A letter to Amelia Bloomer from Mary J. Coggeshall, Des Moines, Iowa, asking Bloomer for assistance in procuring signatures from Pottawattamie on a petition re: presentation of amendment in the Legislature.
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from Lucy Stone, written from Waverly, New York, suggesting that a convention in Iowa would be better at the time of the anniversary of the American Association, since many speakers would be nearby.
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from Sarah Burger Stearns, founder and president of the Minnesota Women's Suffrage Association, writing from Brooklyn, New York. Steams is concerned that the Association be encouraged by letters of sympathy at their first…
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from Werner Ranklin, Burlington, Iowa. Writes to congratulate Bloomer on her response in the [Des Moines] Register to [Iowa Senator] Gaylord's speech in the legislator giving 21 reasons why suffrage should not be passed.
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer..."I had no idea of setting a style, no thought that my act would create excitement throughout the civilized world and give to the costume my name and the credit due to Mrs. Miller."
[photo of drawing of Amelia Bloomer wearing…