American Republican Party and American Woman Suffrage Association. His included article, “Objections to Woman Suffrage Answered,” appears as torn from an issue of Woman’s Journal, and addresses, in a question-and-answer format, various points against women’s rights with Blackwell’s rebuttals.
The letters’ recipient, Tennessee Claflin (1846-1923), was one of the first women to open a Wall Street brokerage firm. Also the owner of the feminist paper Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly, which she ran with her sister, the influential suffragette Victoria Woodhull, Claflin was an active advocate of women’s rights, especially noted for her vocal and often controversial opinions, including her advocacy of legalized prostitution.
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