ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AUTOGRAPH. Four page handwritten letter dated July 25, 1881 to Edgar F. Gladwin: A response at length to a question about women's rights. "Dear Sir, You ask if I do not think 'that the cause of woman suffrage would be greatly advanced if the generation of women gave their active approval....Hence until the majority are emancipated from the old theologies they will never demand political freedom. My present endeavor is to turn my guns on the Church." Estimate $1,000-2,000
PROVENANCE: Parke-Benet Galleries, New York, Sale of American Autographs from the collection of C. Norton Owen and other owners, May 15, 1970
