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| Letter Reference | Karl Pearson 840/4/2/41 |
| Archive | University College London Library, Special Collections, UCL, London |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 17 March 1886 |
| Address From | Bournemouth, Dorset |
| Address To | 2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, London |
| Who To | Karl Pearson |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to University College London (UCL) and its Library Services for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner postcard, which is part of its Special Collections. The date of this postcard is provided by the postmark, while the name of the addressee and the address it was sent to are on its front. Schreiner was resident at two addresses in Bournemouth from mid February to mid March 1886.
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I have read that paper. I think it splendid. Who is the woman? It’s
2the best paper by a woman I’ve ever read. I agree with her on almost
3all points but the one you mention
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5 O.S.
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7 ^Is the writer Mrs Caird?^
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2the best paper by a woman I’ve ever read. I agree with her on almost
3all points but the one you mention
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5 O.S.
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7 ^Is the writer Mrs Caird?^
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Notation
The paper Schreiner refers to is perhaps Emma Brooke's February 1886 paper intended for the Men and Women's Club, a response to Pearson's 'The Woman's Question'; this is entitled 'Notes on a man's view of the woman's question' and in the event only Schreiner and Pearson saw her paper.
The paper Schreiner refers to is perhaps Emma Brooke's February 1886 paper intended for the Men and Women's Club, a response to Pearson's 'The Woman's Question'; this is entitled 'Notes on a man's view of the woman's question' and in the event only Schreiner and Pearson saw her paper.