Tag Archives: Anna Elizabeth Dickinson

“large hearts and corresponding purses”

Posted on March 4, 2016 by SUMPTER

[I missed this last month.] During the war many fairs were held to benefit the Sanitary Commission. On February 22 and 23, 1866 the Young Ladies’ Aid Society of a small town on one of the Finger Lakes in New … Continue reading →

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shotgun shorts

Posted on May 30, 2015 by SUMPTER

This article would have been published earlier than May 30, 1865 because even folks up here in New York state would already have known that Jefferson Davis was captured. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in May 1865: The … Continue reading →

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From DC to the Cooper

Posted on February 4, 2014 by SUMPTER

It certainly wasn’t a novelty for New York City’s Cooper Institute to host an abolitionist presentation, but 150 years ago this week the speaker was Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, the first woman to speak before the U.S. Congress. It looks like … Continue reading →

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