The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-25
WOMAN'S COLUMN.
Ed,sed By nrs. 3. I. vvsaAS.r..
international Council sf wsnss.

luC lNatiOhoi VOuiah Ouui okC
Association has issued the follow
ing circular:
The first public demand for
equal educational, industrial. pro-
fessional and political rights for
women was made in a convention
held at Seneca Falls, N. Y. (U.
S. A., in the year IS4S.
To celebrate the fortieth ami
versary of this event an interna-
tional council Of women will be
convened under the auspices of
the National Woman Suffrage As
sociation, in Albaugh's Opera
House, Washington, d. c.. on
March 25th, 1888. 1t is impossi-
bic to over-estimate the far-reach-
ING influences of such a council.
An interchange Of opinions on the
great questions now agitating the
world will rouse women to new
thought, will intensity their love
of liberty, and will give them a
realizing sense of the power of
combination.
However the governments, relig-
ions, laws and customs of nations
may differ, all are agreed on one
point, namely: mans sovereignty
in the state, in the church, and in
the home. In an international
council women may hope to de-
wise new and more effective meth
ods for securing in these three
institutions the equality and JUS
tce which they have so long and
so earnestly sought. Such coun-
Gil will impress the important les
son that the position Of women
anywhere affects their position
everywhere. Much is said of
universal brotherhood, but for
veal or woe, more subtle and more
binding is universal sisterhood.
Women, recognizing the dispar-
ity between their achievements
and their labors, will no doubt
agree that they have been tram
meled by their political subordin-
alton. Those active in great phil
anthopic enterprises sooner or
later realize that, so long as
women are not acknowledged to
to be the political equals of men,
their judgment on public questions
will have but little weight.
II is, however, neither intended
or desired that discussion in the
International Council should be
limited to questions touching the
political rights of women. For
NAL invitations requesting the
appointment of delegates will be
issued to representative organiza-
tions in every department OF
wom5n's work. Literary clubs,
art unions. temperance unions,
labor leagues, missionary, peace
and moral purity societies, char
table, professional, educational
and industrial associations will
thus be offered equal opportunity
with suffrage societies to be rep
resented in what should be the
ablest and most imposing body
fof women ever assembled.
The council will continue eight
days and its sixteen public ses-
sions will afford ample opportun-
ity for reporting the various phas-
cs OF woman's work and progress
in all parts of the world during
the past forty years.
1t is hoped that all friends OF
the advancement of women will
lend their support to this under
taking.
On behalf of the National
Woman Suffrage Association.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Pres
idcnt s w. 10Th street New York;
Susan B. Anthony, First Vice
President, Rochester, N. Y; Ma
tilda Joslyn Gage, Second Vice
President, Fayetteville, N. y;
May Wright Sewell, Chairman
Tx. Com, ,43 N. Penn. Street
Indianapolis Ind; Ellen II. Shell
don, Recording Sec, 81 9th
ST., N. w. Washington, ID. C.;
James II. Spofford, Treasurer,
Riggs House, Washington, ID. c.;
Rachel &. Foster. Corresponding
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