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List of most recent chapters published for the The History of Woman Suffrage novel. A total of 713 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : History of Woman Suffrage.Volume I.by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Mati
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
- 1 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
- 2 "Woman and her Era," by Eliza Woodson Farnham, was another work that called out a general discussion on the status of the s.e.xes, Mrs.Farnham taking the ground of woman's superiority. The great social and educational work done by her in Ca
- 3 1. The discussion in several of the State Legislatures on the property rights of married women, which, heralded by the press with comments grave and gay, became the topic of general interest around many fas.h.i.+onable dinner-tables, and at many humble fi
- 4 CHAPTER IV.NEW YORK.The First Woman's Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, July 19-20, 1848--Property Rights of Women secured--Judge Fine, George Geddes, and Mr. Hadley pushed the Bill through--Danger of meddling with well-settled conditions of domestic
- 5 SENECA FALLS CONVENTION.WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION.--A Convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman, will be held in the Wesleyan Chapel, at Seneca Falls, N. Y., on Wednesday and Thursday, the 19th and 20th of J
- 6 The proceedings were extensively published, unsparingly ridiculed by the press, and denounced by the pulpit, much to the surprise and chagrin of the leaders. Being deeply in earnest, and believing their demands pre-eminently wise and just, they were wholl
- 7 In courses erratic they're wheeling through s.p.a.ce, In brainless confusion and meaningless chase.In vain do our knowing ones try to compute Their return to the orbit designed; They're glanced at a moment, then onward they shoot, And are neithe
- 8 CHAPTER V.REMINISCENCES.EMILY COLLINS.The first Suffrage Society--Methodist cla.s.s-leader whips his wife--Theology enchains the soul--The status of women and slaves the same--The first medical college opened to women, Geneva, N.Y.--Pet.i.tions to the Leg
- 9 In the spring of 1854, Mrs. Rose and Miss Anthony took a trip together to Was.h.i.+ngton, Alexandria, Baltimore, Philadelphia, speaking two or three times in each place. This was after the introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill in Congress, and the exci
- 10 We would especially direct the attention of the Convention to the legal condition of married women. Not being represented in those bodies from which emanate the laws, to which they are obliged to submit, they are protected neither in person nor property.
- 11 Fowler, Susan Ormsby, Elsie M. Young, Gerrit Smith, Henry C. Wright, Paulina Wright Davis, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Clarina Howard Nichols, and others. The Hutchinson family enlivened this Convention with such inspiring songs as "The Good Time Coming.
- 12 The following is the report of said meeting clipped from the _Evening Post_ twenty-seven years ago, by Mrs. Gage: THE OHIO WOMEN'S CONVENTION.DAYTON, _Sept. 24, 1853_.To-day the Ohio State Women's Temperance Society held a meeting at this place.
- 13 In her opening remarks, Mrs. Gage said: It is with fear and trembling that I take up the duties of presiding over your deliberations: not fear and trembling for the cause, but lest I should not have the capacity and strength to do all the position require
- 14 This Declaration should distinctly announce the inalienable rights of women: 1st. As human beings,--irrespective of the distinction of s.e.x--actively to co-operate in all movements for the elevation of mankind.2d. As rational, moral, and responsible agen
- 15 Aye, not only in middle age does the man come, leaving everything behind him; but, in old age, "leaning on the top of his staff,"he finds himself gathered in the place of wors.h.i.+p, and though his ear may be dull and heavy, he leans far forwar
- 16 Now, we hold Jesus up as an example, when we perceive the a.s.sumption of clergymen, that all who venture to dissent from a given interpretation, must necessarily be infidels; and thus denounce them as infidels; for it was only by inference, that one cler
- 17 Antoinette L. Brown was appointed a delegate by two Temperance a.s.sociations. Her credentials were accepted, and she took her seat as a member of the Convention; but when she arose to speak a tempest of indignation poured upon her from every side. As thi
- 18 Mr. Garrison: Yes, it was the principle that was at stake. It was not simply the making of a speech at that Convention, by a woman.By her speaking something more was implied, for if woman could speak there and for that object, she might speak elsewhere fo
- 19 The question naturally suggests itself, where are the young women of Ohio, who will take up this n.o.ble cause and carry it to its final triumph? They are reaping on all sides the benefits achieved for them by others, and they in turn, by earnest efforts
- 20 WISCONSIN.In September and October, 1853, I traveled 900 miles in Wisconsin, as agent of the Woman's State Temperance Society, speaking in forty-three towns to audiences estimated at 30,000 in the aggregate, people coming in their own conveyances fro
- 21 After spending some four weeks in the field, I went to the Convention, and with a very dear friend, Mrs. Lucy B. Armstrong, of Wyandotte, was given a permanent seat beside the chaplain, Rev. Mr. Davis, Presiding Elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
- 22 Nichols' paper"--his father was a patron of the _Windham County Democrat_--and tendered the use of his church for further lectures. I had found a friend of the cause. The result was a full house, and hearty appeals for "more."As isolat
- 23 THE FIRST STEP IN Ma.s.sACHUSETTS.Woman's rights pet.i.tions were circulated in Ma.s.sachusetts as early as 1848. Mary Upton Ferrin, of Salem, in the spring of that year, consulting Samuel Merritt, known as "the honest lawyer of Salem," in
- 24 "'I doubt whether a more important movement has ever been launched, touching the destiny of the race, than this in regard to the equality of the s.e.xes. You are at liberty to use my name. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.'"'You do me but j
- 25 Its intended changes are to be wrought in the intimate texture of all societary organizations, without violence or any form of antagonism. It seeks to replace the worn-out with the living and the beautiful, so as to reconstruct without overturning, and to
- 26 CROMER, ENGLAND, _Aug. 3, 1851_.PAULINA WRIGHT DAVIS: DEAR MADAM:--I beg to thank you heartily for your kindness in sending me the Report of the Proceedings of your Woman's Rights Convention. I had gathered what I could from the newspapers concerning
- 27 Fraternal a.s.sociations were formed with the object of enfranchising the laborer from the yoke of spoilage and patronage, but, isolated in the midst of the Old World, their efforts could only produce a feeble amelioration for themselves.The union of a.s.
- 28 In February, 1853, Paulina Wright Davis started a woman's paper called _The Una_, published in Providence, Rhode Island, with the following prospectus: Usage makes it necessary to present our readers with a prospectus setting forth our aims and objec
- 29 This is no cause for discouragement to those who have the subject at heart. Two thousand signers are quite as many, if not more, than we supposed would be procured. The believers in the rights of woman to entire equality with man in every department invol
- 30 1. The custody of the wife's person.2. The exclusive control and guardians.h.i.+p of their children.3. The sole owners.h.i.+p of her personal, and use of her real estate, unless previously settled upon her, or placed in the hands of trustees, as in t
- 31 The first is the "embarras des richesses." There are so many topics to touch, so many facts to relate, that it is impossible to cover them in one half hour, and the second--perhaps you will think that an embarra.s.sment of riches also; for it is
- 32 It may not be unknown to most of you, that for nearly two years past, in connection with the so-called "Boston Provident a.s.sociation," I have been engaged in an agency wherein the peculiar trials of this cla.s.s have been revealed to me as nev
- 33 These are just as necessary for the development of woman as of man; and, as she has the same nature, right, and duty, as man, it follows that she has the same right to use, shape, and control these four inst.i.tutions, for her general human purpose and fo
- 34 favorite ideas was a Woman's Congress in Was.h.i.+ngton, to meet every year, to consider the national questions demanding popular action; especially to present them in their moral and humanitarian bearings and relations, while our representatives dis
- 35 The earliest settlement of Indiana was a missionary one, in 1777, though it was not admitted as a Territory until 1800, then including the present States of Michigan and Illinois. A number of Indian wars took place in this part of the country during the t
- 36 "I can not see the propriety of establis.h.i.+ng for women a distinct and separate interest, the consideration of which would, of necessity, withdraw their attention from that sacred duty which nature has, in its wisdom, a.s.signed to their peculiar
- 37 The next annual meeting was held in Winchester, October 16 and 17, 1856. In her introductory remarks, the President referred to the great change that had taken place in five years. Women were now often seen on the platform making speeches on many question
- 38 Mrs. Sw.a.n.k is one of the most pleasing speakers of Indiana. She is a graduate of Antioch, and while yet in college she gained quite a reputation by her lecturing on Astronomy. She spent several years lecturing to cla.s.ses of women on Physiology, Anato
- 39 PENNSYLVANIA.William Penn--Independence Hall--British troops--Heroism of women--Lydia Darrah--Who designed the Flag--Anti-slavery movements in Philadelphia--Pennsylvania Hall destroyed by a mob--David Paul Brown--Fugitives--Millard Fillmore--John Brown--A
- 40 The pro-slavery spirit which always pervaded our city, and which sometimes manifested itself in the violence of mobs, never seriously disturbed our fair excepting in one instance. In the year 1859 our whole Southern country quaked with mortal fear in the
- 41 ADDRESS TO ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES.DEAR FRIENDS:--In that love for our cause which knows not the fear of man, we address you in confidence that our motives will be understood and regarded. We fear not censure from you for going beyond the circle which has
- 42 _Resolved_, That we offer the proceedings of this meeting for publication in the County papers and _Temperance Standard_._Resolved_, That we adjourn to meet in Kennett Square, on Sat.u.r.day, the 3d of February, 1849.MARTHA HAYHURST, _President_.SIDNEY PE
- 43 This ill.u.s.trates the present condition of Woman. She is just emerging from the darkness and ignorance by which she has been shrouded. She looks forth from her chrysalis and sees the natural and intellectual world lying around her clothed in radiant bea
- 44 We came not here to argue the question of the relative strength of intellect in man and woman; for the reform which we advocate depends not upon its settlement. We place not the interests of woman in antagonism to those of her brother, for "The woman
- 45 Did Elizabeth Fry lose any of her feminine qualities by the public walk into which she was called? Having performed the duties of a mother to a large family, feeling that she owed a labor of love to the poor prisoner, she was empowered by Him who sent her
- 46 VICE-PRESIDENTS.--Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia; Frances D. Gage, Missouri; Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Ma.s.sachusetts; Martha C.Wright, New York; Thomas Garrett, Delaware; Hannah Tracy Cutler, Illinois; Robert Purvis; Pennsylvania; John O. Wattles, Indian
- 47 Mrs. MOTT begged leave to subst.i.tute friend Grew's own daughter, Mary Grew, who has already spoken on this platform!! and said, Mr. Grew himself does not take all the Bible as inspiration, in which most of the speakers concurred. She expressed her
- 48 At the same time, she was serving with equal fidelity and ability the College whose advancement had so long been one of the chief interests of her life. For nineteen years she had been one of its Professors, for six years Dean of the Faculty, and for four
- 49 Don't look out; keep your eyes and mouth shut tight. I'll take care of you." Down flat dropped Maggie on the bottom, without waiting to hear the train. Soon the steam-whistle screamed in front, instead of rear, as expected! Short about she
- 50 In his young days, James Mott was a teacher; later on he engaged in the cotton business, but abandoned it when it was becoming remunerative, because of its connection with slave labor. He finally took up the wool business, and retired with a competency so
- 51 I found in this new friend a woman emanc.i.p.ated from all faith in man-made creeds, from all fear of his denunciations. Nothing was too sacred for her to question, as to its rightfulness in principle and practice. "Truth for authority, not authority
- 52 The following earnest and friendly letter from William Howitt, was highly prized by Mrs. Mott: LONDON, _June 27, 1840_.DEAR FRIEND:--....I regret that I was prevented from making a part of the Convention, as nothing should have hindered me from stating th
- 53 The men were appalled and started at the sight. She seemed like some avenging angel about to bring them to judgment for the words they had spoken; and, indeed, such she proved. It was strange to see a woman thus enter the secret councils of men, and her h
- 54 I believe that the Convention which framed the Const.i.tution had no view to the admission of females, either single women or widows, to elect the public officers. But such is the phraseology of the Const.i.tution that it seems a violation of it not to ad
- 55 I soon convinced my new friend that the ballot was the key to the situation, that when we had a voice in the laws we should be welcomed to any platform. In turning the intense earnestness and religious enthusiasm of this great-souled woman into this one c
- 56 [88] Gerrit Smith's home was ever a charming resort for lovers of liberty as well as lovers of Eve's daughters. In his leisure hours my cousin had a turn for match-making, and his chief delight in this direction was to promote unions between goo
- 57 4. With an efficient organization, lectures, tracts, newspapers, and discussion, we shall accomplish much. I would give more for the agitation of any question on sound principles, thus enlightening and convincing the public mind, than for all the laws tha
- 58 ROCHESTER, JUNE 1 and 2, 1853._The Rochester Advertiser_ gives the following report: In Corinthian Hall yesterday, at ten o'clock, a large audience a.s.sembled. The Society was called to order by Mrs. E. C. Stanton, who said if any one present desire
- 59 THE WORLD'S TEMPERANCE CONVENTION._To the Editor of the New York Tribune:_ SIR:--Your "Inquirer," it appears to me, is bent on throwing firebrands into the temperance ranks, and the worst kind of firebrands, those of vile sectarianism. Will
- 60 Mr. Channing then bore his testimony to the admirable combination of energy and mildness, by which Miss Brown's whole air and manner were distinguished amid these hours of tumult. He said: "Such serene strength comes only from religious principl
- 61 Delegates were present from Canada and eight different States. Letters were received from Mrs. Marion Reid, of England, author of an able work upon woman; from John Neal, of Maine, the veteran temperance reformer; from William Lloyd Garrison, Rev. William
- 62 Mrs. GAGE said: This Convention has a.s.sembled to discuss the subject of Woman's Rights, and form some settled plan of action for the future. While so much is said of the inferior intellect of woman, it is by a strange absurdity conceded that very m
- 63 Because thou hast done this, is G.o.d's preface to the announcement. The results are the effects of sin. Can woman then receive evil from this rule, and man receive good? Man should be blessed in exercising this power, if he is divinely appointed to
- 64 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto man; neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for all that do so are an abomination to the Lord thy G.o.d.Mrs. Gage's reply, in the absence of the editor, appeared in _The Star_, in whose
- 65 Never! woman alone can do it; it is a work reserved for her, and by her and her alone will it be done. (Roars of laughter).Whose exploits leave the brightest lines of moral courage on the historic page? Those of woman! When the French had broken through t
- 66 Mrs. NICHOLS said: As widow, too, the law bears heavily on woman.If her children have property, she is adjudged unworthy of their guardians.h.i.+p; and although the decree of G.o.d has made her the true and natural guardian of her children, she is obliged
- 67 _Resolved_, That inasmuch as this great movement is intended to meet the wants, not of America only, but of the whole world, a committee be appointed to prepare an address from this Convention to the women of Great Britain and the continent of Europe, set
- 68 [Ill.u.s.tration: SUSAN B. ANTHONY (with autograph).]WOMAN'S RIGHTS STATE CONVENTION, ROCHESTER, N. Y., NOVEMBER 30 AND DECEMBER 1, 1853.As William Henry Channing resided at Rochester, and felt that the time had come for some more active measures, he
- 69 E. A. HOPKINS, a lawyer of Rochester, spoke to the eighth resolution, which asks fora committee to examine the whole subject; he said: I believe if this question was properly presented to the Legislature, we might have well grounded hope for the relief of
- 70 4. _Resolved_, That women's duties and rights as daughters, sisters, wives, and mothers, are not bounded within the circle of home; that in view of the sacredness of their relations, they are not free to desert their fathers, brothers, husbands, and
- 71 If you, too, are thus deluded, what avails it that we show by your statute books that your laws are unjust--that woman is the victim of avarice and power? What avails it that we point out the wrongs of woman in social life; the victim of pa.s.sion and l.u
- 72 "FAIR PLAY."_Knickerbocker_, Albany, March 8, 1854: GOING IT BLIND.--The editor of _The State Register_ is going it blind on woman's rights matters. He was out on Monday with a half column leader that touched everything except the matter in
- 73 Mr. Angle, from the Select Committee of the a.s.sembly, to which the woman's rights pet.i.tions were referred, made a report last evening, which we publish elsewhere to-day. It is a compact, lucid, and ably drawn doc.u.ment, highly creditable to its
- 74 SYRACUSE, _June 13, 1855_.DEAR FRIEND:--I like your call to the Convention at Saratoga, and I shall endeavor to be there on my return from Ma.s.sachusetts, where I deliver an oration on education on the 8th of August. By all means put Judge Hay's nam
- 75 Foote squealed out his angry opposition, in the old stupid slang (of Shakespeare perverted from "Macbeth"), about uns.e.xing woman with the right of suffrage, and endeavored to contrast it with property-claims; as if the revolutionary maxim conc
- 76 Mrs. ROSE said: In reference to this last election, though it was not my good fortune to be here during the time of that great excitement, being then on the continent of Europe; yet, even at that great distance, the fire of freedom that was kindled here s
- 77 In that story of Mr. Higginson's, of the heroic woman in Kansas whose left arm was cut off, there is a lesson for us to learn. I tell you, ladies, though we have our left hand cut off by unjust laws and customs, we have yet the right hand left; and w
- 78 The wisest in all ages have acknowledged that the most important period in human education is in childhood--that period when the plastic mind may be moulded into such exquisite beauty, that no unfavorable influences shall be able entirely to destroy it--o
- 79 Mrs. HALLOCK: Well, then, your laws. It is a pity that those statutes should not be revised so as to give a widow a carpet and other smaller articles of luxury. [Great laughter].And such was the boasted "protection" secured to the wives and moth
- 80 Whilst man, by his legislation and generous donations, declares our cause righteous and just--whilst the very best men of the nation, those who stand first in Church and State, in literature, commerce, and the arts, are speaking for us such n.o.ble words
- 81 There are those in our movement who ask, "What is the use of these Conventions? What is the use of this constant iteration of the same things?" When we see what has been already achieved, we learn the use of this "foolishness of preaching:&
- 82 But men say it would be very indelicate for woman to go to the ballot-box or sit in the Legislature. Well, what would she see there? Why, she would see men. (Laughter). She sees men now. In "Cranford Village," that sweet little sketch by Mrs. Ga
- 83 This is a very simple matter. To-day, it is only a question of time, when, from a matter of speculation, it will become a matter of fact, the details of which can be managed as well as anything in the world. Women will not be obliged to enter into a scram
- 84 But what is marriage? A human inst.i.tution, called out by the needs of social, affectional human nature, for human purposes, its objects are, first, the happiness of the parties immediately concerned, and, secondly, the welfare of society. Define it as y
- 85 The administration of justice depends far more on the opinions of eminent jurists, than on law alone, for law is powerless when at variance with public sentiment.Do not the above citations clearly prove inequality? Are not the very letter and spirit of th
- 86 And, worse still, in 1871,[176] after the black man was not only emanc.i.p.ated, but enfranchised, by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, which, overriding State Const.i.tution and statute law, abolished the property qualification for colored voters
- 87 Hallowell, Frederick Dougla.s.s, Lydia Jenkins._Business Committee_--Emily Clark, W. H. Channing, Mary H. Hallowell, Rev. S. J. May, Mrs. Robie, Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols._Finance_--Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Bloomer, H. Attilia Albro. Also, on motion, the Presid
- 88 _Secretaries._--Susan B. Anthony, Sarah Pellet, Wm. J. Watkins, and Sarah Willis._Finance Committee._--Mary S. Anthony, Mary H. Hallowell, E. J.Jenkins, Lucy Colman, and Mary Cooper._Business Committee._--Ernestine L. Rose, William Henry Channing, Antoine
- 89 [130] It is pleasant to record that a few years later Mr. Beecher's vision was clear on the whole question, and he was often found on the woman's rights platform, not only speaking himself, but his sister, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, also. On
- 90 ARTICLE 16. After setting aside sufficient funds to pay all legacies and bequests herein made, I direct my said Trustees to hold all the rest and residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, in special trust for the following purposes, namely; to pay o
- 91 _Resolved_, That we demand a full recognition of our equal rights, civil and political--no special legislation can satisfy us--the enjoyment of a right to-day is no security that it will be continued to-morrow, so long as it is granted to us by a privileg
- 92 5th. In an action brought or defended by any married woman in her name, her husband shall not, neither shall his property, be liable for the costs thereof, or the recovery therein. In an action brought by her for an injury to her person, character, or pro
- 93 Even the widely extolled Pilgrim Fathers brought this belief with them when they stepped ash.o.r.e at Plymouth Rock. With the "Ducking-Stool"and the "Scarlet Letter" of shame for woman, while her companion in sin went free, they also b
- 94 Rev. C. P. Lyford, of the Methodist Church, long a resident of Utah, in a letter of February 19, 1881, to _The Northern Christian Advocate_, a Methodist paper published in Syracuse, says: We read of the stories of India and China, and the wonder of their
- 95 _Resolved_, That the fundamental principle of the Protestant Reformation, the right of individual conscience and judgment in the interpretation of Scripture, heretofore conceded to and exercised by man alone, should now be claimed by woman, and that in he
- 96 Amid this vast discrepancy in regard to the truth of the Scriptures themselves; with no Hebrew ma.n.u.script older than the twelfth century; with no Greek one older than the fourth; with the acknowledgment by scholars of 7,000 errors in the Old Testament,
- 97 [213] While in the midst of correcting proof, March 22d, the New York press comes with an article showing how generally women are rousing to their rights. It is headed: "WOMEN AT THE CHURCH POLL--_What Came of Reviving an Old Statute in Portchester_.
- 98 The harmony of this great movement in the cause of freedom would not be perfect if women were still to be confined to petticoats, and men to breeches. There must be an "interchange" of these "commodities" to complete the system. Why sh
- 99 _Resolved_, That it is the duty of woman, whatever her complexion, to a.s.sume, as soon as possible, her true position of equality in the social circle, the Church, and the State._Resolved_, That we tender our grateful acknowledgment to the Trustees of th
- 100 DEAR FRIENDS:--As I finished reading this paragraph, your letter, inviting me to your Convention, to be held on the 19th inst., was received. I can not, as I gladly would, be with you. That my mite may not be wanting in aid of the cause, taking the above