Rebecca Latimer Felton US First Woman Senator 1923 Signed Photo Card & Envelope

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Rebecca Latimer Felton US First Woman Senator 1923 Signed Photo Card & Envelope
Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton (June 10, 1835 - January 24, 1930) was an American writer, lecturer, feminist, suffragist, reformer, slave owner, and politician who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, although she served for only one day.
Felton was the most prominent woman in Georgia in the Progressive Era, and was honored by appointment to the Senate. She was sworn in on November 21, 1922, and served just 24 hours. At 87 years, nine months, and 22 days old, she was the oldest freshman senator to enter the Senate. She was the only woman to have served as a Senator from Georgia until the appointment of Kelly Loeffler in 2020, nearly a hundred years later.
Her husband William Harrell Felton was a member of the United States House of Representatives and Georgia House of Representatives and she ran his campaigns. She was a prominent society woman; an advocate of prison reform, women's suffrage and educational modernization. Numan Bartley wrote that by 1915 she "was championing a lengthy feminist program that ranged from prohibition to equal pay for equal work."
She was also a white supremacist and Congress's last former slave owner, and spoke vigorously in favor of lynching.
Lot comprised by:
a) 5" 1/4 x 3" 3/8 Card with printed photo of Rebecca Latimer Felton, with hand written text sending compliments and wishing a Happy New Year 1923 to the collector. All written in blue ink which has faded with time, though it's fully readable as follows: "1923 Happy New Year - Rebecca Latimer Felton - Cartersville, Georgia - United States of America - January 1st. 1923 - Written by herself at 85 years of age". Card is pasted down onto slightly larger light-brown card. Condition: Excellent -
b) Front cover of envelope used to send the card postmarked in Cartersville on  January 2, 1923. Condition: Very Good - (Surface tears on back and front from mounting)
REF #:
AZ-78
Provenance:
From the collection of Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin (birth: Montevideo, Uruguay, September 21, 1880 - death: Montevideo, Uruguay: December 12, 1941), who spent over 20 years collecting autographs mainly from prominent political figures worldwide. He used to send blank cards with a newspaper or magazine clipped photo of the person, attaching a letter asking for an autograph and including a self-addressed envelope.
Important
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We only deal on vintage original collectible papers. As such these are not a modern reproductions or computer generated prints.
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