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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson... historic lecture..
Equal pay for negro soldiers...
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson... historic lecture..
Equal pay for negro soldiers...
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February 12, 1864
THE LIBERATOR, Boston, February 12, 1864
* Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
* 1st speech on the floor of Congress by a woman
Page four has content concerning Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, and her speech before Congress on January 16, 1864 - being the first speech made on the floor of Congress by a woman. Three separate, but related articles are present: one officially recognizes her donation of the proceeds of her lecture to the National Freedman's Relief Society of the District of Columbia; another gives details of several resolutions to recognize her for her efforts; and the third gives details concerning her lecture give a few days earlier at the Cooper Institute where she repeated the speech given before Congress. See images for details.
Also included within this issue is the printing of the resolution made by Francis George Shaw, the father of Colonel Robert Shaw, regarding pay for negro soldiers, stating in part, "...all descendants of the African race in our country, enlisted in the army and navy, shall be placed in all respects... on the same footing with other soldiers and sailors in the service of the United States."
Great to have this content in an anti-slavery newspaper. Complete in four pages, a few archivally mended edge tears, inconsequential pin-hole at the fold; overall, in very nice condition.
Wiki: Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (October 28, 1842 – October 22, 1932) was an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's suffrage, as well as a gifted teacher, Dickinson was the first woman to speak before the United States Congress (Note: On January 16, 1864, at the request of prominent senators and representatives, she spoke in the capitol at Washington, giving the proceeds, over $1,000, to the Freedmen's relief society). A gifted speaker at a very young age, she aided the Republican Party in the hard-fought 1863 elections and significantly influenced the distribution of political power in the Union just prior to the Civil War. Dickinson also was the first white woman on record to climb Colorado’s Longs Peak, in 1873.
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