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Rejection Quote

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from Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer rejection quote

From Amelia Bloomer, editor of The Lily, about 1851

Jone Johnson Lewis
For anyone who's operated a newspaper, magazine, or website that gets submissions from the general public, you've probably had need to write rejection notices.

Amelia Bloomer operated a 19th century newspaper for women called The Lily in which she printed articles, poems and occasional other items like recipes.

The quote above is from a rejection letter she sent to someone who'd submitted something she could not use, at a time when she was receiving many such submissions.

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