May Wright Sewall Papers

Letter from Antoinette Brown (Mrs. Samuel C.) Blackwell to May Wright Sewall.

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Title: Letter from Antoinette Brown (Mrs. Samuel C.) Blackwell to May Wright Sewall.
Description: Mrs. Blackwell tells Sewall of her preferences in terms of speaking at the Congress of Representative Women. For a shorter talk, she would prefer to speak on "Woman in the Pulpit"; for 15 or 20 minutes, about "Women in Science". She goes on to discuss statistics on women in the science field, stating there is much "repression and somewhat hidden disapproval" in the science field. Antoinette Brown Blackwell was prominent in the abolitionist, woman's suffrage, and prohibition movements. She completed the theological course at Oberlin but was denied a ministerial license. Blackwell became the first ordained woman minister in the United States in 1853. She was also one of the few suffragist pioneers to vote on November 2, 1920.
Correspondent: Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, 1825-1921
Date: 1893-04-19; 1893
Time period: 1890s (1890-1899); 19th century;
Subject: Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920; World's Congress of Representative Women (1893 : Chicago, Ill.); Women clergy; Women scientists
Genre: Correspondence;
Theme: Women; Education;
Collection: May Wright Sewall Papers
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Copyright information: This item is in the public domain.
Physical repository: Indianapolis Special Collections Room, Indianapolis Public Library
Repository collection name: May Wright Sewall letters
Digital publisher: Indianapolis Marion County Public Library
Date digitized: 2005
Repository: The Indianapolis Public Library Digital Collections
Source: From: May Wright Sewall Papers

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