Letter from Gerrit Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, December 1, 1855

Title

Letter from Gerrit Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, December 1, 1855

Creator

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Contributor

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902

Date

1855-12-01

Subject

Women's clothing

Women's rights

Type

text

Language

English

Is Part Of

Gerrit Smith Broadside Collection

Genre

Correspondence

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Call number

6

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

In this printed letter to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Gerrit Smith declared that the women's rights movement would never succeed as long as women insisted on wearing fashionable rather than practical dresses. Women, said Smith, must escape "the kingdom of fancy and fashion and foolery" for the kingdom of reason and righteousness."

Collection

D.275 Gerrit Smith Broadside Collection

Citation

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874, “Letter from Gerrit Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, December 1, 1855,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 8, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/434.

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