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iportan t : of life'xve 1563ish*r1901ity are ilap ad-depuly 120 ap munifi-Ignore , as has i, is but the par * let itlearnedlize the that of to be a : Negroment ofLicy will •atience ae woib cceptedDess of I, their We feel will beBNTt of theghta ofthe Re-sir duty,i recentin the stigated editorial int, andm with eiw:en fore-\ notori-air elec-outhernthe things considered by the party managers.SliCor.RevTHENEWWOMANBTELIZAARCHARDCONNEROne of those brilliant young southern women, of whom there are many, should write the life of the late Elizabeth Van Lew of Richmond. Opposed though she was to the cause of the Confederacy and bringing to bear all her force and talent against it duringthe civil war, yet quite apart from any political consideration Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the most remarkable women the south ever produced. The hidden chambers and passageways in which in wartime she concealed Union soldiers, the openly secret nooks and holes In which womanlike she kep4 letters and dispatches from Grant undiscovered under the very eyes of Co*federate detectives who watched he*continually, made of the old Van Lew mansion a historic castle of romanoc and mystery. There alone, ostracizedand disliked, Elizabeth Van Lew livedmore than 35 years, from the close of the civil war till her death. Hers was a career fuller of thrilling, dramaticincident than that of the hero of theplay “Secret SecWce*’\nd In her case the scenes In the final actof the great .war drama at Richmond she was more help to Grant than all the rest ot his private agents together. Mark the sequel: After the war, as In some measure a reward for her Invaluable aid, the Richmond postmastersliip was given to Elizabeth Van Lew. If Bhe had been a man, there is nothing the United States government would not have done for her. The best of its consular places, the fattest of Its appointments at Washington, would have been open to her, for she had more nerve and ability than nine-tenths of Its officials. While Grant was president she kept her place as postmistress of Richmond. General Grant never deserted his friends. But after bis time the office was taken from her to be bestowed on a white male voter. Dark days fell upon. Miss Van Lew. Piece by piece she sold the family silver and rich belongings, acre by acr« she mortgaged and parted with the fall Inheritance her father left her, and not a soul in the north cared a jot whether she starved or fed. She died neglected and poor. Thus it Is to be born a woman.Mbin on10;3Ces.CartPrCfctn., 4(TcSoulcersWoevicerecocors(Broimitt look Edw B. Irid6lt;citizAmiJaciST.Pim.,ThoMittconedaydayT«Rev el w ary
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Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 30, 1901
Page 24
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Dorothy B.
PA, USA 19 Jan 2019
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