The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . onthe political aspects of war, the causes of revolution,and the true basis of government. Her views weredaring and popular, and her services were at oncemade useful in party polit
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . onthe political aspects of war, the causes of revolution,and the true basis of government. Her views weredaring and popular, and her services were at oncemade useful in party politics. She delivered inTheodore Parkers pulpit in Boston, through influence, an address on the NationalCrisis, when Wendell Phillips said that She wasthe young elephant sent forward to try the bridgesto see if they were safe for the older ones to next summer she continued her hospital work,and from close study of the soldiers—their lives, ex-periences and beliefs—gathered the materials for thelecture on Hospital Life, which was the turningpoint in her affairs. She delivered this lecture inthe fall of 1863, at Concord, N. H., with such suc-cess, that she was invited by the Republican statecommittee to canvass the state. One district alonerefused to receive her, and that was the only onelost, and by a large majority. The republican partyof Connecticut then invited her to help them turn. ,^„,^„-^ .^-i^^-fe-c^.^^/tls the gubernatorial tide of war, which was heavilyagainst them. Democrats as well as republicanscrowded the meeting, and the enthusiasm excitedby her youth and eloquence contributed to the de-sired result. The state was saved by a few hundredvotes, and substantial acknowledgment was made toMiss Dickinson for her lawyer-like comprehensionof the case, her earnestness, enthusiasm and personalmagnetism. She spoke next in New York and Phil-adelphia, by invitation of the Union leagues,winning always respect and devotion, and took avigorous part in
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