[Ethel Bentham, progressive medical doctor, a politician and a suffragist.] Substantial Autograph Letter Signed Ethel Bentham to a Miss Brooks

Two pages, 8vo, bifolium, second leaf tipped onto larger piece of paper, very good condition. Text: She thanks her for a cake and for Christmas greetings but explains a delay by referring to her tiredness, presumably because of Parliamentary duties, having been elected in 1929]. I was getting so tired that it was as much as I could do to carry on my work till end of session - now since the House rose on Friday aft[ernoon] I am not doing a blessed thing for 10 days - just being as lazy as I know how to be. She was pleased to see her sister on a London visit, talking over some of our summer's doings. She concludes with a paragraph about her correspondent's mother who is creating anxiety. Edith [see Note] joins me in kindest remembrance and all good Christmas wishes.Note: Edith perhaps Edith Picton-Turbervill who became an MP at the same time as Bentham.