COOK (Eliza, 1818-1889, Poet)

Fine Autograph Letter signed to an unnamed correspondent acknowledging receipt of his "two papers, and to say my earliest leisure shall be given to an attentive perusal of them. The subjects are good and a portion of such matter much be daily administered. You shall hear at greater length from me within a day or two. I am having a long promised visit to some friends who insist on finding amusement for very hour in the day, and you know what labour and emotional slavery this imposes, but one is obliged to submit with as good a grace as possible. I am not very particular as to my intention being kept private so you may communicate to whom you please and if you meet with any liberal genius who is willing to to aid our cause ... perhaps you will enlist them ...", 4 sides 8vo., 3 Brunswick Square, Bristol, Tuesday, no date

She was an English author and poet associated with the Chartist movement. She was a proponent of political freedom for women, and believed in the ideology of self-improvement through education, something she called "levelling up." This made her hugely popular with the working class public in both England and America.

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