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The Revolution, Vol. 6 No. 10, September 8, 1870

Laura Curtis Bullard · 1870-09-08

A front page of The Revolution, the women's rights newspaper founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, dated September 8, 1870.

Stanton co-founded this women's rights newspaper, and this issue shows the paper she helped create at work.

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Front page of The Revolution, Vol. VI, No. 10, New York, Thursday, September 8, 1870, whole number 140. The masthead reads The Revolution in large black blackletter type with the motto 'What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.' Three columns of text appear below, including a poem titled 'The Surprise' under the Poetry heading, and a column headed 'Our Special Contributors' with an article titled 'The Type Husbands of American Stories' by Mrs. Emily E. Ford.
Vol. 6, No. 10 (September 8, 1870) of The Revolution, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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What it is

This is the front page of Volume 6, Number 10 of The Revolution, dated Thursday, September 8, 1870, New York. The masthead reads 'The Revolution' in large blackletter type with a motto: 'What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.' Three columns follow, including a poem titled 'The Surprise' under a Poetry heading and an article headed 'Our Special Contributors' by Mrs. Emily E. Ford. The record credits Laura Curtis Bullard as creator.

Why it matters

The Revolution was founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to press for women's rights. Its pages mixed poetry, fiction and essays by women writers, which shows that the paper aimed to reach readers through culture as well as politics. The motto links marriage to the larger question of women's legal and social standing.

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  • Why might the editors have placed a motto about marriage at the top of a women's rights paper?
  • What kinds of writing appear on the front page, and what do they suggest about the paper's readers?
  • Whose voices are printed here, and whose are missing from this issue?

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