Title: Acquaintances, old and new, among reformers,
Authors: Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926.; S. E. Tate Printing Company,
Publisher: S. E. Tate Printing Co.]
Year: 1911
Subjects: Brown, Olympia,; Women Suffrage.; Universalists Clergy Biography.
Abstract: An autobiographical account of Olympia Brown's work in the early women's rights movement. It is well-written and easy to read. Its treatment of the events surrounding the early suffrage campaign is a bit superficial but it might provide a good overview for high school students.
Contents: Early impressions -- School and college -- My first petition -- Women in the ministry -- The American Equal Rights Association -- Tour in New York with Susan B. Anthony -- Some New England pioneers -- The Kansas campaign -- Organization of the New England Woman's Suffrage Association -- "Mother Cobb" -- The Sixteenth Amendment -- Some later reformers -- Wisconsin.