The Mother Of Clubs Caroline M Seymour Severance

Author : Ella Giles Ruddy
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ISBN 13 : 9781332159680
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Mother of Clubs written by Ella Giles Ruddy and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mother of Clubs: Caroline M. Seymour Severance, an Estimate and an Appreciation It was in 1869 that the editor of this volume first met Madame Severance - not in the flesh, but in the spirit. "Eminent Women of the Age" was the imposing title of a book published in that year. Among the various sketches the pages relating to Mrs. Severance were especially interesting. Here may be inserted a quotation from Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, written thirty-seven years ago: "Mrs. Severance now resides in West Newton, a suburb of Boston, where she is living a quiet life in a beautiful home. She is using her pen in a way which she hopes will some day prove a means of broader influence. In manner and appearance, Mrs. Severance is very attractive. She has a handsome face and figure, dignified carriage and fine conversational powers. She is an amiable, affectionate, conscientious woman, faithful alike in her private and public duties." Although brief, the article was lively and tactful. Mrs. Stanton had requested a sketch of Mrs. Severance, nolens volens, stating that it rested with herself whether the article should be an objective view, such as could be taken a hundred miles away, or a subjective one taken by being en rapport with her through frank correspondence. Mrs. Severance chose the latter and wrote the following letter: Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Dear Friend: - Isn't this an interesting dilemma, to find one's self in, to be exhibited whether you will or not? One who has reached years of discretion surely, in our free land, to have no chance of a choice, whether to remain incog. or be set on high for all the daws to peck at? But to this we have come at last and in my extremity, if I may choose nothing else, I surely shall snatch at the chance to say by whom this most undesirable service shall be performed and I gladly submit to your second choice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.