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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