The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-03-20
LOLA MONTEZ ON "STRONG- MINDED
WOMEN"

Another crowded house at the Hope Chapel
last evening testified TO the popularity Of Lola
as lecturer. and seemed to endorse cmpha-
tlcally her independent ideas on the subject Of
Strong Minded Women" She was cmbar.
rasscd, she said, between the inSt idea Of
strength and what was now dcuomiuatcd
strong minded, in the woman's rights move
ment. Mrs. Bloomor had obtained the rcpu-
tation OF being strong minded by merely cut
ting six inches oil her pettlcOat Five hum
drcd women getting together in convention
and resolving that they were an oppressed
community, and that the men were rascas and
scoundrcls, proved that they were discomfort
ed, but could not prove that they were strong
minded. The strong minded women were not
women OF words, but women Of decdS-not Of
resolutions, but of action. History did not
teach that they ever consumed much time IN
conventions; they were, rather, prompt to re-
sent encroachmcnts upon their rights, and 10
defend them, or take the consequences Of such
defence. When the Countess Cecil, wife Of
the Governor Of Henry ~ had been called
upon to deliver up the city that she defended,
on the threat that Her husband, who was III the
hands of the enemy, should be put to death,
she .replied-'I have riches in abundance: !
have offered them and ! would still offer all
for his ransom: but would not ignomnou~y
purchase a life which he would rcproach me
with, and which he would not ask TO enjoy by
means of dishonor or by treason against my
King and country That was an example Of
real strong minded woman; and history was
full of such examples, who had nouecd Of con,
vcntions o. resolutions TO make herself known
in the world. There was such difference
Intu 81 laiutlal apl M, +nu a
women Even men always respected "A wo-
man Of genius Genius was not q scX.--
Would any one seek to take woman like
Joan BcIlevIe to frying pancakes and peclmg
onions? (Langhtcr) When they thought
of Margaret Of Anjog, would they pause to
speak about the intellect Of woman Yet
Joan of BcleYiIle, with all her military glory,
her successive deScents on Normandy, was one
of the handsomcSt women in Europe Those
were not solitary cases. Who had not read OF
the Amazons, who did all the fighting, and
made the men stay at home Who were not
allowed to marry until they had killed their
man This was carrying the question nm
doubtedly to an extent that would satisfy our
modern agitators Who did not know Of the
Prefect of Gregory's daughter and Of Joan oI
Are of the Countess Belmont, who, with
her own hand, had taken prisoners, though all
mildncss and geutIeneSs at home = of Portia
the beautiful daughter Of Cato, OF L tlca, who
in order to convince her husband tn she wa
worthy of being trusted, and capable of heroic
deeds, had badly gashcd herself with a knife
of the Countess Of Derby who desperately
defended her castle when all gave it up tol
lost--of Sybile, the wife Of Robert Of Bur
gundy, who, to secure her husbands life, had
at the sacrifice of her own life sucked her
husbands poisoned wounds? But not only
were women celebrated for heroic deeds, but
also in intellect and even science Had not
Isabella Of Arragon been the only one to APP
precatc the discoveries Of Columbus, and real