An Analysis Of Elinore Stewart's Letter To Mrs. Coney '

The primary source document, Dear Mrs. Coney, is a collection of letters that Elinore Stewart wrote to her old employer. The letters were written during the early 20th century while Stewart was travelling West in the United States. The correspondence between the two women documented parts of Stewart’s journey to settle her own land that she wished to homestead on her own. Stewart’s letters documenting her journey West, while revealing her stubborn resolve to be independent, expose how the suffrage of women was still prominent in American daily life. In the document provided, there are five letters addressed to Mrs. Coney from Elinore Stewart, all of varying lengths. Stewart’s letters regale Mrs. Coney with her adventures out West with her