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This inspirational work tells the story of Caroline Severance, a leading activist for women's rights in the 19th century. Through her tireless efforts to promote education, healthcare, and political equality, Severance became a trailblazer for future generations of women. Her story is an important reminder of the ongoing struggle for social justice and equality. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The collection consists of letters written by and to Isabella Beecher Hooker (1822-1907) and her husband John Hooker (1816-1901). Included are almost daily reports from Isabella Beecher Hooker to her husband written from Washington, DC where, on January 12, 1872, she and Susan B. Anthony testified on behalf of a federal woman suffrage amendment before a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Most of the other letters pertain to the Beecher-Tilton Scandal. The scandal, which was a national sensation, became public in 1872 when Victoria Woodhull accused Isabella's half-brother Henry Ward Beecher of having an adulterous affair with Elizabeth Tilton, one of his parishioners and wife of his friend Theodore Tilton. The letters from Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Olympia Brown and others reveal the impact the scandal had on the women's rights movement and its leaders. Like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Hooker carefully saved her correspondence and papers related to the suffrage movement, so this archive contains a broad array of opinions and ideas from the early suffragists and provides a look at their interpersonal relationships. The addition to the collection, which begins in Box 2 includes: over 100 letters written between the years of 1869 and 1880 by suffrage leaders and activists including 27 letters from Susan B. Anthony, 12 letters and notes from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 16 letters from Olympia Brown, 11 letters from Henry Blackwell (many on The Woman's Journal Letterhead), 9 letters from Paulina Wright Davis, 2 letters from Matilda Joslyn Gage, 4 letters from the Reverend Phoebe Hanaford, 1 letter from Mary Livermore, 2 letters from Caroline Severance, and 2 letters from Lucy Stone. This series also contains 16 letters to Mrs. Hooker from less well known suffrage activists; 95 letters from members of her family; 47 letters from friends and acquaintances and a letter from Edwin M. Stanton, who served as President Lincoln's Secretary of War that was used as a pass to a restricted area.