Early life and career -- "The necessities of the hour": Anna Dickinson's Civil War -- "Beloved of so many": the many faces of a woman in public -- "A woman of earnest convictions": the Lyceum -- What answer?: suffrage and citizenship in the postwar world -- "What new grief has come to you?: the personal and the political -- From the platform to the stage: clinging to fame -- Decline and fall -- A reputation defended -- Conclusion: memories and legacies.