Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-15
WOMAN SUFFR AG T.
nEeTlsS or THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
Disting uished Advocates Of the Cause Present

Before the advent of the principal actors on the
stage the hail was well filed with spectators,
who did not appear very well pleased on account
heated. Soon after II O'Clock Miss Sussu b.
Anthony appeared OH the stage, followed by
Mrs. Nettie q. Tabor, Cal; Frances Ellen Burr.
r. Langdon, y. Y; Jane Il. Archibald, ID. @;
Miss Jennie V. Jewell, ID. G.; Mrs Adeliah Gar
diner, Baltimore; Kate q. Harris, Baltimore;
MIS- Laura Ewing, Balumorei Edward NJ.
Davis, Philadelphia; Matilda Jocelyn Gage, Fay
etteville, n, Y; Lille DevereauN Blake, New
York city; Ruth q. Denison, ID. O.; sara j.
York city; Beiva A. Lockwood. Virginia l..
Esughs., and Prof. j. II. X. Wilcox. Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady stanton arrived about IL
O'Clock, and took a seat on the stand beside the
president, Miss Anthony.
The central figure OF the convention is of
course its presiding ofi1cer,
MISS SUSAN b. ANTHONY,
who for twenty-five years past has been labor
ing earnestly for womsn's enfrauchisement
Born in Massachusetts In 1920 of Quaker stock
she remov ed with her parents TO the state of
New York and for a number of wears mast has
resided at Rochester, in that state. She re-
ceived a boarding school education aud taught
sen ior fifteen years, part of the time for
sl.0O per week and board around" She was
an early worker in the temperance and anti
slavery causes, AID in 1868 delivered an able
ADDRESS at the Yates county, New York, agri-
cultural fair. She has written and spoken
lndefatlgably in behalf OF woman suffrage, and
mas raised and expended thousands of dollars in
printing and postage, having scattered docu-
ments without number all over this country and
England. Her arrest and CONVICTION on tie
charge of voting Illegally at Rochester about a
year and half ago are well remembered. She
mas never paid the tine Of 500 imposed by
Judge Hunt, and boldly avows her determina-
ton never to pay it. To her and Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton is manly due the credit for the
enactment of liberal laws in the state of New
York for the protection of women. Chiefly
through the influence of Miss Anthony the first
woman's rights newspaper in the United
n Tfs. aCN.AI E,kx.
York several years since. Miss Anthony, who
Is now considerably advanced on the shady
SIDE OF nifty, has large well shaped head, a
rather stern, angular face, and sharp gray eyes
somewhat sunken. Her hair once dark brown,
is now plentifully sprinkled with gray. She
dresses neatly in black, and possessing an
pfesdes over the deseestions on tss c sSsy
ton with the ease and dignity Of an experienced
parlfsmentarian. She IL always peculiarly
happy in soliciting contributions, and hard
hearted or impecunious indeed must be the
audience which does not respond literally to
her earnest appeal for "stamps."
MRS. ELIZABETH cADY STANTON.
Another prominent parsonage on the platform
was Miss Anthony's co-laborer, Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady stanton, or, as Horace Greeley always
teasingly styled her, Mrs. Henry b. Stanton"
Mrs. stanton was born at JOhnstOwn, New
York, in 1916, but now resides with her husband
at Tenafy, New Jersey. She is the mother of
eight children, two girls and six boys. or men
rather, for they are all grown and engaged in
business. Her father was Judge Daniel s. Cady,
of New York, and her husband being a LAWYER
in full practice she has never known the disad-
tages OF poverty under which so many of her
less fortunate c0adjutOrs have labOred. She
was literally educated and studied law in her
early days, and, like Miss Anthony, has been a
worker in the cause of woman suffrage from the
inception of the movement. She has written
and spoken much in its behalf, and enjoys the
distinction OF being the only woman in the Uni
ted States who has ever been a candidate for
Congress In 1866 she announced herself as an
independent candidate from the sth Congress
sional district of New York, and at the election
received "a votes. Mrs stanton would at once
be pronounced by all observers a stukingly
handsome mstTOn. She wears her hair which
Il pure white, in puff, and curls, has mild blue
eyes, and her complexion is of remarkable
purity. She has large but not unwieldy fig-
ure, and dresses tastefully in black. She is
witty, is calm but impressive speaker, and has
delivered some OF the strongest arguments ever
made in support of wOman's claim to the ballot
MRS. MATILDA JOCRLYN GAGE,
Of Fayetteville, New York, VINO occupies a seat
on the platform, is a fne-lookng woman II
about forty five, and has been ide tilted with
the woman's movement for a number of years
past. She is a graduate OF Syracuse Unlyersi-
ty; is great student; has written a number OF
pamphlets on the status of woman, history of
the woman'sTights movement, &c, and il one
Of the most erudite advocates OF the cause OF
womans Acknowledgement in the United States
She is pleasant speaker, but is more forcibIe
as writer than a talker.
MRS. LILLIE'DEvERRAUx BLAKE,
or New York, is a widow in good circumstances;
Is both witty and handsome, and is thirty-tiye
more or less. She dresses fashionably, and Is
always sure TO secure the attention of the
audience, being a fine speaker. Her address at |
the convention last year was one of the best de-
liversd.
MRS. BELvA A. LOCKWOOD,
of this city, who has a seat ON the platform is
native OF Niagara county, New York. She |
taught school summers and went to school win
tiers before she was fifteen years OF age. She |
was left a widow at twenty-five, and subse- |
quently graduated from snessee College in
1891, taking the regular cprrse. Two years ago |
she received her second degree OF Master of |
Arts from the Syracuse University, Genessee |
College having been merged into that institu- |
tioR. She studied law, and grad sted from the !
law department. of the National University of |
this city, and about six months since was ad- |
United to practice before the bar of the Su- |
preme Court of the District of Columbia. She |
n fnI IsTssv aSiice IN her profession and
woman suffrage. She is logical speaker, and |
her address at the convention last year was con-
coded to be the strongest legal argument made
during its session.
MRS. SARA j. SPENCER,
who has done much and suffered much in the
cause Of woman, also occupied a seat on the
platform. Her efforts in behalf of the unfort-
innate OF her sex which eliminated in the pas
sage by the Legislative Assembly of the bis
triet OF Columbia of the bill for the establish
ment of the Girls Reform school are well
known, and her philanthIoPic work is doubt |
less appreciated by our citizens. She is an
able and eloquent speaker, and is among the
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equality before the law.
DR. CLKMENCR 8. LoZIRR, NJ g.
Is the principal Of a female medical college in
New York, and has q large and lucrative pro-
fessional practice. She is very lsdyiike in her
manner, Is good speaker, and lives in brown
stone front on east 3ith street.
PROF. j. II. X. WILCOX,
Formerly OF washington, but now of New York.
Is too well known to our citizens to require de-
scription. The Professor has for years been
prominent in various reforms, and is an earnest
advocate OF woman suffrage. He Is at present
acting as special Washington correspondent of
several commercial journals published in New
York city.
Want OF space forbids us from giving partie. |
ular attention to several other prominent actors
in the convention.
OPENING PROCEEDINGS.
Miss Anthony read the call for the conyeu-
ton, after which she invited any one TO open
with prayer, but poone volunteering she con
tinued TO say that the prime object of the asso-
citation was to obtain Congressional aid in
securing equal rights; she said that all they
asked WAS equal rights with the colored men,
who were the only class who had been invested
with such rights by special legislation OF Con-
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA L. MINOR, OF ST,
LOUIS,
who writes that circumstances over which she
las no control prevent her from being present,
and congratulates the women on the progress
made during the last year. She says her suit
(the slaughter house suit,) is now on the docket
of the Supreme Court of the United States, and
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