LETTER: Autograph letter to Eliza Wright Osborne.
Autograph Letter Signed
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. Autograph Letter Signed “Elizabeth Cady Stanton” to “Eliza” [Wright Osborne]. New York: April 19, [1898]; three leaves; 9 x 5.5 inches; writing on all sides; creased where folded; with original mailing envelope.
Stanton writes to Eliza Wright Osborne (1830-1911), daughter of early women's rights leader Martha Coffin Wright. In this intimate letter, Stanton writes regarding a photograph of the women who organized the historic Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. Her letter is replete (either by name or association) with references to some of the most influential individuals in the women's movement of the 19th century.
The letter reads, in part:
Dear Eliza, Would you like to have a photograph of the six women who...conducted the Seneca Falls convention. As your mother & your aunt Lucretia [Mott] were important patrons such a group should interest you. Would you share the experience of such a group & take an interest in seeing the work done...I want Susan [B. Anthony] to have it as a frontispiece in her forthcoming book...I intend to have the group enlarged and framed for myself. Write me what you think of this pursuit...Did you save any of my leaflets scattered at the Washington convention? I have never seen one yet.
Stanton was one of the primary organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention, an early and influential women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848. Lasting two days, the convention welcomed discussions on the role of women in society, spurring a heated debate on the right for women to vote. In retrospect, the event was viewed as a revolutionary step toward women's rights, as it was one of the first widely-organized suffrage events of its kind. The letter’s recipient, Eliza Wright Osborne, descended from two famous suffragette relatives: her mother, Martha Coffin Wright, and her aunt, Lucretia Mott, both played incredibly active roles in the women’s rights movement. Later in life, Osborne followed in her family’s footsteps by joining various women’s rights campaigns as well as writing a (unpublished) memoir about her mother’s life.
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