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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
- 613 One of the largest evening meetings was that devoted to American Women's War Service, with Mrs. Catt presiding. The first speaker was Secretary of War Newton G. Baker and a few detached paragraphs can give little idea of his eloquent address: I sometimes
- 612 Dr. Shaw presided at the evening session of the second day of the convention and to this and other programs Mrs. Newton D. Baker contributed her beautiful voice, with Mrs. Morgan Lewis Brett at the piano. Mrs. Charles W. Fairfax and Paul Bleyden also sang
- 611 Opportunity must be for all, men and women alike, and the peoples of every nationality. Americanism does not mean militarism. The greatest need of Americans is not military preparedness nor changed economic conditions but a baptism of the spirit, higher r
- 610 The report of Mrs. Frank M. Roessing, chairman of the National Congressional Committee, gave so complete an account of the situation at the time the great "drive" for the Federal Amendment was begun that it is largely reproduced.At the opening of the 64
- 609 "We are a race of dreamers in the South by choice and because of climatic conditions," said Mrs. Guilford Dudley in an eloquent address. After a keenly sarcastic comparison between southern chivalry and the unjust laws for women, and the observation tha
- 608 EMMA WINNER ROGERS, Treasurer.HELEN GUTHRIE MILLER,} Auditors.RUTH HANNA MCCORMICK,} [100] Although Dr. Shaw was but sixty-eight years old and in perfect health she afterwards asked the custodians of this fund--George Foster Peabody, James Lees Laidlaw an
- 607 Many other questions were asked, the committee seeming incredulous that suffragists would fight the re-election of their friends. The next speaker was Miss Alice Stone Blackwell whose address consisted in a solid array of facts and figures that were absol
- 606 Dr. Shaw introduced Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs of Alabama, who quoted from distinguished southern members of Congress on State's rights and asked that these sentiments be applied to the National Amendment for Woman Suffrage, saying in part: If this amend
- 605 Thomas and John F. Shafroth and to Representative Edward T. Taylor, all of Colorado, and to Representative Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming for the very great a.s.sistance they had given to the Congressional Committee. A cordial invitation came from the Chicag
- 604 As soon as the Senate had voted on the original amendment, Senator Bristow, at the request of the Congressional Union, re-introduced it, and it was reported favorably April 7, Senator Thomas B. Catron of New Mexico alone dissenting. Senator Bristow in re-
- 603 When we go to the voters of a campaign State to ask them to vote "yes" on a woman suffrage amendment, we go as pet.i.tioners with smiles and arguments and unwearied patience. We tell them over and over again the same well established truths; that it is
- 602 McCormick's committee, introduced the new measure, which took his name, and it was favorably reported to the Senate by Senator Owen of Oklahoma in May. At this Nashville convention it was for the first time brought before the a.s.sociation. In her report
- 601 The evening closed with the president's address. The report said: Dr.Shaw declared she had some sympathy for the anti-suffragists, as they were bound to lose. "When the campaign for woman suffrage was begun,"she said, "the 'antis' had all of the ear
- 600 Talbot and Miss Lucy Price (O.), Miss Eliza Armstrong, Miss Emmeline Pitt and Miss Julia Harding (Penn.), Miss Alice Edith Abell, president "Wage-earners' Anti-Suffrage League" (N. Y.); Everett P. Wheeler and Charles L. Underhill, representing the Men
- 599 A campaign under a salaried organizer was conducted through the resort regions of New Jersey, Long Island and Rhode Island during July, August and September; and one through New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland during July. A month's campaign was carried on
- 598 Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, president of the Alabama Suffrage a.s.sociation, responded in behalf of the national body. The excellent arrangements for the convention had been made by the new Congressional Committee: Miss Paul, chairman; Miss Lucy Burns, Mr
- 597 Then followed under the head of different years, beginning with 1893, that in which women were enfranchised, a roster of Colorado's unequalled laws. These were followed by a complete a.n.a.lysis of the practical working of woman suffrage during the past
- 596 From the early days of the National Suffrage a.s.sociation its representatives had appeared before committees of every Congress to ask for the submission of an amendment to the Federal Const.i.tution and during many years this "hearing" took place when
- 595 We welcome you in the name of the pioneers in the education of women, of those who gave us the first Medical College for Women, Ann Preston, Emily Cleveland, Hannah Longsh.o.r.e, whose daughter is here today--our honorary president, Lucretia L. Blankenbur
- 594 At the very moment that you will be planning the work for the sixty-third year of the American suffrage campaign, the suffragists of this new-east of all nations will be sitting in their first national convention at Durban, the metropolis of Natal. The mo
- 593 which is supposed to satisfy every craving of the female heart. Our club will be twenty-one years old in November, and--we want to vote!We will make you most heartily welcome and most of us will also welcome the principles for which you stand."Mrs. Catha
- 592 Mondell (Wyo.). Mrs. Kelley called attention to the pet.i.tion of 404,823 names, saying: "Among those who have signed the pet.i.tion are sixteen Governors, a large number of Mayors and many State, county and city officials; many of the best-known instruc
- 591 Before closing, I want to express my deep appreciation of the generosity of Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, through which the press bureau has this splendid opportunity for work. Every comfort and facility have been provided and every request cheerfully grante
- 590 At the afternoon session a vote of thanks was given to Senator LaFollette and all the Senators and Representatives who presented the pet.i.tions. Deep appreciation was expressed of the labor of Mrs. Catt in connection with the pet.i.tions and regret that
- 589 KATE M. GORDON, Corresponding Secretary.ALICE STONE BLACKWELL, Recording Secretary.HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON, Treasurer.LAURA CLAY, } Auditors.ELLA S. STEWART, } The Call ended with the touching poem of the young Southern poet, Mrs.Olive Tilford Dargan, "The
- 588 As the headquarters were soon to be removed from Warren, Ohio, and Miss Hauser had resigned as secretary, this was the last of her excellent reports and the convention sent her a letter of thanks and appreciation for her admirable work. Dr. Shaw said of h
- 587 The "militant" suffrage movement in Great Britain, at this time in its early stage, was attracting world-wide attention and Mrs. Snowden devoted much of her address to explaining it, saying in part: "Our methods may seem strange to you, for perhaps you
- 586 Mrs. Stewart treated with delicious wit and sarcasm the resolution of protest against "the objection of indelicacy and impropriety which is so often brought against women who address a public audience by those who encourage their appearance in the theatr
- 585 FOOTNOTES: [48] Part of Call: The friends of equal rights will come together on this occasion with an outlook even more than usually bright. During the last year full suffrage has been granted to the women of Finland, the greatest victory since full natio
- 584 The Chicago Woman's Club of over a thousand members, a recognized force in the great city, sent its greetings through its president, Mrs. Gertrude E. Blackwelder. Mrs. Minnie E. Watkins, as president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, gave a welc
- 583 In order to have the usual hearings before committees of Congress on the submission of a woman suffrage amendment to the Federal Const.i.tution a large delegation went to Was.h.i.+ngton on February 14, the next day after the convention closed, and the hea
- 582 "They shall be remembered forever, They shall be alive forever, They shall be speaking forever, The people shall hear them forever."Miss Anthony was profoundly moved. This wonderful scene--the magnificent audience in one of the oldest and most conservat
- 581 The Executive Committee recommended in its Plan of Work that the States work for a uniform resolution in favor of a Sixteenth Amendment; that they endeavor to secure Initiative and Referendum laws; that in each Legislature measures be introduced for full
- 580 included in the first place? Although it was omitted from the Act of Congress which admitted these Territories to Statehood under the names of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, each one adopted a const.i.tution whose suffrage clause absolutely barred wome
- 579 The _Oregonian_ said: "Each program given by the convention seems to outs.h.i.+ne the preceding one but last night's was the best thus far."The speakers were Mrs. Ella S. Stewart, former president of the Illinois Suffrage a.s.sociation; the Rev. Antoin
- 578 Governor George E. Chamberlain gave the welcome of the State, declaring himself unequivocally and emphatically in favor of woman suffrage and expressing the hope that Oregon was now ready to grant it. T. C. Devlin extended the welcome of the city as proxy
- 577 The speeches largely followed the lines of those given before the convention. Mrs. Katherine Cook showed the relation between the women's vote and the home and family welfare. Mrs. Ellis Meredith, introduced as on the editorial staff of the _Rocky Mounta
- 576 Religious services were conducted Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Mary A.Safford of Des Moines, a.s.sisted by Dr. Shaw and the Rev. Marie Jenney Howe. The subject of the sermon was The Goal of Life and the text: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our s
- 575 SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Honorary President.CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, President.ANNA HOWARD SHAW, Vice-President-at-Large.KATE M. GORDON, Corresponding Secretary.ALICE STONE BLACKWELL, Recording Secretary.HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON, Treasurer.LAURA CLAY, } MARY J. COGGESHA
- 574 An interesting symposium took place one afternoon on The Need of Women in Munic.i.p.al Politics, with the following speakers: Mrs. Marie Louise Graham (La.), City Politics is but a Broader Housekeeping; Mrs. Carrie E. Kent (D. C.), The Home--the Ballot th
- 573 The _Picayune_ thus described the occasion: "In the presence of a magnificent audience that packed the Athenaeum to its utmost capacity, the thirty-fifth annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage a.s.sociation was formally opened last nig
- 572 You can not trust the ballot into the hands of women teachers in the public schools but you give it to men who can not read or write. You can not trust the ballot to women who are controlling millions of money and helping support the country but you give
- 571 A feature of the evening was the scholarly address of the Hon. William Dudley Foulke (Ind.), president of the U. S. Civil Service Commission.He objected to being cla.s.sed as a "new man," since long ago he was for several years president of the American
- 570 Gregory.[12] Among those who took part in conferences and on committees were Helen Rand Tindall (D. C.); Annie R. Wood (Cal.); Ellen Powell Thompson (D. C.); Mariana W. Chapman, Lila K. Willets and Florence Gregory (N. Y.); Clara Bright and Jean Gordon (L
- 569 The resolutions were presented by Mr. Blackwell, who, at conventions almost without number, served as chairman of this important committee, and the first ones set forth the political status of the women in the year 1901 as follows: "We congratulate the w
- 568 The History of Woman Suffrage.Volume V.Edited by Ida Husted Harper.PREFACE The History of Woman Suffrage is comprised in six volumes averaging about one thousand pages each, of which the two just finished are the last. While it is primarily a history of t
- 567 WILLS, _see_ p. 455 and Laws. WAR, hated by women, xix, 84, 208; mans part compared to womans, 115; womans part in war, 161-2; first to see advantages of peace, 208; pathetic war for suff., 231, 245; war should have consent of women, 335; women left to fi
- 566 --Const.i.tutional Phases of. _See_ Const.i.tutions.--Conventions for. _See_ Conventions.--Debates on. _See_ Congress.--Decisions. _See_ Supreme Court Decisions.--Democracy of. _See_ Democracy.--Domestic, argument against wom. suff. losing force, x.x.xi;
- 565 --and Vice-Presidents of U. S. favoring wom. suff., 1075.--of Universities and Colleges, same, 1079.PRESIDENTIAL SUFFRAGE, form of pet.i.tion, 286; bill in Kas., 655.PRESS, present att.i.tude, xxviii; on dress of delegates, 56; change in tone, 57; Miss An
- 564 OREGON, xxi; xxix; three cla.s.ses of opponents, 249; Amer. Suff. a.s.s'n. aids, 408._See_ State chapter.ORGANIZATION for wom. suff., plan of, 26; inadequacy of, 248; nat'l. com. established, 250; Mrs. Catt's work, 254; her report, 256; work of Utah wo
- 563 NEW JERSEY, failure of Sch. Suff. amend., xvi; first State to grant wom. suff., 19; account of same, 830. _See_ State chapter.NEW SOUTH WALES, chapter on, 1029.NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES.[502]_Advertiser_ (New Decatur, Ala.), 465._Arena, The_, 6, 927-8._Arg
- 562 IOWA, reasons for refusing suff. amd't., xxi; nat'l. conv. in Des Moines, 270; noted speakers before Legis., 279._See_ State chapter.IRELAND, wom. suff. in, 343; wom. on school and poor law bds., 368._See_ chapter on Great Britain.ISLE OF MAN, wom. suff
- 561 _See_ Conventions.DENTISTRY, women in, 464; 700.DISFRANCHIs.e.m.e.nT, degradation of, Miss Anthony on, 27; 44; 73; 83; 107; Mrs. Stanton on, 133; 151; 172; great sp. of Mrs. Stanton on, 176; 195; 196; Mrs. Merrick on, 243; 255; men wd. not endure, 373; sa
- 560 BOARDS, difficulty of getting women on, 462; see each State chapter under _Office Holding_, beginning 465; in Great Britain, 368, 1023.--Lady Managers World's Fair, indebted to Miss Anthony, 211; same, 232; Act of Congress creating, 233; 609.CALIFORNIA,
- 559 Maulsby, Florence M. Maskrey, Mary E. McPherson, Jane Amy McKinney, Ella Moffatt, Bessie Murray, Emily Phillips, Mary D. Palmer, Emeline B. Richardson, Mettie Laub Romans, Rowena Edson Stevens, Estelle Smith, Elmina Springer, Frances Smith, Rev. John Ogil
- 558 CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS--Susan B. Anthony, N. Y.; Carrie Chapman Catt, N. Y.; Ida Husted Harper, D. C.; Anna Howard Shaw, Penn.; Rachel Foster Avery, Penn.POLITICAL EQUALITY SERIES--Alice Stone Blackwell, Ma.s.s.; Ida Husted Harper, D. C.LIFE MEMBERS. (190
- 557 He goes on to say that he arrived in Seattle on Sunday, and was surprised at the quiet and order he found prevailing, and at the general Sunday closing of the places of business: "Even the bars of the hotels were closed; and this was the worst town in th
- 556 So far as the operation of the law in this State is concerned, we were so well satisfied, with twenty years' experience under the Territorial government, that it went into our const.i.tution with but one dissenting vote, although many thought that such a
- 555 It gives me pleasure to say briefly that the extension of the franchise to the women of Idaho has positively purified its politics.It has compelled not only State conventions, but, more particularly, county conventions, of both parties, to select the clea
- 554 Lyne, Sir William, Premier N. S. W.Onslow, Lady.Parkes, Sir Henry, Premier N. S. W.Reid, Sir G. H., Premier N. S. W.Turner, Sir George, Premier Victoria.Windeyer, Lady.NEW ZEALAND.Hall, Sir John.Seddon, H. J., Premier.Stout, Sir Robert, Premier.Vogel, Sir
- 553 Stanford, Jane Lathrop (Leland).Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.Stetson, Charlotte Perkins.Stevens, Lillian M. N., Pres. National W. C. T. U.Stevenson, Dr. Sarah Hackett.Stockham, Dr. Alice B.Stone, Lucinda Hinsdale.Stone, Lucy.Stowe, Harriet Beecher.Taylor, Elmi
- 552 Rogers, Nathaniel P.Sage, Russell.Sargent, Frank P., Com'r of Immigration.Saxton, Gen. Rufus.Smith, Gerrit.Tilton, Theodore.Tourgee, Albion W.Tyler, Moses Coit.Ward, Lester F., Smithsonian Inst.i.tute.Was.h.i.+ngton, Booker T.Whittier, John G.Woolley, Jo
- 551 Buck, Florence Unit.Chapin, Augusta, D. D. Univ.Crane, Caroline Bartlett Unit.Crooker, Florence Kollock Univ.Deyo, Amanda "Eastman, Annis F. Cong'l.Hanaford, Phebe A. Univ.Hultin, Ida C. Unit.Moore, Henrietta G. Univ.Murdock, Marian Unit.Safford, Mary J
- 550 Jordan, David Starr Leland Stanford.Kellogg, Martin V. California.Kingsbury, J. T. Utah.Knox, Martin Van Buren Red River Valley, N. D.Latimore, S. A. Acting President Rochester.Lyons, S. R. Monmouth (Ills.).MacLean, James Idaho.Marvin, James Kansas.Northr
- 549 " Andrews, Conn." Barber, Wy." Bates, Ma.s.s." Begole, Mich." Bliss, Mich." Brackett, Ma.s.s." Budd, Cal." Burke, N. D." Butler, Ma.s.s." Butler, Neb." Campbell, Wy." Carpenter, Iowa." Chamberlain, Ore." Claflin, Ma.s.s." Clough, Minn." Co
- 548 Reed, Thomas B. Me.REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.[500]Allen, C. E. Utah.Baker, Charles S. N. Y.Baker, William Kas.Barrows, Samuel J. Ma.s.s.Belford, James B. Col.Bell, John C. Col.Blue, Richard W. Kas.Broderick, Case Kas.Broomall, John M. Penn.Browne, Thoma
- 547 Allison, William B. Iowa.Anthony, Henry B. R. I.Baker, Edward D. Ore.Baker, Lucien Kas.Banks, Nathaniel P. Ma.s.s.Beveridge, Albert J. Ind.Blair, Henry W. N. H.Bowen, Thomas B. Col.Brice, Calvin S. Ohio.Brown, B. Gratz Mo.Bruce, Blanche K. Miss.Burnside,
- 546 from the original ma.n.u.scripts in the Department of State, has reached its fourth and last volume. For the sick and wounded in the Spanish-American War the society raised about $6,600, with a contribution of hundreds of garments and hospital appliances,
- 545 THE FREE BAPTIST WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY was organized June 12, 1873, to conduct home and foreign missions. This is believed to be the only Woman's Missionary Society (with possibly the exception of the Christian and the Friends') which from the beg
- 544 Its object is to incite its members to the performance of helpful deeds, and to thus bring happiness into the greatest possible number of hearts and homes. The members.h.i.+p fee consists of some act or suggestion that will carry suns.h.i.+ne where it is
- 543 Its object was further stated as follows: "To confirm and enforce the rationale of this pledge, we declare our purpose to educate the young; to form a better public sentiment; to reform, so far as possible, by religious, ethical and scientific means, the
- 542 [494] In 1886 Queensland granted Munic.i.p.al Suffrage to Women.[495] Tasmania granted Munic.i.p.al Suffrage to women in 1884.[496] This portion of the report is condensed by the editors of the History from a chapter written by Mrs. Henrietta Muir Edwards
- 541 VICTORIA.[492]In Melbourne an organisation for Women's Suffrage has been in existence some sixteen years, but it is only within the last five years that the question has come within the region of practical politics. The movement suffered from want of con
- 540 _1894._--FACTORY INSPECTORS: The first women Factory Inspectors were appointed in 1894, and six are now serving.The Education Department also has a few as Inspectors. Local authorities in large towns are realizing the value of women as Sanitary Inspectors
- 539 On April 30th, however, when the Government proposed to take certain specified days for their business, Mr. Gladstone objected, insisting that they should be uniform in their action and take all Wednesdays up to Whitsuntide. This afforded a manifest oppor
- 538 A married woman may sue and be sued, make contracts and carry on business in her own name.The father is the guardian of the minor children, and at his death the mother. There is no law requiring a husband to support his family.[482]The "age of protection
- 537 John T. Morgan of Alabama entered into a long and sarcastic argument to prove that if a woman could vote in Wyoming she might be sent to Congress and then she could not be admitted because the law says a senator or representative "must be an inhabitant o
- 536 [467] The State const.i.tution provides that the suffrage may be extended by a law submitted to the electors at any general election.If it receives a majority vote it is held to have the force of a const.i.tutional amendment.[468] The open letter addresse
- 535 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, Miss Susan B. Anthony and others. Soon after this several local societies were organized.Its annual meetings since 1883 have been held as follows: 1884, Richland Center; 1885, Whitewater; 1886, Racine; 1887,
- 534 In 1867 Samuel Young introduced into the Senate of West Virginia a bill to confer the suffrage on educated, taxpaying women, but it found no advocates except himself. In 1869 he presented a resolution asking Congress for a Sixteenth Amendment to enfranchi
- 533 The Christian Church Convention, which met in Tacoma early in the campaign, gave hearty indors.e.m.e.nt to the amendment. The M. E. Church Conference followed at the same place with a vote of 27 ayes, 26 noes; the Congregational Convention at Snohomish wi
- 532 EDUCATION: For the higher education the women of Virginia must go outside of their State.[454] The State Superintendent of Free Schools and the Secretary of the State Board of Education both express great regret at this fact, and the hope that all inst.i.
- 531 Senator O. M. Barber, now State auditor, was the author, in the same year, of the law allowing a married woman to be appointed executor, guardian, administrator or trustee.The father is the legal guardian and has custody of the persons and education of mi
- 530 The average monthly salary of the men is $61.42; of the women, $41.19.Women in Utah always have been conspicuous in organized work. The National Woman's Relief Society was established at Nauvoo, Ills., in 1842, and transferred to Salt Lake City in 1848.
- 529 EMMELINE S. WELLS, Salt Lake City, Utah.MARY SMITH HAYWARD.Chadron, Neb.JULIA B. NELSON.Red Wing, Minn.President Cleveland signed the const.i.tution of Utah, Jan. 4, 1896, and the inaugural ceremonies were held in the great tabernacle in Salt Lake City, J
- 528 Possibly because of the former experience of the women there was very little necessity of urging these to keep up their enthusiasm. Towns and villages were soon organized auxiliary to the counties, and much good work was done in an educational way to arou
- 527 The wages of the wife belong to the husband as part of the community property, whether she is living with him or separate from him.Divorce is granted to the husband if the wife commit a single act of adultery; to the wife, only if the husband has abandone
- 526 2. Born in America and loyal to her inst.i.tutions, we protest against being made perpetual aliens.3. Costing the treasuries of our counties nothing, we protest against acknowledging the male pauper as our political superior.4. Being obedient to law, we p
- 525 Neblett, Miss Clay and Mrs. Young spoke at Allendale, Barnwell, Hampton and Beaufort.Miss Clay, auditor of the National a.s.sociation, worked four months in South Carolina this year at her own expense. Half of the time was spent in Columbia, a.s.sisting M
- 524 The a.s.sociation was not satisfied with a board of such limited powers and in 1874 it memorialized the Legislature for an Act requiring that women, in the proportion of at least three out of seven, should be placed on the State Board of Charities and Cor
- 523 CHAPTER LXII.RHODE ISLAND.[422]Rhode Island was one of the pioneer States to form a woman suffrage a.s.sociation. On Dec. 11, 1868, in answer to a call signed by a large number of its most distinguished men and women, a successful meeting was held in Roge
- 522 A married woman who contributes by the efforts of her own labor or otherwise toward the support, maintenance and education of her minor child, shall have the same and equal power, control and authority over her said child, and the same and equal right to
- 521 LAWS: If either husband or wife die without a will and there are no descendants living, all the real estate and personal property go to the survivor. If there is issue living, the widow receives one-half of the husband's real estate and one-half of his p
- 520 Dr. C. F. McElwrath of Enid championed the bill in the House and secured its pa.s.sage over the head of every opponent. The efforts of the women were supplemented also by those of Senator I. A. Gandey and Representative William H. Merten, both of Guthrie,
- 519 In 1887 the "age of protection" for girls was raised from 10 to 12 years; in 1894 from 12 to 14; in 1896 from 14 to 16. The penalty is imprisonment not more than twenty nor less than three years.SUFFRAGE: The law of 1894 permits women, on the same terms
- 518 Both dower and curtesy obtain. If there are neither descendants nor kindred the widow is heir of the entire estate. If there are not more than two children, and the husband die without a will, one-third of the personal property goes to the widow; if there
- 517 A. Stewart and Prof. S. A. Lattimore, acting president of the Rochester University.Addresses of welcome: Miss Mary S. Anthony for the City Political Equality Club, the Rev. W. C. Gannett for the church that welcomed the first convention, Mrs. Jean Brooks
- 516 Either husband or wife can make a will without the knowledge or consent of the other, the latter disposing of all her separate property, the former of all but the wife's life interest in one-third of the real estate. The law provides, however, that no pe
- 515 In 1888 the Munic.i.p.al Suffrage Bill was presented in the Senate by Charles Coggeshall, and in the a.s.sembly by Danforth E. Ainsworth. A hearing in the Senate Chamber on February 15 was addressed by Mrs.Blake, Mrs. Rogers and the Rev. Anna Garlin Spenc
- 514 As early as 1887 Gov. David B. Hill, at the earnest request of the State Suffrage a.s.sociation, had recommended that women should have a representation in the convention which would frame this revision. Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake,