Dr. SPOCK: Typed Letter Signed discussing U.S. Anti-War Speaking Commitments

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[Vietnam] Spock, Benjamin. (1903–1998)
"I am spending all of my time speaking in American universities against the war in Vietnam" - Typed Letter Signed
TLS from the pediatrician and author addressed to Professor Irma Antonetto of the Associazione Culturale Italiana in Turin, responding to her invitation to have the doctor speak. April 18 1971; 1 pp., on a trimmed piece of Dr. Spock's stationary.  "Dear Prof. Antonetto, I wish I could accept your flattering invitation.  However, I am spending all of my time speaking in American universities against the war in Vietnam, except for one month each year in other countries.  This June I will be in Australia, and next June
1972
[handwritten] in Sweden.  I hope you will invite me another year.  Sincerely, [Signature]."  Some vertical creases, likely from mailing, else fine.
Dr. Benjamin Spock was a pediatrician and author of
Baby and Child Care
(1946), one of the best-selling books of all time.  The first pediatrician to incorporate psychoanalysis into his approach to children, he encouraged parents to treat children as individuals.  In the 1960s and 70s, he was an anti-war activist.
Irma Antonetto (1920-1993), was founder and director of the Associazione Culturale Italiana [Association of Italian Culture] for 46 years, during which time she brought some 400 philosophers, writers, scientists, arts and Nobel winners to lecture in Italy. She was recipient of the 1964
Cavaliere al merito della Repubblica italiana.
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