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THE
ELECTED MOTHER

A STORY OF WOMAN'S
EQUAL RIGHTS

By Maria Thompson Daviess Author of The Road to Providence The Melting of Molly, etc.
Indianapolis
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Publishers Copyright
© 1912
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
REPRINTED FROM A VOLUME OF SHORT STORIES AND PUBLISHED BY REQUEST WITH THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE IN THEM AND THEIR FUTURE, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THE SMALL DAUGHTERS OF MY FRIENDS