Letter from E. Sylvia Pankhurst to W. E. B. Du Bois

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Title:
Letter from E. Sylvia Pankhurst to W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Ideologically urging the "American Negro's political support to Ethiopia" and describing her personal attempts at soliciting it; expressing her sympathy with his view "that capital... may have dangerous results" in that nation; concurring in the need for an international conference and exchange of ideas thereon; asking that he send a list of prospective recipients of materials on Ethiopian conditions; enclosing recent press therefrom; and describing the "exceedingly important" role to be played by the Princess Tsahai Memorial Hospital there founded.
Creator:
Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
October 11, 1946
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 111 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. General Correspondence
Subjects:
Colonies (International law)
Colonies--Congresses
United Nations
Ethiopia--Foreign relations--United States
Places:
District of Columbia > Washington
Extent:
8 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b111-i470
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Essex (England)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b111-i470