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Elizabet Ney to Mariana Folsom, December 3, 1898

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Elizabet Ney to Mariana Folsom, 1898

subject you judge right. [W]oman
ought to be permitted not to feel
any longer curtailed if they have
ambitions & the desire to judge for
herself.

            The opportunity to bring this
subject forward ought not to
be left unnoticed.

            I wish I were in Austin this
moment. I would go certainly with
you for approaching the gentlemen
of the committee with regard to have
them consider the possibility of
having woman have the vote
in city affairs.

            Who are they? Much depends on
this.

            See Mrs. Graham, who first
spoke about you with much apprecia-
tion to me. Consult with her,
and see Mrs. B. B. Tobin, who has

 

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Elizabet Ney to Mariana Folsom, December 3, 1898, Erminia Thompson Folsom Papers, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

 



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