The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Their Place Inside the Body-Politic, 1887 to 1895

826 Pages·2009·8.77 MB·English

by  Ann D. Gordon

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Their Place Inside the Body-Politic
1887 to 1895
(cid:5) Ann D. Gordon, editor (cid:6)
Lesley L. Doig, editorial assistant
Patricia L. Hampson, editorial assistant
Kathleen Manning, editorial assistant
Shannen Dee Williams, editorial assistant
rutgers university press
new brunswick, new jersey
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902.
[Selections. 1997]
The selected papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony /
Ann D. Gordon, editor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: v. 5. Their place inside the body-politic, 1887 to 1895
isbn 978-0-8135-2321-7 (alk. paper)
1. Feminists—United States—Archives. 2. Suffragists—United
States—Archives. 3. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902—
Archives. 4. Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820–1906—
Archives. 5. Feminism—United States—History—19th
century—Sources. 6. Women—Suffrage—United States—History—
19th century—Sources. i. Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820–
1906. ii. Gordon, Ann D. (Ann Dexter) iii. Miller, Tamara
Gaskell. iv. Title.
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Frontispiece photograph of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony,
probably 1891. Taken by John H. Kent, Rochester, New York. Library of
Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, lc-usz62-37938.
To the memory
of
Constance Knowles Eberhardt Cook
 
–
Attorney
Educator
Assemblywoman
Co-author of New York State’s abortion rights law

(cid:7) Contents
Illustrations xvi
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xviii
Introduction xx
Editorial Practice xxviii
Abbreviations xxxiv
1. (cid:9) 9 February 1887 Franklin G. Adams to SBA 1
2. (cid:9) 18 February 1887 SBA to Rachel G. Foster 2
3. (cid:9) 28 February 1887 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 7
4. (cid:9) 10 March 1887 ECS to SBA 9
5. (cid:9) 18 March 1887 Oliver Johnson to SBA 14
6. (cid:9) 23 March 1887 SBA to Rachel G. Foster 15
7. (cid:9) 25 March 1887 SBA to Rachel G. Foster 17
8. (cid:9)  March? 1887 SBA to Rachel G. Foster 18
9. (cid:9) 5 April 1887 ECS to Benjamin F. and Sara Francis
Underwood 20
10. (cid:9) . 13 April 1887 ECS to Sara Francis Underwood 22
11. (cid:9) 16? April 1887 ECS to Nora S. Blatch 23
12. (cid:9) 19? April? 1887 Draft call to International Council of
Women 24
13. (cid:9) 25 April 1887 SBA to Rachel G. Foster 26
14. (cid:9) 1 June 1887 Call to International Council of
Women 27
15. (cid:9) 6 June 1887 SBA to Frances E. Willard 29
16. (cid:9) 15 June 1887 ECS to Flora McMartin Wright 31
17. (cid:9) 17 August 1887 SBA to Elizabeth Smith Miller 36
18. (cid:9) 28 August 1887 SBA to Lillie Devereux Blake 37
19. (cid:9) 6 September 1887 SBA to Harriet Taylor Upton 39
20. (cid:9) 25 October 1887 SBA to Anna H. Shaw 41
21. (cid:9) 26 October 1887 Speech by SBA in Leavenworth,
Kansas 42
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22. (cid:9) 7 November 1887 Lucy Stone to SBA, with enclosure 52
Editorial note 54
23. (cid:9) 13 December 1887 SBA to Lucy Stone 57
24. (cid:9) 15 December 1887 SBA to Thomas B. Reed 58
25. (cid:9) 21 December 1887 Minutes of informal conference between
Lucy Stone and SBA 59
26. (cid:9) 23 December 1887 Lucy Stone to SBA 68
27. (cid:9) 24 December 1887 SBA to Rachel G. Foster 69
28. (cid:9) 25 December 1887 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 70
29. (cid:9) 26 December 1887 SBA to Lillie Devereux Blake 74
30. (cid:9) 7 January 1888 SBA to Henry W. Blair 75
31. (cid:9) 12 January 1888 ECS to Rachel G. Foster 77
32. (cid:9) 20 January 1888 SBA to Caroline Healey Dall 78
33. (cid:9) 24 January 1888 SBA to Caroline Healey Dall 80
34. (cid:9) 1–4 February 1888 Diary of SBA 82
35. (cid:9) 6 February 1888 SBA to Frederick Douglass 83
36. (cid:9) 12–14 February 1888 Diary of SBA 85
37. (cid:9) 27 February 1888 SBA to Lillie Devereux Blake 86
38. (cid:9) 6 March 1888 ECS to Helen Taylor 90
39. (cid:9) 7 March 1888 Helen Taylor to SBA 91
40. (cid:9) 26 March 1888 Address by ECS to International
Council of Women 93
41. (cid:9) 27 March 1888 International Council of Women,
Temperance Session 107
42. (cid:9) 3 April 1888 Executive Sessions of National Woman
Suffrage Association 109
43. (cid:9) 8 May 1888 SBA to Francis J. Garrison 122
44. (cid:9) 30 May 1888 Remarks by SBA to New England
Woman Suffrage Festival 123
45. (cid:9) 13 July 1888 Matilda Joslyn Gage to ECS 126
46. (cid:9)  14 July 1888 SBA to Unknown 131
47. (cid:9) 7–11 August 1888 Diary of SBA 132
48. (cid:9) 13 August 1888 Article by ECS: Parties or
Platforms 135
49. (cid:9) 15 August 1888 Frances E. Willard to SBA 139
50. (cid:9) 2 November 1888 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 140
51. (cid:9) 5? November 1888 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 141
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52. (cid:9) 10 November 1888 ECS to Elizabeth Smith Miller 142
53. (cid:9) 3 December 1888 Speech by ECS: Woman’s Duty to
Vote 143
54. (cid:9)  15 December 1888 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 159
55. (cid:9) 22 December 1888 Call to Washington convention 160
56. (cid:9) 31 December 1888 SBA to Frances E. Willard 163
57. (cid:9) 6 January 1889 SBA to Olivia Bigelow Hall 164
58. (cid:9) 21–24 January 1889 Executive Sessions and Executive
Committee of National Woman Suffrage
Association 166
59. (cid:9) 1 February 1889 ECS to Hartford Equal Rights
Club 175
60. (cid:9) 11 March 1889 SBA to Olympia Brown 177
61. (cid:9) 13 March 1889 Speech by SBA in Leavenworth,
Kansas 181
62. (cid:9) 14 March 1889 Speech by SBA in Leavenworth,
Kansas 189
63. (cid:9) 17 March 1889 Article by ECS: Let the Blue Laws
Rest 191
64. (cid:9) 30 March 1889 Remarks by SBA in Leavenworth,
Kansas 194
65. (cid:9) March 1889 ECS to Sara Francis Underwood 196
66. (cid:9) 14 April 1889 Article by ECS: The Great Trial 198
67. (cid:9) 8 May 1889 ECS to Olympia Brown 200
68. (cid:9) 4 June 1889 Matilda Joslyn Gage to ECS 201
69. (cid:9) 7 July 1889 SBA to Laura Carter Holloway 204
70. (cid:9) 12 July 1889 Speech by ECS to Seidl Society 205
71. (cid:9)  10 August 1889 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 208
72. (cid:9) 30 August 1889 Speech by SBA to Seidl Society 209
73. (cid:9)  30 August 1889 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 210
74. (cid:9) 12 October 1889 ECS to Olympia Brown 211
75. (cid:9) 19 October 1889 ECS to Matilda Joslyn Gage 214
76. (cid:9) 1 November 1889 SBA to Lillie Devereux Blake 215
77. (cid:9) 23 November 1889 Call to Washington convention 217
78. (cid:9) 25 November 1889 SBA to Rachel Foster Avery 220
79. (cid:9) November 1889 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 223
80. (cid:9) 21 December 1889 SBA to Rachel Foster Avery 225
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81. (cid:9) 23 December 1889 SBA to Editor, Woman’s Tribune 226
82. (cid:9) 6 January 1890 Gideon J. Tucker to SBA 228
83. (cid:9) 7 January 1890 ECS to Elizabeth Smith Miller 230
84. (cid:9) 17 January 1890 SBA to May Wright Sewall 231
85. (cid:9) 31 January 1890 SBA to Isabella Beecher Hooker 234
86. (cid:9) 5 February 1890 SBA to Eliza Wright Osborne 236
87. (cid:9) 13–14 February 1890 Diary of SBA 237
88. (cid:9) 15 February 1890 Birthday celebration for SBA 240
89. (cid:9) 15–16 February 1890 Diary of SBA 245
90. (cid:9) 17 February 1890 Remarks by SBA to National Woman
Suffrage Association 246
91. (cid:9) 17 February 1890 Diary of SBA 248
92. (cid:9) 18 February 1890 Speech by ECS to National-American
Woman Suffrage Association 249
93. (cid:9) 18–21 February 1890 Diary of SBA 268
94. (cid:9) 11 March 1890 SBA to Sarah Burger Stearns 269
95. (cid:9) 21 March 1890 SBA to Frances E. Willard 274
96. (cid:9) 21 March 1890 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 278
97. (cid:9) 27 March 1890 Diary of SBA 280
98. (cid:9) 29 March 1890 SBA to Samuel A. Ramsey 281
99. (cid:9) 30 March 1890 SBA to Henry L. Dawes 283
100. (cid:9) 19 April 1890 Article by ECS: What Should Be Our
Attitude towards Political Parties 285
101. (cid:9) 1 May 1890 ECS to Hannah Whitall Smith 293
102. (cid:9)  30 May 1890 SBA to Alice Alt Pickler? 294
103. (cid:9) 4 June 1890 Emilie Ashurst Venturi to ECS 295
104. (cid:9) 6 June 1890 ECS to SBA and Clara Bewick
Colby 297
105. (cid:9) 10 June 1890 SBA to Harriet Taylor Upton 300
106. (cid:9) 12 June 1890 Priscilla Bright McLaren to ECS 302
107. (cid:9) 14 June 1890 SBA to Alice Alt Pickler 304
108. (cid:9)  2 July 1890 SBA to Alice Alt Pickler 306
109. (cid:9) 7 August 1890 ECS to SBA 308
110. (cid:9) 15 August 1890 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 311
111. (cid:9) September 1890 Article by ECS: Wyoming Admitted as a
State 312
112. (cid:9) 1 September 1890 SBA to Harriet Taylor Upton 319