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Proceedings of the Loyal Women of the Republic Meeting

Women's National Loyal League · 1863

A printed 1863 pamphlet opening with Stanton's wartime address urging Northern women to declare their loyalty to freedom and the Union.

Opens with Stanton's own address urging Northern women to publicly declare loyalty during the Civil War.

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Proceedings of the Meeting of the Loyal Women of the Republic, New York, May 14, 1863. Scanned book, Internet Archive.

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What it is

This is a printed pamphlet recording the proceedings of a meeting of the Loyal Women of the Republic, held in New York on 14 May 1863, published by the Women's National Loyal League. It is prefaced by an address delivered by Elizabeth Cady Stanton earlier that year, calling on women of the North to publicly state their support for the Union cause.

Why it matters

During the Civil War, Stanton helped organize Northern women into an openly political, antislavery force. This document shows her linking women's civic voice to the national crisis, arguing that women needed to speak out just as soldiers and orators had. It is a primary record of how women's rights activism and abolitionism were intertwined during the war.

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  • Why does Stanton say women had not yet spoken with one voice about the war?
  • What does the pamphlet's publication suggest about the role of organized women's groups in wartime politics?
  • What is left unsaid about women's legal and political status at this time?

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