Not many know this about me, but I once offered my services to President Abraham Lincoln as a military leader in the Civil War. I was offered a commission as a Major General, but I requested that I be Commander-in-chief. I also hoped that Lincoln would declare the objective of the war the abolition of slavery. President Lincoln refused to do so, as he feared that he might cause unrest within the already divided nation. Naturally, I understood why he replied the way he did. Yet only year after my request, I heard happily that Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation. I wrote to him right away, telling him that the title of "great emancipator" was greater than the glory that came with any crown. I was delighted that Lincoln had made such a bold move, and even today continue to look upon the growing equality of races and sexes with favor.
In my day, I often attended meetings regarding suffragist movements or the freeing of slaves. I do believe that no sex nor ethnicity is above nor under any other, and take much pleasure in the fact that many today see the world as I did so many years ago.
Wikipedia, Reformation.org
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