The morning times., 1895-11-10

years, 1 took the second prize-a Greek
| Testament.
81 hasteued home, rushed to my father,
but when was aching TO hear hlm say
something to snow he recognized the equal
| ity OF the daughter with the son, he kissed
me on the forehead and exclaimed with Il
| sigh All, you should have been boyf
| That ended my pleasure. L fled to my
| room, flung the book on the floor, and
wept tears of bitterness.
GOING TO THE LEGISLATURE.
"ln due time L was married, ana Two
| of the young men who had studied with
me at the academy were elected TO the
| legislature.
Another influence upon my development
was my cousin, Gerrit Smith, great abo-
litionist; and visiting in his house l met
| many aboiitionists, and heard discussed the
| question OF human rights. j used to go
| with him 10 conventions, and all the pleas
! that heard for negroes freedom, applied
| TO women 1t was at his house that met
| my husband. Our wedding trip was to
| England, where there was "A call for the
Worlds AntiSlavery convention. This
| was in 1910. The women had taken very
| active part in the anti-slayery agitation,
| and women delegates were sent; but when
| they reached their destination, they were
Not allowed TO take their seats.
.'when l returned home l decided 10
| hold convention and discuss women's
| rights, for / considered the condition OF
| woman about as degraded as that OF
the slave on the Southern plantation. l
| wrote to my two friends in the legisla-
| ture to know If / could have a hearing
on the married woman's property bill,
| and they replied yes From lS40 to
| lS4S Ernestine l.. Rose, PauIina Wright.
| and myself had circulated petitions in the
State of New York.
| n tn In ba
day and read over my speech, think
| ing | could slip TO Albany and back with
out the knowledge (of anybody but the
| legislature; and, one day when was think
| ing of all this, my father entered with the
old Albany Evening Journal. edited by
| Thurlow Weed. He laid the paper down
| in front of me and said What does this
| mean? And there | read: Elizabeth
Cady Stanton is to address the legislature
Monday afternoon at 2 O'Clock on The
Married Wpman's Property BILL
II answered; Il suppose it mea ms what
1t says He was perfectly confou nded,
| and so was l.
Then he said; When my clients have
gone l wish you would read it to me-
l was In the depths of despair; l had
never seen my name in print before, and
thought it was ythe most awful disgrace
that could befall a woman.
HER FATHERS HELP.
when l read my speech to my father
he suggested several Improvements and
found worse. laws for illustration than
! had working with me till / O'Clock n
the morning., yet for a conservative old
judge to have his daughter the subject
or ridicule was a deep blow. l spoke two
hours, and -this.a my first speech, was
published in the Evening journal. That
same year, 1913, the married wOman's
property law passed, and gave married
women their rights TO their property. That
same year there was a constitutional CON
ventiou, and we moved TO Seneca Falls,
where i called the first wUman's suffrage
convention ever held in the world. This
was organized in the Methodist church,
and lasted two days during which we is
sued a declaration nd a series of resOlu-
tions. We had not the slightest idea that
laughed at and ridiculed from one end
of the country to the other. have lived to
see an entire revolution in woman's field
of energy.
Il am busy now upon the Womans Bible,
| a new translation, of the important texts
| and chapters relating TO the position of
women. / myself have had charge of the
| Pentateuch, which ! expect to publish
| within the month. with comments relating
| TO the position of woman in antiquity"
! The two pictures of Mrs. Stanton shown
| here are illustrative of life. The first
shows her at the beginning of her pioneer
career. IT is suggestive of the pictures of
| Sonya Kovalivsky, the famous Russian
mathematician.