Anderson Auction #221

Lot #1443:

Alice Carey Feminist Cabinet Card, "The Revolution" Suffrage Newspaper

Alice Carey is pictured on this 4 1/4 by 6 1/2-inch cabinet card made by Warren's Portraits of Boston. Carey was a poet and author from Ohio who along with her sister Phoebe became nationally known. The sisters were famous for their New York receptions that included celebrities such as P.T. Barnum and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She was an early suffrage supporter and edited Susan B. Anthony's suffrage newspaper "The Revolution."