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WCP3148

Letter (WCP3148.3116)

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THE PRIORY,

REIGATE.

Dec. 8. 1893

Dear Dr. Wallace:

Let me express to you the reverent gratitude felt by Lady Henry Somerset1 and myself, in reading the recent interview that you accorded to a representative of The Daily Chronicle.2

It is the high water-mark of the Woman Movement thus far.

I am sending you my Editorial in Lady Henry's paper The Woman's Herald and am

Yours sincerely, | Frances E Willard3 [signature]

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1
Somerset (née Somers-Cocks) Isabella Caroline (1851-1921). Married Lord Henry Somerset in 1872. President of the British Women's Temperance Association in 1890. Editor of The Woman’s Signal.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1893. Woman and natural selection. Daily Chronicle (4 December): 3.
3
Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline (1839-1898). American educator, temperance reformer and women's suffragist.
4
In ARW’s handwriting, “(Social” Frances E Willard".

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3148.3116)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3148,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3148