Letter and Accompanying Envelope from Rose Wilder Jane to Thelma T. Gorham, April 14, 1943
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Title
Letter and Accompanying Envelope from Rose Wilder Jane to Thelma T. Gorham, April 14, 1943
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Type
Text
Creator
Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968 (Correspondent)
Gorham, Thelma Thurston, 1913-1991 (Correspondent)
Date
1943-04-14
Description
A letter from American writer Rose Wilder Lane to Thelma T. Gorham, expressing her thanks for Mrs. Gorham's review of her book "The Discovery of Freedom" and addressing some of her critiques. Rose Wilder Lane was a prominent figure in the American Libertarian movement. Her writing in The Pittsburgh Courier in the early- to mid-1940s focused on the fight for individual liberty in the United States through the rejection of what Lane believed to be arbitrary social distinctions like race and class.
Genre
Personal correspondence
Language
English
Place
New York (N.Y.)
Danbury (Conn.)
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Physical Description
3 pages
Identifier
JGRCMA-MSS2004-1108-B008C-F058-I003
Topics
African American women educators
African American women journalists
Gorham, Thelma Thurston
Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968
Women libertarians
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)
Physical Location
Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.