"Wonderful Dot Schreiner, tall thin woman who caused me no end of trouble" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | James Mackenzie BC 1/A1.3 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | After Start: 1907 ; Before End: 1913 |
| Address From | na |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Ethel Friedlander m. Herrman (1919) |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. This letter has been approximately dated by reference to the start of Schreiner's involvement in the Cape Town Women's Enfranchisement League and when she left South Africa for Europe in 1913.
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Dear Ethel
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3 I am sending you a paper (which please return to Mrs Schreiner) which
4I got a Miss Sonnenberg to write for our society. I think it is the
5best that has yet been written by any one in this country. ^on the
6woman question.^ Please ?return I thought it might interest you to see it.
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8 Yours sincerely
9 Olive Schreiner
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3 I am sending you a paper (which please return to Mrs Schreiner) which
4I got a Miss Sonnenberg to write for our society. I think it is the
5best that has yet been written by any one in this country. ^on the
6woman question.^ Please ?return I thought it might interest you to see it.
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8 Yours sincerely
9 Olive Schreiner
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Notation
A paper by a Miss Sonnenberg cannot be traced.
A paper by a Miss Sonnenberg cannot be traced.