Letter from Susan Amelia Young Dunford Gates, 23 August 1888
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Pres. Wilford Woodruff:
There is a matter which
I wish to lay before you, and upon which I desire
your counsel and decision. Perhaps a brief out-
line or history of the subject will be as fitting an
introduction as any I might choose.
Sometime last winter, in Jan. I beleive, my hus-
band and I were discussing the future as it re-
lated to my literary labors and aspirations. I had
been making an effort to introduce some of
my articles in the Eastern magazines with the
hope that in a quiet and humble way I might
introduce place before the great reading public
of America the real facts of the Mormon case,
more especially in regard to women and the
great priviledges which they enjoy under the
gosple plan. In remarking upon the future
possibilities of my plan, Jacob said to me
that it would please him to see my whole time
and labors ^now spent in^ literary efforts in various directions
