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History of Woman Suffrage.Volume I.by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage.PREFACE.In preparing this work, our object has been to put into permanent shape the few scattered reports of the Woman Suffrage Movement still to be fo
- 713 FOOTNOTES: [221] _History of Woman Suffrage_, Volume IV, page 124.[222] Delegates and alternates present besides those already mentioned were Misses L. G. Heymann and Marta Zietz, Germany; Mrs. Stanton Coit, Great Britain; Mrs. Henrietta von Loenen de Bor
- 712 About sixty societies for various purposes have declared their position by taking part officially in several of our public demonstrations.A list was given of distinguished men who had become converted to woman suffrage. Men took a more prominent part in t
- 711 Long centuries before the birth of Darwin an old-time Hindoo wrote: "I stand on a river's bank. I know not whence the waters come or whither they go. So deep and silent is its current that I know not whether it flows north or south; all is myste
- 710 Blauenfeldt, Denmark; Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch, United States.An address sent by Lady Frances Balfour was read by Mrs. C. H.Corbett, Great Britain; one sent by Mrs. Aline Hoffmann, Switzerland, was read by Miss Johanna W. A. Naber, Netherlands; one
- 709 Individuals of whatever race, nativity or creed, who believe in the right of the woman citizen to protect her interests in society by the ballot, are invited to be present. The enfranchis.e.m.e.nt of women is emphatically a world movement. The unanswerabl
- 708 There is only the nucleus of a movement for woman suffrage in j.a.pan but some of the statesmen favor it and women's societies pet.i.tion for it. Under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union a beginning has been made toward organ
- 707 The International Council of Women met in Berlin in 1904, the largest meeting of women ever held in any country, and the organizing at this time of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance aroused universal interest. In the election of the new Reichstag
- 706 Five had been elected as "subst.i.tutes" or "proxies" to take the place of absent members. Hundreds have been elected to city councils and to juries, which are elected for fixed periods. The only positions from which they are excluded
- 705 In New Brunswick in 1908, led by Mrs. Fiske, Mrs. Hathaway and Miss Peters, the suffragists memorialized the Legislature to extend the full suffrage to women but a bill for this purpose was defeated. In 1909 a bill to give it to taxpaying widows and spins
- 704 FOOTNOTES: [215] The History is indebted for this chapter to Mrs. Millicent Garrett Fawcett, J.P., LL.D., who has been prominently connected with the movement for women's suffrage in Great Britain for nearly fifty years and was President of the Natio
- 703 More important in many ways than the "militant" movement was the emergence at the General Election in 1906 of the Labour Party. Mr.Keir Hardie, Mr. Philip Snowden and others of its leaders were very strong supporters of women's suffrage and it was not
- 702 The bill was reported favorably by the committee and pa.s.sed by the Senate without objection or even discussion on September 15. In the House it was referred to the Committee on Woman Suffrage, which set April 29, 1918, for a hearing. Delegate Kalanianao
- 701 [210] After 1913 annual conventions were held as follows: 1914, Milwaukee, speakers at evening meeting, Mrs. Pethick Lawrence of England and Rosika Schwimmer of Hungary; 1915, Milwaukee; 1916 (postponed to January, 1917, at the time of the legislative ses
- 700 Woman suffrage history in Wisconsin from 1900 to 1920 naturally divides itself into three sections, the first including the ten years preceding the submission of the referendum measure by the Legislature in 1911; the second the two years of the referendum
- 699 With the submission to the voters by the Legislature of 1915 of an amendment to the const.i.tution conferring full suffrage activity was stimulated. Miss Ida Craft of New York, in cooperation with the women of Charleston, held a suffrage school there Janu
- 698 The Franchise Department of the W. C. T. U. had done educational work for years under the leaders.h.i.+p of Mrs. Margaret B. Platt, State president, and Mrs. Margaret C. Munns, State secretary, affectionately referred to as "the Margarets." Its speakers
- 697 Senate to take favorable action on the Federal Amendment was introduced but it did not come out of committee. The Hon. William Jennings Bryan stopped over trains to pay his respects to Governor Westmoreland Davis. He was escorted to the Capitol by members
- 696 1904. The Munic.i.p.al Suffrage bill was reported favorably to the House by C. C. Fitts, chairman of the committee, but was refused third reading by 99 to 97. On November 17 it was introduced in the Senate, reported favorably by committee chairman J. Emer
- 695 A striking event in the train of possible fruitful activities left behind was the visit of the great leader, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Suffrage a.s.sociation, with her able young a.s.sistants, who came to Utah for Nov. 1
- 694 The list of speakers included 1,495 names and almost no meeting or convention of any importance was held during the latter part of the three months that did not make room on its program for a talk on woman suffrage.On the other hand every nook and corner
- 693 [172] The gold pen used by Governor Roberts in signing the bill was one used by Dr. John W. Wester when drafting the first anti-liquor bill ever introduced in the Tennessee Legislature, in December, 1841.With it also Governor Rye signed the Lookout Mounta
- 692 The presumption was naturally that this clause was nullified by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision. On June 10, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Suffrage a.s.sociation, telegraphed Governor Albert H. Roberts, urging him to
- 691 After the bill had been cleverly put to sleep by the President of the Senate, Andrew Todd, by referring it to the hostile Judiciary Committee, Senator E. N. Haston, who was its sponsor, secured enough votes to overrule his action and put it in the Committ
- 690 In June Mrs. Nettie Rogers Shuler, corresponding secretary of the National a.s.sociation, came to South Dakota and with Mrs. S. V.Ghrist, vice-president of the State League, and Mrs. McMahon, a school of methods was held in the princ.i.p.al towns. The wom
- 689 In May, 1918, Mrs. Cathcart was appointed by U. S. Senator Tillman as a.s.sociate committeewoman on the Democratic National Committee. When the State Democratic convention was held in Columbia that month the committeewoman and the committee decided that t
- 688 In 1905 there was increased activity to secure favorable action on the bill. A little paper called _The Woman Citizen_ was issued as a campaign doc.u.ment and a copy of it placed on the desk of every legislator.[160] The _Remonstrance_, a small paper publ
- 687 1919. Upon the defeat of the Federal Amendment in the U. S. Senate February 10, Governor Sproul, who had given many proofs of his friends.h.i.+p, was consulted regarding the advisability of introducing Presidential suffrage or a referendum or both. At fir
- 686 [150] The History is indebted for this chapter to Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, president of the State Federation of Clubs ten years; on the Child Labor Commission eighteen years and market inspector for Portland sixteen years.[151] Sacajawea was a young Indian wo
- 685 CHAPTER x.x.xVI.OREGON.[150]The advent of 1901 found the suffrage cause in Oregon almost becalmed upon a sea of indifference. With an ultra conservative population, defeats in five previous campaigns, the existence of bitter prejudices and an utter lack o
- 684 Since 1910 Mrs. Woodworth had kept the question of woman suffrage continually before the State Federation of Women's Clubs and in all organizations of women there was an increasing interest in legislation, especially for the benefit of women and chil
- 683 The Legislature in 1919, Republican by a large majority in both Houses, endorsed the Federal Amendment by a vote of 23 to 10 in the Senate, 79 to 31 in the House. When the vote was taken in the National House of Representatives, May 21, 1919, only two Ohi
- 682 The House had appeared more favorable than the Senate and it seemed certain that it would pa.s.s that body. On February 18, five days after the measure had pa.s.sed the Senate, Senator Jacobson moved that it be recalled from the House, where it had had it
- 681 The plank in the platform, as it came from the committee, recommended that the amendment should not be ratified but a State amendment should be submitted to the voters. A minority report called for the submission to the convention of the question whether
- 680 An important feature of the campaign in New York City and in other parts of the State was the work of the St. Catherine Welfare a.s.sociation of Catholic women, organized by Miss Sara McPike, executive secretary of the advertising department of a large co
- 679 SECOND NEW YORK CAMPAIGN.With 42-1/2 per cent. of the vote cast in November, 1915, in favor of the woman suffrage amendment the leaders were eager to start a new campaign at once and take advantage of the momentum already gained.Two nights after election
- 678 On the night of November 2, election day, officers, leaders, workers, members of the Party and many prominent men and women gathered at City headquarters in East 34th Street to receive the returns, Mrs. Catt and Miss Hay at either end of a long table. At
- 677 James Lees Laidlaw as the efficient chairman of arrangements. One on the first Sat.u.r.day in May, 1911, will ever be remembered, all the thousands of women dressed in white, headed by Mrs. C. O. Mailloux and Miss Carolyn Fleming carrying the flag of the
- 676 SUFFRAGE. The convention to prepare a const.i.tution for statehood, which met in 1910, was the battle ground for School suffrage for women. The question was very seriously debated in the Elective Franchise Committee, which many times voted it down only to
- 675 Reports showed that only thirty of the hundreds of local branches had dropped suffrage work because of their war activities, and the spirit was one of determination that the battle for real democracy in the United States should be kept up just as actively
- 674 Riley, the local president. The Rev. Mrs. Blackwell paid a tribute to Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, who had pa.s.sed away, and after resolutions by Mrs. Colvin the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was sung. Mrs. Decker presented a flag to the a.s.sociation
- 673 In March, 1919, the National a.s.sociation sent one of its best organizers, Miss Edna Wright, to interest the leagues in ratification and the State a.s.sociation retained her for the remainder of the year.Invitations for a Citizens.h.i.+p School at Durham
- 672 Out of the 240 precincts in the State every one that had ten votes in it was canva.s.sed and open air or hall meetings held before election.More than 180 were organized, each with a woman leader, who, with her committee, "picketed the polls" eve
- 671 Mrs. Hodges continued to pay the rent of headquarters and a substantial bank account was built up by dues, subscriptions and collections at meetings.Miss Martin attended the national suffrage convention at Philadelphia in November, where she told of the n
- 670 The State convention of 1914 was held in Omaha in December and it was decided to organize more thoroughly and to seek the advice of the National a.s.sociation as to how and when to try again. The board which had served throughout the campaign was re-elect
- 669 FOOTNOTES: [105] The History is indebted for this chapter to Mrs. Lucile Dyas Topping, formerly Lewis and Clark county superintendent of schools and prominent in the work of the campaign of 1914, when Montana women obtained the suffrage.[106] In the inten
- 668 1919. Work for Presidential suffrage was continued. Extra pressure was brought to bear on the Senate. Two national organizers, Miss Ames and Miss Alma Sa.s.se, were sent into various senatorial districts to enlist the help of influential people and when t
- 667 Walter McNab Miller, formerly of Ohio, was elected State president.She had been the leading spirit in work for suffrage in Columbia, the seat of the State University, where her husband was a professor, and in November, 1912, an organization was formed wit
- 666 George. When the League of Women Voters was formed the next year Mrs.Henderson was among the first to join it.In 1919, the State Teachers' a.s.sociation pa.s.sed unanimously a resolution endorsing woman suffrage introduced by Professor Frederick Davi
- 665 E. L. Carpenter, Mrs. Edmund Pennington and Mrs. Frank Reed of Minneapolis, Mrs. J. W. Straight of St. Paul and Mrs. J. L. Washburn of Duluth. Time was given to their speakers at the last three hearings granted the State Suffrage a.s.sociation by the Legi
- 664 [88] Following are the times and places of holding State conventions: Oct. 23-25, 1901, Saginaw; Oct. 29-31, 1902, Charlotte; Nov. 10-12, 1903, Paw Paw; Oct. 25-27, 1904, Jackson; Nov. 1-3, 1905, Port Huron; Oct. 9, 10, 1906, Kalamazoo; Sept. 18-20, 1907,
- 663 The next task was to try to comply with the request of the National Suffrage a.s.sociation to secure 100,000 names to a nation-wide pet.i.tion to be presented to Congress for a Federal Suffrage Amendment. Mrs.Fern Richardson Rowe, Grand Rapids, was chairm
- 662 Consequently a bill was filed calling for another referendum like the one in 1895 which would have no effect after it was taken. The Executive Board of the State a.s.sociation protested against it but the situation looked extremely dark. Levi H. Greenwood
- 661 League, the Players' League, etc. Local branches were built up rapidly under the leaders.h.i.+p of Mrs. Pinkham, State organization chairman, and by the spring of 1914 there were 138 leagues and committees. Just before the vote in November, 1915, the
- 660 1905. There was a very large attendance at the Festival on May 10, with Mrs. Mead presiding. Professor Edward c.u.mmings was toastmaster, ex-Governor Garvin of Rhode Island and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt spoke and the Festival then resolved itself into a ce
- 659 The case was carried up to the State Court of Appeals and argued on April 7. On June 28 the Judge affirmed the decision of the lower court. The case was then taken to the U. S. Supreme Court, which gave a decision adverse to all these claims and establish
- 658 At the convention of 1911 in Heptasophs Hall the California victory of October 11 was celebrated with a banquet attended by 400 men and women, Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood of Was.h.i.+ngton presiding. The meeting on the next evening was addressed by Miss A. Mau
- 657 Not in any other State campaign had the women anti-suffragists taken so conspicuous a part. There was a society of considerable social prominence in Portland and the a.s.sociations in Ma.s.sachusetts and New York sent nearly twenty speakers and workers, a
- 656 Women thronged the capital. On June 2 the House pa.s.sed the Upton bill for State suffrage by 93 ayes to 17 noes. That same night a hearing before the Joint Committees on Federal Relations was held, which lasted five hours, with some notable speeches. S.
- 655 LEGISLATIVE ACTION. Prior to 1904 it was an unheard of thing for women in Louisiana to take an active part in legislative procedure. A woman's club, the Arena, had been instrumental in obtaining the first "age of consent" legislation, but a
- 654 During 1917 suffrage work was displaced by war work, of which Kentucky suffragists did a large share. They were asked to raise $500 for the Women's Oversea Hospitals of the National a.s.sociation and more than doubled the quota by the able management
- 653 W. T. Johnston, auditor, and eight district presidents.During the months that followed, educational work and helpful interest in States having campaigns was carried forward. At a meeting in Emporia, April 3, 1914, the measures to be supported in the next
- 652 A bill for Primary suffrage pa.s.sed the Lower House in 1919 by 86 ayes, 15 noes, but met with great opposition in the Senate even from men posing as friends of woman suffrage. In a one-party State, as Iowa had been for many years, the dominant party hard
- 651 [48] Mesdames Lucius B. Swift, William Watson Woollen, George C. Hitt, L. H. Levey, S. A. Fletcher, Harry Murphy, Edward Daniels, Samuel Reid, H. H. Harrison, William H. H. Miller, S. B. Sutphin, F. G.Darlington, Philamon A. Watson, Henry Scott Fraser, E.
- 650 The Legislative Council sent out 75,000 registration cards. Munic.i.p.al authorities had appointed women to places of trust. The Suffrage Board formulated a plan for the study of citizens.h.i.+p, of the United States and State const.i.tutions, methods of
- 649 They frequently conferred with Judge Isaiah T. Greenacre, counsel for the Teachers' Federation, and Joel F. Longnecker, a young lawyer active in the Progressive party, both of whom donated their services.There was a long delay in the Supreme Court an
- 648 CHAPTER XII.ILLINOIS.[42]The Illinois Equal Suffrage a.s.sociation started on its work for the new century with a determination to win full suffrage for women--the one great purpose for which it was organized in 1869. The State conventions were always hel
- 647 At the convention held in Savannah Jan. 15, 1919, Mrs. McDougald was again elected president. The splendidly efficient service of women in all the departments of war work proved that without them it would have been most difficult to succeed in the Liberty
- 646 With but two exceptions State conventions or conferences were held every year, always in Atlanta until 1919, in the Congregational and Universalist churches, in the Grand Building, the hall of the Federation of Labor, the Carnegie Library, the Hotel Ansle
- 645 Monroe Hopkins, Mrs. Caleb Miller, Mrs. Henry Churchill Cooke, Mrs.Ruth B. Hensey, Mrs. George Eas.e.m.e.nt. There were few years when Dr.and Mrs. Tindall did not occupy some official position.Corresponding secretaries: Miss Henrietta Morrison, Mrs. B. B.
- 644 Anna Howard Shaw, national president. Miss Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a field worker sent by the National a.s.sociation, spent two weeks in Dover, canva.s.sing the legislators, a.s.sisted by members of the State a.s.sociation. At the Senate hearing Marc
- 643 The convention of Nov. 12, 1908, at Newport, was addressed by Mrs.Rachel Foster Avery and Miss Lucy E. Anthony, the latter describing the great suffrage parade in London in which she had taken part. A memorial to David Ferris, a prominent friend of woman
- 642 The course for the State Suffrage a.s.sociation is clear. We must play our part in this sector of the national suffrage struggle and we must let our opponents see that they can not keep American citizens out of their fundamental rights with impunity.A com
- 641 On Jan. 1, 1919, one of the most important receptions in Denver was given by the State Equal Suffrage a.s.sociation to the new Governor, Oliver H. Shoup (Republican) and his wife, and the retiring Governor, Julius C. Gunter (Democrat) and his wife. Both w
- 640 Johnson refusing to ask for reconsideration.The members of the suffrage lobby toured the State, telling the story of the legislative defeat and showing what would be the benefits of a direct primary law. During the Chautauqua meeting in the Yosemite in Ju
- 639 Double postals asking individuals their opinion of the suffrage movement were sent to the members of the Legislature; to city, county and State officials from San Diego to Siskiyou; to judges, lawyers, merchants, bankers, physicians and all prominent visi
- 638 Bradford Leavitt of the Unitarian church and one by President Benham of the city Labor Council. Mrs. Sargent and Mrs. E. O. Smith paid tributes to the memory of the a.s.sociation's honorary president, Mrs.Sarah Knox Goodrich, a devoted supporter of t
- 637 The new Primary law was almost equal to the full suffrage, as where one party is so largely in the majority the primaries decide the elections, and it gave a great impetus to the movement throughout the country, especially in the southern States.After the
- 636 The History of Woman Suffrage.Volume VI.by Various.INTRODUCTION WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN THE STATES OF THE UNION In the preceding volume a full account is given of the forty years'continuous effort to secure an amendment to the Federal Const.i.tution which
- 635 Neither party, therefore, it seems to me, can justify hesitation as to the method of obtaining it, can rightfully hesitate to subst.i.tute Federal initiative for State initiative if the early adoption of this measure is necessary to the successful prosecu
- 634 It is literally true that a nation mourned the death of Anna Howard Shaw. Having lectured from ocean to ocean for several decades she was universally known and there were few newspapers which did not contain a sympathetic editorial on her public and perso
- 633 While recognizing that our primary object is to secure the ballot for women citizens and that as an organization we are not wedded to one method of obtaining it but are willing to adopt any just plan which promises success, nevertheless until a better way
- 632 The largest single gift was from Miss Anthony's old friend Mrs. Sarah L. Willis of Rochester, $5,250. Mrs. Susan Look Avery of Louisville, Ky., gave $1,199. Of nine gifts of $1,000 each, five were from Rochester women--Miss Mary S. Anthony, Mrs. Hann
- 631 It is impossible in this brief s.p.a.ce to set forth the achievements of the Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense, whose chairman, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, was honorary president of the National American Woman Suffrage a.s.sociation and had be
- 630 "III. The Red Cross.--As the Red Cross, in which many of our members are zealous workers, is already equipped to render hospital, medical and general supply service, we offer our organized service in other fields and we promise continued cooperation
- 629 The entire Resolutions Committee met in the evening of the 15th to make the final draft of the platform. Although it was a foregone conclusion that it would have to contain a woman suffrage plank the enemies did not intend to concede it willingly. It was
- 628 (2) The full use of the publicity department of the National American Woman Suffrage a.s.sociation until May 1, 1920.(3) The remainder for the use of the league during the year.Following the convention Mrs. Catt conducted a School of Political Education i
- 627 Brooks of Kansas was elected national chairman. The recommendations of the sub-committees on organization plans, Mrs. Raymond Brown (N. Y.) chairman, were adopted as follows: 1. The Council of the League of Women Voters will consist of the presidents of t
- 626 While the princ.i.p.al object of the National a.s.sociation always was a Federal Amendment, for which it worked unceasingly, it realized that Congress would not submit one until a number of States had made the experiment and their enfranchised women could
- 625 Later, hearing a speech in favor of it by Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, she a.s.sociated herself with the Ma.s.sachusetts Suffrage a.s.sociation, spoke at its next annual convention and was drawn into its work. After hearing and meeting Miss Susan B. Anthon
- 624 In the meantime the opponents had succeeded in Maine under its Initiative and Referendum law in having the ratification submitted to the voters and they threatened to take this action in all States having this law. The Ohio Supreme Court sustained the leg
- 623 On August 26 a five days' debate in the Senate began and the report of it in the _Congressional Record_ is a historic doc.u.ment which will take its place with the debates on slavery before the Civil War. It was soon apparent that three of the new Se
- 622 In 1912 came the division in Republican ranks and the forming of the Progressive party, headed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, which made woman suffrage one of the princ.i.p.al planks in its platform, and for the first time it took a place among t
- 621 "Undaunted by opposition brave spirits led on."PRESENTATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE a.s.sOCIATION to Pioneers, those who labored before 1880; Veterans, those who labored between 1880 and 1900; Honor Workers af
- 620 The culminating feature, arranged by Mrs. Richard E. Edwards, was a living "ratification valentine." On the stage was disclosed a big heart of silver and blue and in the opening appeared one after another the faces of the presidents of the State
- 619 (5) That the Board of Officers so const.i.tuted shall have full charge of the remainder of the ratification campaign and all necessary legal proceedings and shall dispose of files, books, data, property and funds (if any remain) of the a.s.sociation subje
- 618 JUSTINA LEAVITT WILSON, Recording Secretary.EMMA WINNER ROGERS, Treasurer.[116] Ministers who opened the different sessions with prayer were Mary J. Safford, of Iowa; Dr. Ivan Lee Holt, Rabbi Samuel Thurman, Dr.G. Nussman and the Rev. Father Russell J. Wi
- 617 Dr. Shaw told of the loyalty of women in other countries and quoted from the tributes of their distinguished men, such men as Mr. Asquith, Lloyd George, Lord Derby and General Joffre to the services of these women and in our own country of General Pers.h.
- 616 Elizabeth W. Walker, whose patience, tact and good judgment have made comfortable living possible under the most trying circ.u.mstances.Members of the National Board who have been called on to a.s.sist are first and foremost our honorary president, Dr. Sh
- 615 Mobilization: The mobilization of our suffrage army came April 18, 1918, with the call for the Executive Council meeting at Indianapolis. At that time Mrs. Catt, our chief, plainly stated that there could be no "go it alone" campaigns but that p
- 614 Bouimistrow, a member of the Russian Relief Council, spoke of the warm feeling of that country for the United States and the bond between them created by the war in which they had a common enemy. Mrs. Nellie McClung, a leader of the Canadian suffragists,