Woman - God Bless Her
From Mark Twain in the German Language Press
Mark Twain delivered this speech on 22nd December 1882 at the annual dinner of the New England Society of New York. The text of the speech can be found in Mark Twain Speaking (Fatout, 173-175). Coverage of this event in the American English-language press can be found for example in the Evening star ("A Speech by Mark Twain," December 23, 1882, 6) and The Republican ("Woman, God Bless Her!" December 30, 1882, 5).
Excerpts of the speech made it into German-language newspapers in the US and Europe as well. Many of the articles published in the German-language press are identical, for example those from Dresdner neueste Nachrichten (19 Jan. 1904, 6), or Hannoverscher Courier (18 Jan. 1904, 2), and the specific report on Mark Twain's speech which they all reference as their source text was published in Neues Wiener Tageblatt (13 Jan. 1904, 9).