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List of most recent chapters published for the History of Woman Suffrage novel. A total of 255 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : History of Woman Suffrage.by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Josly
History of Woman Suffrage.by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage.VOL. I.1848-1861.PREFACE.In preparing this work, our object has been to put into permanent shape the few scattered reports of the Woman Suffrage Movement still
- 101 Mr. Garrison, on being called for, replied that the resolutions would do for his speech to-night, and read as follows: 1st. _Resolved_, That the natural rights of one human being, are those of every other, in all cases equally sacred and inalienable; henc
- 102 MARYLAND.Mrs. Eliza Stewart.OHIO.Elizabeth Wilson, Mary Cowles, Benjamin S. Jones, Mary A. Johnson, Maria L. Giddings, Lucius A. Hine, Oliver Johnson, Jane Elizabeth Jones, Sylvia Cornell.RESOLUTIONS.Wendell Phillips presented, from the Business Committee
- 103 _Ma.s.sachusetts_.--James N. Buffam, W. A. Alcott, A. H. Johnson, W. H.Harrington, E. B. Briggs, A. C. Lackey, Ora Ober, Olive W. Hastings, Thomas Provan, Rebecca Provan, A. W. Thayer, M. M. Munyan, W. H.Johnson, G. W. Benson, Mrs. C. M. Carter, H. S. Bri
- 104 The chief speaker on the occasion was, at her request, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She left her n.o.ble husband, Hon. Thomas Davis, and two adopted daughters, to mourn her loss. It was a soft, balmy day, just such as our friend would have chosen, when she was
- 105 In order to develop such women, our present method of educating girls, which is an injurious waste of time, must be entirely remodeled, and I shall look forward with great interest to any plan of action that may be suggested by your Convention.With hearty
- 106 Mrs. Tracy Cutler made an address upon the objects of the movement.CHAPTER XI.LUCRETIA MOTT'S FUNERAL.Lueretia Mott died at her quiet home, "Roadside," near Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 1880. Notwithstanding the a.s.sociated Press dispatch said, "Funeral st
- 107 As to the cause of woman, I see no signs of failure. We already have a property law, which in its legitimate effects must elevate the _femme covert_ into a living, breathing woman, a wife into a property-holder, who can make contracts, buy and sell. In a
- 108 The young and lovely mother of five little ones procured a divorce from her husband, whose incompetency and unkindness was the result solely of intemperance, and that intemperance the consequence of his strong social bias and inability to resist the tempt
- 109 Our usual amount of editorial matter is again crowded out this morning by the extreme quant.i.ty of gabble the Woman's Righters got off yesterday. Perhaps we owe an apology for having given publicity to the ma.s.s of corruption, heresies, ridiculous nons
- 110 per dozen; or if sent by mail, $3 per 100, and 50 cts. per dozen.Packages of over 25 may be sent by express to all places on the line of the railroads at a less cost than by mail.It is hoped that every person who reads this notice, and feels an interest i
- 111 Such a memorial, presented to the several States during the coming winter, could not fail of doing good. It would be pressing home this great question upon all the powers that be in the whole nation; and, with comparatively little effort, would, at least,
- 112 SENATOR ANTHONY."A Woman's Rights Convention is in session in New York. A collection of women arguing for political rights, and for the privileges usually conceded only to the other s.e.x, is one of the easiest things in the world to make fun of. There
- 113 "Second. 'Government derives its just power from the consent of the governed.'"Third. 'Taxation and representation are inseparable.'"We, the undersigned, therefore, pet.i.tion your honorable body to take the necessary steps for a revision of the Co
- 114 If our sense of natural justice and our theory of government both agree, that the being who is to suffer under laws shall first personally a.s.sent to them, and that the being whose industry the government is to burden should have a voice in fixing the ch
- 115 History of Woman Suffrage.Edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage.VOL. II.1861-1876.PREFACE.In presenting to our readers the second volume of the "History of Woman Suffrage," we gladly return our thanks to the press f
- 116 in the world's history, battles in which, says Hallam, a contrary result would have essentially varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes. Professor Cressy, of the chair of Ancient and Modern History, University of London, has made these
- 117 CLARA BARTON.MINISTERING ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.Clara Barton was the youngest child of Capt. Stephen Barton, of Oxford, Ma.s.s., a non-commissioned officer under "Mad Anthony Wayne."Captain Barton, who was a prosperous farmer and leader in public affair
- 118 I most cheerfully join in this recommendation.H. WILSON, J. N. GRIMES.I fully concur in the above, and hope that Mrs. Griffing will receive a conspicuous place in the Freedman's Bureau. She is the best qualified of any person within my knowledge; her who
- 119 Mrs. Griffing was engaged in an arduous work for the Loyal League in the Northwest in 1862, and foresaw the need of a comprehensive system of protection, help, and education, for the slaves in the trying transition of freedom. She sought counsel and aid f
- 120 She had not spoken long before she declared that Maryland had no business in the Convention, but should have been with delegates that came to welcome. There was vehement applause from the Border States."This is a direct insult," shouted a delegate from
- 121 A VOICE:--What are they doing? Please state.MRS. HOYT: In Madison we had a very large and flouris.h.i.+ng "Soldiers' Aid Society." We were the headquarters for that part of the State. A great many ladies worked in our Aid Society, and a.s.sisted us, wh
- 122 If victory should come just as she is summoned by each cla.s.s of our patriotic and brave Union volunteers, would she most favor the rebels or the Government? Look at some of her conflicting purposed achievements: 1. To preserve slavery unharmed, without
- 123 Our thanks are due to Robert Dale Owen, Gerrit Smith, Bradhurst Schieffelin, Wendell Phillips, Jessie Benton Fremont, Frederick Dougla.s.s, Henry Ward Beecher, and the Hovey Trust Fund Committee of Boston, for their timely contributions and liberal words
- 124 Though to Anna d.i.c.kinson was due the triumph of the Republican party in several of the doubtful States at a most critical period of the war, yet that party, twenty years in power, has refused to secure her in the same civil and political rights enjoyed
- 125 [29] See Appendix.[30] The impeachment trial of President Johnson [31] _Forney's Press_, in reporting a meeting at Kennett Square, said: "Miss Anna E. d.i.c.kinson, of Philadelphia, aged seventeen years, handsome, of an expressive countenance, plainly d
- 126 [45] The exact number of signatures, as ascertained by Senator Sumner's clerk was 265,314 [46] Behind Clara Barton stood Frances D. Gage and others aiding and encouraging her in the consummation of her plans; with Dorothea Dix in the Hospitals, the untir
- 127 How would the honorable Senator from Ma.s.sachusetts face the recent meeting of the Equal Rights Society in Philadelphia? How would he answer the potent arguments which were offered there and which challenge an answer even from the Senate of the United St
- 128 Now, Mr. President, in regard to this District and this city, here is a fair proposition. It proposes to confer upon all persons above the age of twenty-one years the right to partic.i.p.ate in the city government. Is any one afraid of it? Is my honorable
- 129 These ladies in the conventions recently held seem to have made a great impression upon the Senator from Pennsylvania. While I heard him reading their speeches, I could not but regret that the Senator had not read the speeches of some of those ladies and
- 130 The PRESIDENT _pro tem._: The Chair has received, and takes this opportunity to lay before the Senate, the memorial of William Boyd, of Was.h.i.+ngton City, District of Columbia, the substance of which, stated in his own words, is: I humbly ask your Honor
- 131 Mr. POMEROY: I desire to say in just a brief word that I shall vote against the amendment of the Senator from Pennsylvania, simply because I am in favor of this measure, and I do not want to weigh it down with anything else. There are other measures that
- 132 Mr. BROOKS: I am if negroes are permitted to vote.Mr. STEVENS: That does not answer my question. Is the gentleman in favor of the amendment he has indicated?Mr. BROOKS: I suggested that I would move it at a convenient time.Mr. STEVENS: Is the gentleman in
- 133 MR. BEECHER, on rising, was received with hearty applause,[62] and spoke for an hour, in a strain of great animation, as follows: It may be asked why, at such a time as this, when the attention of the whole nation is concentrated upon the reconstruction o
- 134 To him who has the ballot all other things shall be given--protection, opportunity, education, a homestead. The ballot is like the Horn of Abundance, out of which overflow rights of every kind, with corn, cotton, rice, and all the fruits of the earth. Or,
- 135 "It was with pain that I heard Wendell Phillips say on our platform, 'Albany can not help you; your throne is the world of fas.h.i.+on!'--meaning women. If we are given over to fas.h.i.+on, frivolity, and vice, does it follow that rights and privileges
- 136 What if their mothers on this platform be angular, old, wrinkled, and gray? They, too, have fought a good fight for freedom, and proudly bear the scars of the battle. We alone have struck the key-note of reconstruction. While man talks of "equal, imparti
- 137 France in the eighth century under Charlemagne, was another mistress of the globe. And Charlemagne was crowned by the Pope, "Sovereign of the New Empire of the West." And yet, in less than fifty years all that mountain of magnificence exploded; and many
- 138 STEPHEN S. FOSTER, basing the demand for the ballot upon the natural right of the citizen, felt bound to aid in conferring it upon any citizen deprived of it irrespective of its being granted or denied to others. Even, therefore, if the enfranchis.e.m.e.n
- 139 Three years ago I found myself without the means of life. I wanted a home. I had read about the beauties of a home, and woman's appropriate sphere; and so I got a little home, and went into it, and tried to get work. My old eyes would not see to sew nice
- 140 ART. VI.--The Annual Meeting of the a.s.sociation shall be held each year at such time and place as the Executive Committee may direct, when the accounts of the Treasurer shall be presented, the annual report read, appropriate addresses delivered, the off
- 141 CHAPTER XIX.THE KANSAS CAMPAIGN--1867.The Battle Ground of Freedom--Campaign of 1867--Liberals did not Stand by their Principles--Black Men Opposed to Woman Suffrage--Republican Press and Party Untrue--Democrats in Opposition--John Stuart Mill's Letters
- 142 I have just this moment read your letter, and received the tracts; the "testimonies" I mean. We took 250 pounds of tracts with us, and we have sowed them thick; and Susan, the crop will be impartial suffrage in the fall. It will carry, beyond a doubt, i
- 143 No, General, these women are no foreign emissaries. They came expecting support. They thought the republicans honest. They forgot that the democrats alone were their friends. (Applause.) They forgot that it was the Republican party that publicly insulted
- 144 MY DEAR MISS ANTHONY:--Here, as in New York, the first in the woman suffrage cause were those who had been the most earnest workers for freedom. They had come to Kansas to prevent its being made a slave State. The most the women could do was to bear their
- 145 [Ill.u.s.tration: Olympia Brown.]We wondered then at the general indifference to that first opportunity of realizing what all those gentlemen had advocated so long; and, in looking back over the many intervening years, we still wonder at the stolid incapa
- 146 [86] Of course it is nothing new to say that Mrs. Stanton was the object of admiration and honor everywhere. Miss Anthony looked after her interests and comfort in the most cheerful and kindly manner, occasionally complaining good naturedly of Mrs. Stanto
- 147 Sir, I have been shocked, in the course of this debate, to hear Senators declare this right only a conventional and political arrangement, a privilege yielded to you and me, and others; not a right in any sense, only a concession! Mr.President, I do not h
- 148 "In the first section, strike out the word 'man'; and wherever in that section the word 'he' occurs, add 'or she'; and wherever the word 'his' occurs, add 'or her.'"Mr. CURTIS said: In proposing a change so new to our political practice, but s
- 149 I appeal again to my honorable friend, the Chairman of the Committee. He has made the land ring with his cry of universal suffrage and universal amnesty. Suffrage and amnesty to whom? To those who sought to smother the government in the blood of its n.o.b
- 150 Rev. Dr. Blanchard, of Brooklyn, opened the evening session with prayer; a resolution was proposed and adopted, on the death of James Mott, husband of Lucretia Mott, President of the first Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls.Rev. OLYMPIA BROWN: It
- 151 Mr. BEADLE--Mrs. W. S. Shute, Mary C. Bristol, and 120 others from Horse Heads.Mr. HAMMOND--Mrs. J. C. Holmes and many others from Westchester County._July 10th._--Mr. TUCKER--A pet.i.tion from a large number of men and women for extending the right of su
- 152 FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, JULY 28, 1868.Section 1. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law w
- 153 Julian, of Indiana, on behalf of suffrage for woman. This week we can report similar progress in the Senate also. The following is Senator Wilson's bill to amend an act ent.i.tled an act to regulate the elective franchise in the District of Columbia: Be
- 154 ART. 16. The Right of Suffrage in the United States shall be based on citizens.h.i.+p, and shall be regulated by Congress; and all citizens of the United States, whether native or naturalized, shall enjoy this right equally without any distinction or disc
- 155 As our readers would, no doubt, like to know what radical doctrines the Democratic party are now sufficiently developed to applaud, we give the letter below. Let no one say that our devotion to the education of this party for the last four years has been
- 156 One great charm in the convention was the presence of Lucretia Mott, calm, dignified, clear and forcible as ever. Though she is now seventy-six years old, she sat through all the sessions, and noted everything that was said and done. It was a satisfaction
- 157 [From the _Philadelphia Press_].WAs.h.i.+NGTON, Jan. 21, 1869.The proceedings were opened with prayer by Dr. Gray, the Chaplain of the Senate, a man of remarkably liberal spirit. This prayer, however, did not give perfect satisfaction. Going back to the b
- 158 The ladies then proposed to go to the Merchants' Exchange and see the bulls and bears. Accordingly we drove there, ascended into the galleries, and looked down upon a great crowd of men standing round long lines of tables covered with tin pie-plates.
- 159 Mr. FOSTER:--I will with pleasure; for, ladies and gentlemen, I admire our talented President with all my heart, and love the woman. (Great laughter.) But I believe she has publicly repudiated the principles of the society.Mrs. STANTON:--I would like Mr.
- 160 Mrs. MARY F. DAVIS spoke in behalf of the rights of her own s.e.x, but expressed her willingness to see the negro guaranteed in his rights, and would wait if only one question could be disposed of.But she thought they would not have to wait long, for the
- 161 There had been so much trouble with men in the Equal Rights Society, that it was thought best to keep the absolute control henceforth in the hands of women. Sad experience had taught them that in trying emergencies they would be left to fight their own ba
- 162 With every type and shade of manhood thus exalted above their heads, there never was a time when all women, rich and poor, white and black, native and foreign, should be so wide awake to the degradation of their position, and so persistent in their demand
- 163 _Const.i.tution_--Article 1. This organization shall be called the National Woman Suffrage a.s.sociation.Article 2. Its object shall be to secure the Ballot to the women of the nation on equal terms with men.Article 3. Any citizen of the United States fav
- 164 5. That justice and equity can only be attained by having the same laws for men and women alike.6. That having full faith and confidence in the truth and justice of these principles, we will never cease to urge the claims of women to a partic.i.p.ation in
- 165 SUSAN B. ANTHONY addressed the Committee as follows: We are here for the express purpose of urging you to present in your respective bodies, a bill to strike the word "male" from the District of Columbia Suffrage Act, and thereby enfranchise the
- 166 Mrs. WILBOUR remarked that she was fully aware of the truth that humanity was a unit. She knew the day was coming when a woman would be considered the equal of man. No disabilities to vote or hold office should exist in a free country on account of s.e.x
- 167 The Convention was eventually held in Apollo Hall, the owners of Irving Hall annulling their contract when they learned that colored people were not only to be admitted to the audience, but welcomed to the platform as speakers. The Rev. Phebe Hanaford ope
- 168 that privilege was denied her. Miss Anthony made several characteristic, short speeches at intervals, in a style which is peculiarly her own. Her force and humor were fully appreciated by the audience, who applauded her repeatedly. Her appeals for money m
- 169 VICTORIA PRESS, LONDON, Oct. 3, 1870.MY DEAR MRS. DAVIS AND MRS. STANTON:--Will you kindly let me answer both your notes together, and a.s.sure you how much I value the feeling which prompted you to write them. I shall not easily part with either of those
- 170 It was reserved for our great country to recognize by const.i.tutional enactment that political equality of all citizens which religion, affection, and common sense should have long since accorded; it was reserved for America to sweep away the mist of pre
- 171 Mr. RIDDLE.--So far as that is concerned, where the daughter is a minor, it is the same as the case of a son a minor; but the wife is always the servant of the husband; she never graduates from him; she never becomes of age or arrives at the years of disc
- 172 Mr. LOUGHRIDGE, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following as the view of the minority: _In the matter of the Memorial of Victoria C. Woodhull, referred by the House to the Committee on the Judiciary, the undersigned, members of the Comm
- 173 The Committee cite the language of Mr. Webster, as counsel in United States _vs._ Primrose. We indorse every word in that extract. We do not claim that a citizen of Pennsylvania can go into Virginia and vote in Virginia, being a citizen of Pennsylvania. N
- 174 The importance of examining the preamble for the purpose of expounding the language of a statute has been long felt and universally conceded in all juridical discussion. It is an admitted maxim ... that the preamble is a key to open the mind of the matter
- 175 [Ill.u.s.tration: Isabella Beecher Hooker.]On the day of the adjournment of Congress Mrs. Hooker presented thanks, in the name of the Committee, to such members of the House as had been most active in serving our cause. She said: GENTLEMEN: The National W
- 176 3. Men and women should pour out money like water for the propagation of these views. A copy of the Declaration of Independence and of the Const.i.tution of the United States, together with an argument on the fair interpretation of these doc.u.ments, shou
- 177 It is worth noticing that the Act of Congress of May 31, 1870, to carry into effect the provisions of the XIV. and XV. Amendments, is ent.i.tled, "An Act to enforce the right of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Unio
- 178 The mothers of the land, who shall form the characters of all its citizens through their teaching in childhood, giving direction to the thoughts which shall hereafter govern the land, may well claim that it is expedient that they shall have a voice in mak
- 179 [130]WAs.h.i.+NGTON, Jan. 19, 1870.Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY--DEAR MADAM:.... Accept my a.s.surance of full and cordial sympathy with the movement to extend the right of suffrage to the women of the country, and my pledge to make that sympathy active on the f
- 180 In this country, which stands so specially on equal representation, it is hardly possible that the same equal suffrage would not be established by law, if the matter were to be left merely to the progress of public sentiment and the ordinary course of leg
- 181 ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER, MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE.[150] The speakers were Rev. Olympia Brown, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Susan B. Anthony, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Dr.Clemence S. Lozier, Helen M. Sloc.u.m, Lillie Dever
- 182 Here again arises what I have shown to be the question of the hour. Is the United States a Nation? If it does not possess powers to protect its own citizens it is not a Nation. Citizens of the United States are ent.i.tled to protection, whether they are r
- 183 Committees on resolutions and finance were appointed, and the meeting adjourned till afternoon.F. E. B.WAs.h.i.+NGTON, Jan. 17.This convention, of which I sent you some account in my last letter, adjourned last night, _sine die_. Lincoln Hall has been cro
- 184 The effect of this measure on politics has been so well described by the distinguished Senator from Indiana that I need not comment upon that branch of the subject. They would tend to purify the atmosphere morally, either at the ballot-box or anywhere els
- 185 Mr. MERRIMON.--My friend did not hear my question. Why not confer suffrage on the women of the District of Columbia.Mr. SARGENT.--We will the first time we get a chance.Mr. STEWART.--The Senator from North Carolina asks, "Why not try it here?" T
- 186 Universal suffrage is affirmed by its advocates as among the absolute or natural rights of man, in the sense of mankind, extending to females as well as males, and susceptible of no limitation unless as opposed to child or infant. It is supposed to origin
- 187 Mr. MORTON: To my mind that furnishes no argument at all.Mr. EDMUNDS: I am not arguing it.Mr. MORTON: It is merely putting an extreme case to say that a woman twenty-five years of age shall not have the right to vote because if she votes the child in her
- 188 Mr. HAGER: Mr. President, it seems to me strange that a question of so much importance as that raised by this amendment appears to be, from the positions taken by Senators on the floor, should be presented upon this bill, which, if amended as proposed, wi
- 189 Mr. EDMUNDS.--I am not asking whether I am mistaken or not; I am asking if the clause remains as it stood reported by the committee?Mr. BOREMAN.--Yes, sir.Mr. EDMUNDS.--That is enough for me.Mr. RAMSEY.--There is nothing new in that.The question being tak
- 190 WHEREAS, The underlying principle of our Government is equality of political rights, therefore, _Resolved_, That in the prosecution and trial of Susan B. Anthony, a citizen of the United State, for having cast a ballot at the last election, the Government
- 191 _Resolved_, That we congratulate the women of England for the large vote secured on the Woman's Disabilities Bill in the House of Commons.With a Queen on her throne, 400,000 women already voting, and her Premier in favor of the measure, England bids
- 192 _In re Jane Allen_ (_Parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields_)._September 23, 1868_.This was a claim to be entered on the St. Giles' list of occupiers for the borough, under the "Representation of the People Act, 1867," s. 3; the claimant's
- 193 This contradictory decision of Judge Cartter averring that the XIV.Amendment clothed women with the capacity to become voters, but did not create them voters, afforded opportunity for criticism and ridicule. The Was.h.i.+ngton _Sunday Morning Herald_ witt
- 194 Mr. Story, in his work upon "Agency," and Mr. Bouvier, in his "Inst.i.tutes," in treating of the different kinds of agents, both speak first of attorneys-at-law. All the elementary writers upon law tell us that attorneys are agents. Wi
- 195 As to the main question, the right of married women to make contracts not affecting their separate property, the position of those who a.s.sert such right is, that because the Legislature has expressly removed the common law disabilities of married women
- 196 While I do not believe that female suffrage has been secured by the existing amendments to the Const.i.tution of the United States, neither do I look upon that result as at all to be dreaded. It is not, in my opinion, a question of woman's rights mer
- 197 The plaintiff in error, residing in the State of Illinois, made application to the judges of the Supreme Court of that State for a license to practice law. She accompanied her pet.i.tion with the usual certificate from an inferior court of her good charac
- 198 Those who advocated the equality of suffrage took the matter up on the original principles of government; that the reason why each individual man in forming a State government should have an equal vote, is because each individual, before he enters into go
- 199 If a foreign-born woman, by becoming a naturalized, citizen, is ent.i.tled to all rights and privileges of citizens.h.i.+p, is not a native-born woman by her National citizens.h.i.+p, possessed of equal rights and privileges?The question of the masculine
- 200 Every man of the commonalty, except infants, insane persons and criminals, is, of common right and the law of G.o.d, a freeman and ent.i.tled to the free enjoyment of liberty. That liberty or freedom consists in having an actual share in the appointment o