Anna Dickinson was a teen sensation as an abolitionist public speaker in the late 1850s. During the Civil War she became the first woman to give a speech on a political matter before Congress. This article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer reprints part of her speech criticizing the Grant presidential campaign and the unwillingness of many Republicans to back full civil rights for African Americans.
Plain Dealer
Thursday, Jun 25, 1868
Cleveland, OH
Page: 2
While the Plain Dealer was highlighting Dickinson’s attack on Grant, it was otherwise dismissive of the woman as political actor.
Date: June 6, 1868
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Newspaper: Plain Dealer
