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Collection Reference Number GLC05755.056
From Archive Folder Collections concerning the Alaskan gold rush 
Title Edwin B. Sherzer to Clara M. Miller regarding women and business
Date 22 September 1901
Author Sherzer, Edwin B. (fl. 1900-1902)  
Recipient Miller, Clara M.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description His mother has sent him a magazine and he has plenty of reading material. Discusses the ability of women to conduct business. "I don't want you to think that I think girls don't know anything about business for I certainly have a very high regard for the business capacity of some women. … I know you would do fine if put to the task".
Subjects Alaska  Gold Rush  Frontiers and Exploration  Mining  
People Sherzer, Edwin B. (fl. 1900-1902)  Miller, Clara M. (fl. 1900-1902)  
Place written Nome, Alaska
Theme Westward Expansion; Women in American History; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Wife