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Description
Caricature of Frances Wright. The caption below reads, "A Downwright Gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed_" The caricature was meant to publicly humiliate Wright because of her speaking engagements. Frances Wright was the first woman in the United States to address audiences of men and women on political and social issues. To view the original record, click https://www.loc.gov/item/2002708975/.
Date Created
8-3-2021
Date
1829
Recommended Citation
"Caricature of Frances Wright lecturing" (2021). The Most Dangerous Woman in the United States: Frances Wright. 3.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-exhibit-suffrage2020-doc4/3
Keywords
Wright, Frances., Women--Suffrage.
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