This postcard from E.L.C. (Emma Lewis Coleman) to George Sheldon follows up on her letter and petition regarding the route of the trolley in Deerfield, Massachusetts. She asks that Sheldon add names and information in anticipation of the hearing on “Thursday.” Miss Coleman and Miss (Alice]) Baker, as well as Mr. Sheldon, were adamantly opposed to the idea of tracks and an electric railway running through the center of their town. The two women wrote letters, circulated petitions, and spoke out expressing their views, at a time when women in this country had not yet received the vote and their opinions were taken less seriously than that of men.
Coleman, Emma Lewis. Postcard to George Sheldon regarding trolley debate. February 5, 1900. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l99-123/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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