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The Revolution, Vol. 7 No. 23, June 8, 1871

Laura Curtis Bullard · 1871-06-08

A front page of The Revolution, the women's rights newspaper founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, dated June 8, 1871.

Stanton co-founded this women's rights newspaper, and this issue shows the variety of writing published in the paper she helped found.

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Front page scan of The Revolution, Vol. VII, No. 23, New York, Thursday, June 8, 1871, Whole No. 179. Masthead in large blackletter type with a motto above the columns. Columns include a poem titled 'Have Patience' and a serialized story 'Keeping the Wolf Away' by Bertha Bruce.
Vol. 7, No. 23 (June 8, 1871) 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 7, Number 23 of The Revolution, dated Thursday, June 8, 1871, New York, Whole Number 179. The blackletter masthead has a motto above the columns. The page includes a poem titled 'Have Patience' and a serialized story called 'Keeping the Wolf Away' by Bertha Bruce. The record credits Laura Curtis Bullard as creator.

Why it matters

The Revolution was founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to advance women's rights. Serialized fiction and poetry were a common way for nineteenth-century papers to keep readers returning, and this paper used them alongside its political writing. The page shows how a movement's newspaper could mix argument with stories.

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  • Why might a story that continues from one issue to the next have helped a paper keep its readers?
  • What does a poem called 'Have Patience' suggest about the mood of the movement in 1871?
  • What does this front page leave out that you would need to understand the paper's politics?

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