, 1873-07-30
AN IOWA WOMAN.


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. AN IOWA WOMAN.
MRS. Ellen y. Euppcr. tho Iowa Tlcc-
C.llturtst, nnd Encr Work.
Pea A'''"t' '" :''p ~ Sstc, tte''''p''dee' st. h'''
statoa in tho measure Of civil, mud may my lo-
litical, rights conferred upon woInan. Wllotherr
married Or SINGLE Hho llaB all tho civil rights OF
mnn and II married. sllo has o, MI the
transaot husinesa, ma1o contracta auo and bo
Bued, md convoy property independent OF hor
husband. She Is entitlcd to oil proceeds Of hor
own lnbor, independent Of hor husbands d. dobtn.
ing no statute to tho contrary sho can hold my
eloctve Office. Indeed, ono oaBe has ariaen in
tho courts as to her right to hold an o1eOsivo
Office, which waa decided In her favor.
Sho Inns not yet beon granted tho ballot, nj
though the question has twice boon before the
Legislature, md onco. pasHcd the Lower House
In her favor, but was doioatod in tho Senate.
amount Of buainees boing transacted by women.
They All tho pulpit, practice before BE-. Tho courts,
and alao become pliyHicinns;; There are now In
this city threo WHO are phyeicians OF thoHo
tho country at largo, Mrs. Ellen 9. Tupper, tho
| boo culturiBt. AZ aoyoral articloa llavo beou
!! floalng about tho pnpora in regard to her.
which arc incorrect; will givo short sketch of
feel Bure will bo road with interest, as tho record
| Of n truly remarkable woman.
| Mrs, Tuppor was born ut Providence, Il. l., in
| 1922 Blo wns daughter Of Noah Smith, NJ
Ii years First Assistant Secretary Of tile United
| States Senate. Her mother was u sister Of Hen-
ry Wheaton, author Of tho wc1l-known troatiHo
| On international lnw. :.
| ing nil the alvantagoa that wealth could givoi
| and, with tl,at practical turn Of mind character-
| iatio Of her, Hho stndiod many sub
| jootB not usually taught then to glr!s,
| but which since havo boon bchonclal
to hor. sllo made good use Of hor opportunities,
for at the age Of u sho wrote on esany to COM
peto for prize offered by loading and popular
magazine. and won 1t oyer many con competitors. Pc ,a
| beacon through lifo, to will nlccoss'
In 1878 Hho married Dir. Allon Tupper, sic-
cesBfnl lumber merchant at tioulson, Name, he5
father having elreadyromotycd there and engaged
in the lumber business: Thcre se resided ron
yearH, enjoying all tho luxury that Wealth could
give, whom her husband removed to Newton, hlss-
BacluaottB, whore lor henlth 1nilod anu sho
bccamo confifmea lmsa,la. ho1 pnyssc.ans s
pronounced hcr hcart disoaaou, and hor stay on
| earth very short. Thinking Q chahgc OF climate
might bo benotlcial, the family came to Iowa, IN
1851, locating Mt brighton, washington Connty'
aho 50 feoblc a. to 10 unable 70 oave nef ,o ooa
Tho froHh and invtgoratlug nir OF her new ioca-
tion soon rorlvea ler wasted energies, ana sue
regainod hor health. Hor husband III the
meantime had invested hin money III a
tract of tiinbor land and steam saw,
mills. His health soon failed, and M!
being uuablo to attend to lia h1,siness ls wealth
meltea away like dow before tho sun. and u power
ty aud bankruptcy CAME upon them. IhfoWh
thus upon ilcr own resources, Mrs. topper
sought Some way Of relief She had mover done
q moments manMni labor. Necossity stared
her IN tho face, md several small chl!aren. ono
babe, rang thelr denlahus III ncr ours: pug Gil.
gagged as teacher o. sehooi maioa dlstaht, as
$40 a month, mud with her bano IN her arms sue.
on horsob1ct, daily went to hor task,
attending to ler household duties ll when
out Of school. Alter tho ososo OF tno hehool, 20
nlio established school IN hor own houso sho
loves little children, md Hoon hho had q house
full of pupils. M IhnB she managed 70 support
her family until 1851, Wnen sno tnrhed hor asten,
llou to DGcbs cAe putc cAa1e" wv Eoaot1sonl ts1lu
began to work with them, meanwhile rea,ilng
. everything which aho could iind relating to beo-