The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-12-05
From the Home Journal.
WOmeh's Rights Convention.

AT the late "Wocien's X Rights Convention, - a
noble woman was brought to public recognition,
a Mrs. Sarah Typdiie who was one of the speak
ers:
''She was left Il widow, and her husband s
estate in debt. She had risen from these en-
barrassments, and met with abundant success
Mrs Mott arose at this point and stated that Mrs
Tyndaie was the proprietor of one Of the largest
and most beautiful China establishments in this
country or the world. Mrs. Tyndale continued.
She said her children if they could see her stand
ing up before such audience, would say, Why,
mother, how can YOU expose yourself so' she
said she did it for the encoura cement of her SIS
tiers, and from sense of duty. She went on to
say that her children had grown up to succeed
her IN business, and now she was employn her
faculties for the good of others. She finds that
her energies had been rendered greater and more
active by attention TO business, and she could
not remain idle and at ease. She desired still to
be usefuiiy employed. Her friend, Mrs Mott,
here arose and said she must state what the mod
csty of her friend would not allow her to state.
She had with another friend, visited all the houses
of bad repa'e in Philadelphia; they had estab-
liShed place OF retreat for them. and had in
duced over three hundred young women to return
to the path Of virtue, and found homes and places
OF useful employment for them This fact was
received with great applause and many moistened
eyes III that audience"
One OF the speakers at the Women Conven-
ton exiiorted the sex TO help themselves to any
rights they wanted What he alluded to, we
do hot undeistand--but he was 'coiored geute-
man, and he thus expressed himself
Seize hold of those which are most strongly
You have already free access TO ihe
paths OF literature. Women NAV write books Of
poetry, travels. ETC., and they will be read with
d'idity. Let them strike out in some other path
where they are not now allowed to 60 Ifthere
IS some KIND CT business from which they are ex-
Guided, let some heroic women enter upon that
business, as some of these noble Women have
entered upon the practice Of medicine
Another speaker, the Rev. Mr. AIcott struck
blow at the principal beauty Of American women:
''He corrected an error Of George Conibe in his
book OF travels, that the women of America were
very beautiful because Of their white, Transparent
sam. 1his was not true beauty it was an indica-
lion OF diseased skin. Ii had been thought that
high development Of physical power was incom-
patbe with high intellectual aud moral power.
This is not tue. They are perfectly compatible.
lie argued for simplicity Of habits, nature, and
The equal rights of both sexes to full opportunity
or the development Of their powers.''
We add one more extract from the report Of
The convention given in the Tribune:
coJcuiner Iruth, a colored woman, once Il !
slave, spoke, and graiiied the audience highly
She showed that beneath her dark skin, and un- 7
'omely exterior, there a true womanly heart (
She uttered some truths that told well She said |
" oman set the world wrong by eating the for
ridden frlii, and now she going to set it right
SIZE sand goodness never had any beginning; it /
vas from everlasting, and could never die Bat /
wi! had beginning, and must have an end /
'he expressed great reverence for God, and faith .
hat he will bring about his own purposes and
ans"