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Rebecca Hourwich Reyher was an author and a lecturer, as well as a prominent member of the National Women’s Party. Born in 1897 in New York City, Reyher became involved with the women’s suffrage movement in the early twentieth century, eventually becoming the head of the Boston, New York, and Chicago offices of the National Women’s Party. She became interested in Africa later in life, traveling to the continent several times and publishing the books Zulu Woman and The Fon and His Hundred Wives based on her travels. In this interview, Reyher discusses her family background and education, her early suffrage work, working with the NWP, traveling to Africa and her writings, and her later life and career.