Katherine Mayo to Glen Walton Blodgett, signed autograph letter, 1 page, 1928

Containers:

Box 18, Folder 52

Extent:

1 letters

Scope and content:

Expressing gladness that Blodgett was interested in her book "Mother India," Mayo writes that "American public opinion focussed on the shackles that are killing Hindu India, is the most powerful weapon for India's rescue that this world, under God, contains today."

Biographical / historical:

Katherine Mayo (1867-1940) was an American historian and nativist who opposed non-white and Catholic immigration to the United States and supported sterotypes of African Americans. Her best know work was "Mother India" which deeply critized Indian society and culture.

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