Check From First Lady Florence Harding For Animal Rights

FLORENCE MABEL HARDING (1860-1924). Florence Harding was the First Lady from 1921 to 1923. DS. 1pg. Dec 13, 1921. Marion, Ohio. An autograph check signed Florence Kling Harding as First Lady. She gave $5.00 to Mrs. Dankmeyer for the Anti-Vivisection Society of Maryland, a cause against performing surgery on living animals for science, which Harding was very passionate about. During her time as First Lady, she was a very vocal advocate of animal rights, being a contributor and member of the National Society for the Humane Regulation of Vivisection. Mrs. Charles A. Dankmeyer was an honorary member of The Animal Defense and Anti-Vivisection Society in their 1933 report. This check is in great condition and laid to a larger card.