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History of Woman Suffrage Novel Chapters
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
- 55 True, those gentlemen were all quite willing that women should join their societies and churches, to do the drudgery, to work up the enthusiasm in fairs and revivals, conventions and flag presentations, to pay a dollar apiece into their treasury for the h
- 54 This difference of sentiment has given rise to diversity of _practice_ on this head, and furnished a pretence from which many an electioneering trick has resulted. I could refer to instances which would prove what is advanced, but the people want no proof
- 53 After his victory at Fort Lee, Lord Cornwallis marched his army to New Jersey, encamping at Elizabethtown. His presence on New Jersey soil so soon after Gen. Howe's proclamation, and the many defeats of the patriot army, had a very depressing effect.
- 52 I have a consciousness that I have not done _my_ duty in not sooner urging these considerations on the Convention. My excuse is that I was unavoidably absent during the discussion on the subject.I have the honor to be, very respectfully, madam, Your obedi
- 51 On the following Sunday I went to hear Mrs. Mott preach in a Unitarian church. Though I had never heard a woman speak, yet I had long believed she had the right to do so, and had often expressed the idea in private circles; but when at last I saw a woman
- 50 In her eighteenth year, Lucretia Coffin and James Mott, according to Quaker ceremony, became husband and wife, the result of an attachment formed at boarding-school, which proved to be an exceptionally happy union, and through their long wedded life, of o
- 49 Several perilous emergencies in her life are vividly recalled--such as being overturned while in a carriage with a child in her arms, the horse meanwhile floundering amid the _debris_, a shaft broken, and dash-board kicked into splinters.At another time,
- 48 In September, 1850, in a rented building, No. 229 Arch Street, Philadelphia, the College began its first session with six pupils; others were added before the cla.s.s graduated, so that it then numbered eight:--Hannah E. Longsh.o.r.e, Ann Preston, Phebe W
- 47 In regard to Mr. Grew, Mr. G. said he had long known him and loved him. He was a man of purity and charity, and he was glad he had given his views. Yet this kindly man did not stand upon a solid foundation.Why go to the Bible to settle this question? As a
- 46 The following officers were chosen for the Convention: PRESIDENT.--Ernestine L. Rose, of New York.VICE-PRESIDENTS.--Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia; Frances D. Gage, Missouri; Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Ma.s.sachusetts; Martha C.Wright, New York; Thomas Garr
- 45 So far from her "ambition leading her to attempt to act the man,"she needs all the encouragement she can receive, by the removal of obstacles from her path, in order that she may become the "true woman." As it is desirable that man sho
- 44 Glowing pictures have been drawn of the fitness of the present relations of society, and of the beauty of woman's dependence upon the protecting love of man, and frightful visions have been evoked of the confusion and perversion of nature which would
- 43 SARAH M. GRIMKe.When an insect emerges with struggles from its chrysalis state, how feeble are all its movements, how its wings hang powerless until the genial air has dried and strengthened them, how patiently the insect tries again and again to spread t
- 42 _Resolved_, That we urgently solicit those having care of pet.i.tions, to make use of every opportunity to obtain men's and women's names in different columns, or on separate pet.i.tions, and thus aid the Chester County Temperance Society in pro
- 41 Storrs, Juliana A. Tappan, Elizabeth M. Southard, and Charlotte Woolsey. Those who voted in the negative stated that they fully concurred with their sisters in the belief that slaveholders and their apologists were guilty before G.o.d, and that with the f
- 40 If the history of this Society were fully written, one of its most interesting chapters would be a faithful record of its series of annual fairs. Beginning in the year 1836, the series continued during twenty-six years, the last fair being held in Decembe
- 39 CHAPTER X.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--Joh
- 38 Mrs. Clark has been an acceptable lecturer and preacher for many years in different parts of the State. She was early a recognized minister among the Congregational Quakers. More recently she has been ordained in the Universalist Church, and enjoys equal
- 37 The fourth annual meeting convened in Masonic Hall, Indianapolis, October 26, 1854. Frances D. Gage, Caroline M. Severance, and L. A.Hine were the invited speakers, and right well did they sustain the banner of equal rights in the capital of the State. J.
- 36 But let us turn to the question more immediately before us. Let us pa.s.s from the case of the widow and look to that of the wife: First, the husband becomes ent.i.tled, from the instant of marriage, to all the goods and chattels of his wife. His right is
- 35 Indiana Missionary Station--Gen. Arthur St. Clair--Indian surprises--The terrible war whoop--One hundred women join the army, and are killed fighting bravely--Prairie schooners-- Manufactures in the hands of women--Admitted to the Union in 1816--Robert Da
- 34 What a writer in the British Quarterly for January, says of Mrs. John Stuart Mill, applies with equal force to Mrs. Davis. "She seems to have been saved from the coa.r.s.eness and strenuous tone of the typical strong-minded woman, although probably s
- 33 Every person, man or woman, is an integer, an individual, a whole person; and also a portion of the race, and so a fraction of humankind. Well, the Rights of individualism are not to be possessed, developed, used, and enjoyed, by a life in solitude, but b
- 32 I may truly say, that this is my maiden speech in behalf of maidens and others [laughter]; and, if it amount to nothing else, I may say, as did my friend Clarke, I feel bound, at least, to take my stand, and show my sympathy for the n.o.ble cause. I come
- 31 As regards voting, why should not women go to the polls? You think it a very strange desire, I know; but we have thought many things stranger which seem quite natural now. One need not live long to find strange things grow common. Why not vote, then? Is i
- 30 PROTEST.While acknowledging our mutual affection by publicly a.s.suming the relations.h.i.+p of husband and wife, yet in justice to ourselves and a great principle, we deem it a duty to declare that this act on our part implies no sanction of, nor promise
- 29 Elizabeth Oakes Smith, writing in _The Una_, says of this historical occasion: The Ma.s.sachusetts Convention did not deign to notice the prayer of these two thousand women who claimed the privilege of being heard by men who a.s.sert that we are represent
- 28 After last year's Woman's Convention, I saw an article in the _Christian Inquirer_, a Unitarian paper, edited by the Rev. Mr.Bellows, of New York, where, in reply to a correspondent on the subject of Woman's Rights, in which he strenuously
- 27 She comes to demand of the electors the consecration of the principle of equality by the election of a woman, and by this act she obliges man to prove that the fundamental law which he has formed in the sole name of liberty, equality, and fraternity, is s
- 26 Suppose woman, though equal, does differ essentially in her intellect from man, is that any ground for disfranchising her?Shall the Fultons say to the Raphaels, because you can not make steam engines, therefore you shall not vote? Shall the Napoleons or t
- 25 On taking the chair, Mrs. Davis said: The reformation we propose in its utmost scope is radical and universal. It is not the mere perfecting of a reform already in motion, a detail of some established plan, but it is an epochal movement--the emanc.i.p.ati
- 24 "Letters, curt, reproachful, and sometimes almost insulting, came with absolute refusals to have the names of the writers used, or added to the swelling list already in hand. There was astonishment at the temerity of the writer in presenting such a r
- 23 In Ma.s.sachusetts, women voted at an early day. First, under the Old Province Charter, from 1691 to 1780, for all elective officers; second, they voted under the Const.i.tution for all elective officers except the Governor, Council, and Legislature, from
- 22 In December, 1854, on my return from Kansas to Vermont, I spent several days in St. Louis, in the pleasant family of my friend, Mrs.Frances D. Gage, who, very much to my regret, was away in Illinois.The Judge having recently removed to the city, the famil
- 21 We had no material for Conventions, and the population was so spa.r.s.e, distances so great, and means of conveyance and communication so slow and uncertain, that I felt sure an attempt at Conventions would be disastrous, only betraying the weakness of ou
- 20 Had this been true, I could not have managed it better, for a good Providence went with me. I received several memorial "hanks" of yarn, with messages from the donors that "they would keep me in knitting-work while preaching woman's ri
- 19 J. ELIZABETH JONES.Thus, in a measure, were the civil rights of the women of Ohio secured. Some of those who were influential in winning this modic.u.m of justice have already pa.s.sed away; some, enfeebled by age, are incapable of active work; others are
- 18 WM. LLOYD GARRISON, having listened to the narration of the action of the World's Convention in New York, said: I rise to offer some resolutions by which the sense of this Convention may be obtained. I happened to be an eyewitness of these proceeding
- 17 WORLD'S TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.Just previous to this, two stormy Conventions had been held in the city of New York; one called to discuss Woman's Rights, the other a World's Temperance Convention. Thus many of the leaders of each movement me
- 16 Mrs. MOTT: We ought to thank Dr. Nevin for his kindly fears, lest we women should be brought out into the rough conflicts of life, and overwhelmed by infidelity. I thank him, but at the same time I must say, that if we have been able this afternoon to sit
- 15 You ask me who made this sentiment; and my friend yonder, says woman. She is but the echo of man. Man utters the sentiment, and woman echoes it. As I said before--for I have seen and felt it deeply--she even appears to be quite flattered with her cruel ty
- 14 Among other timely measures, these have occurred to me as promising to be effective: I. There should be prepared, printed, and widely circulated, A DECLARATION OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS.This Declaration should distinctly announce the inalienable rights of wo
- 13 She came forward and made a brief, but eloquent prayer. It was considered rather presumptuous in those days for a woman to pray in public, but as Miss Brown was a graduate of Oberlin College, had gone through the theological department, was a regularly or
- 12 Brown, so I knew whereof I was bearing testimony, when I a.s.sured my hearers that Samuel Carey had certainly been lying--under a mistake. I gave my testimony, not cringingly, but as one who knew, and drew a comparison between Antoinette L. Brown, modestl
- 11 Cowles gave a report equally good on "Labor," and Emily Robinson on "Education."In all the early Conventions the resolutions were interminable. It was not thought that full justice was done to the subject, if every point of interest or
- 10 MEMORIAL.We believe the whole theory of the Common Law in relation to woman is unjust and degrading, tending to reduce her to a level with the slave, depriving her of political existence, and forming a positive exception to the great doctrine of equality
- 9 At a great public meeting in the Broadway Tabernacle to consider the necessity of an improved system of Free Schools, J. S. Buckingham, M.P., of England, and Rev. Robert Breckenridge, of Kentucky, were among the speakers. Mrs. Rose, sitting in the gallery
- 8 [10] Rebecca Sanford, now Postmaster at Mt. Morris, N. Y.[11] See Appendix.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
- 7 "THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS."Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong, The women have leaped from "their spheres,"And, instead of fixed stars, shoot as comets along, And are setting the world by the ears!In courses err
- 6 But Mrs. Stanton and Frederick Dougla.s.s seeing that the power to choose rulers and make laws, was the right by which all others could be secured, persistently advocated the resolution, and at last carried it by a small majority.Thus it will be seen that
- 5 When the first bill was introduced by Judge Hertell in 1836, he made a very elaborate argument in its favor, covering all objections, and showing the incontestable justice of the measure. Being too voluminous for a newspaper report it was published in pam
- 4 FOOTNOTES: [6] The ladies of the Convention were fenced off behind a bar and curtain, similar to those used in churches to screen the choir from the public gaze.[7] Some of the English clergy, dancing around with Bible in hand, shaking it in the faces of
- 3 And when in the progress of civilization the time had fully come for the recognition of the feminine element in humanity, women, in every civilized country unknown to each other, began simultaneously to demand a broader sphere of action. Thus the first pu
- 2 c.o.x, Rebecca B. Spring, and Abigail Hopper Gibbons, a daughter of that n.o.ble Quaker philanthropist, Isaac T. Hopper.Abby Kelley was the most untiring and the most persecuted of all the women who labored throughout the Anti-Slavery struggle. She travel
- 1 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