New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-09
TIE WORKINGUONENS NATI0N1L 1850
CLIFTON

The rcgular meeting of tho W0rkingwo-
mems National Association was held last EVENING" Room
No Cooper Institute and in spite OF the wretched
condition OF the streets the attendance very good
Miss Susan H. Anthony presided aud Miss T. Brown
acted as Secretary. Miss Anthony read letter Inviting
the Association to attend meeting OF workngnen to be
held on Tuesday evening for the purpose OF forming the
nucleus OF party based the grand principle OF
unh ersal suffrage on motion the invitation was ac-
Tot ALREADY members of tho Association to join it
Immediately. she knew that many women IN New
assured that tho only way tho path Of
could be made clear before her. was by means OK
'o;peration She called upon nearly every day by
women who asked advice of her as to the possibility OF
getting ana as 10 nrssept
crowded state Of the market for female LABOR was u
avodabe that many should be out OF work. ana that not
few should suffer eventne paHs OF huhget not because
they could not, would not work. but because they
could not pet work The remedy was obvious Let
women educate themselves-let them Tree themselves
from the thbe Of the seamsress or the feruo OF tho
easherlet them learn the ser and tSs crw Of
want among them would cease In , Soneius .nh
she % @ S5s nadTs,ad many nSo
An her life but never an audience OF worklngwomcn
The interests OF men ana woneh were 30 cOsey con
nected that 1t would be mpossiDe III speakihg % ono
class ignore the other Unt lately she said GoOp'ra
contains large numbers them. France has 5000 within
her limits aud the United states are following fast IN tho
tracks Of these Atlantic nations Sue considered
,ho, the rst deslderatum In forming cooperative sooi
ETY. was have incorporated Ihs WAS necessary be-
corporatod society there would be no responsible party
IN whom IT could be intruscd and IN the eyes OF tho
law the gift or Request would BIO null and void
The great reason why women were not on an equality
with men laid their detective or rather Their improper
education. From Infancy almost said the speaker a
Girl il Taught that frs object In life IL marriage She
Kind She is simply 10 speak parcel OF goods thrown
n,nu' tho matrimonial market And she Is not
aired for marriage In relation to what Is called tho
49, saciaI evil Mrs Rose said that women forced
fto tc paths OF vice by want IL would be libel on
humanity she said TO suppose that women preferred
a ~ irtne misery happiness, life OF shame 10 one
nnlns had decla med against this social OWL, hut I'D
i md do more They had assumed that they
ies tor IN" souls of fallen Miss Anthony said
t Peter Cooper had lately started school In the Coop
whero women could receive gratuii GUS in
n, IN the art Of telegraphy. and urged any persons
Vic Sere anxious to engage In this dsnoss 10
pi i,. ~. ",nortnnity offered 10 acquire II.
SeEo ep,iye Committee was instructed 10 take the
10 have act OF incorp ration for Tue
teees 1885,, Ian 2 raised by the Legislature.
=, S"ving 6een announced that Convention OF tnu
IL naans archi,e Association would be held ut Wash
nao on rho i9Ih ns the following Committee was ny
points, ~ iozIer Mrs. Hallock MIRA Phelps Mrs Roso
/ Mira Norton, aud Dr. " ~ ioAlor' a.. ,..ooto,tou
~ sry Dare wished to Present To- tho Association
% i yislies of the sOrosis and sorry that Tue
spsls slonld have been SO Lsreprcsened IN tho Asso
,otInn She could yOuc iJr tho interest icIt ny
~ a lattcgs pertaining 90 tie progress oi woon' a"u