Letter from an early ally of A Politician Agrees to Cover a Women's Suffrage Meeting in 1871: "It will give me great pleasure to attend the meeting...and to applaud most heartily every word you say

1871. [Woman Suffrage] [Feminism and Women's Rights] Reid, Whitelaw. 1 page Autograph Letter Signed and dated 7 December 1871 on New York Tribune letterhead. New York newspaper editor writes to Kate Hillard, a suffragist and member of Susan B. Anthony's inner circle. In response to Hillard's invitation for him to attend a suffrage meeting, Reid acknowledges the importance of male support as well as the need for men to promote women activists. In his hand he writes: "I have this moment received yours of the 5th...having only today returned from Washington. It will give me great pleasure to attend the meeting...as a silent member, and to applaud most heartily every word you say." An important and interesting letter documenting the collaboration of men and women in the push toward political equality. (Gauge, History of Woman Suffrage Vol 3.).