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Rh ANNA ELIZABETH DICKINSON

BY MRS. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.

N" listening to the many interesting incidents of this young ^ vacillated between pity and admiration, — pity, for all the s of her childhood and youth, in loneliness, poverty, and E^pointment; and admiration for the indomitable will, "iige, and rare genius, by which she has carved her way, ^ lier own right hand, to fame and independence. While txsiny truly great women, of other times and countries, T^y their vices and follies, this noble girl, through all E^'tations and discouragements, has maintained a purity, ^ity, and moral probity of character, that reflect honor on '^If, and glory on her whole sex. -Tina Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Philadelphia the >^ of October, 1842. Her father, John Dickinson, was a 'ohant of sound intellect, and moral principle, a clear, ^Ise reasoner, an earnest abolitionist, and took an active t in the anti-slavery discussions of that time. He was a ^^volent, trusting man, and through the noblest traits of character became involved in his business relations, and •a reduced to poverty. His misfortunes preyed upon his ^nd and health ; and he died soon after with a disease of heart, leaving a wife and five children, Anna, the young
 * s life, not all (entrusted to me for publication, my feelings
 * marred their fair names, and thrown suspicion on their