The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-25
woMEN's NATIONAL COUNCIL.
Second TrscnnfaI Council IN Session
at Washington.

Washington. February I.-The second
triennial Of the National Council of Women
Of the United States, to give the fun title
b gan this morning. and for two weeks viii
divide with congress interest in Washing
ton affairs. i Is safe 10 say that never
before was there such an eHthUs astic as
sembIage Of women as that at M-tzer0tt
music hail at 10 O'Clock, when the formal
opening occurred.
When Mrs. Mary Wright SewaIl. of IN
dill apolis. the president Of the national
council. raped for order FROM the stage
at one end OF the hall. she looked down
up0n a representative gathering Of women
from every section VI the country ami a few
from other countries, vhi4e The &-l.eFles
above were crowded with an a9preciatiVe
audienCe-male and efnafe-a2llfentiy
thoroughly in sympathy -s.ith the objects
of the meeting. The gathering was not only
representative from = geographical stand
point. but from those % appearance and
sphere. Dress reformers and women N
gowns of the mod 81 sat side by side. while
here and there could be seen quaint bon
nets Of a quakercss. Acknowledged leaders
IN society, noblevGmen in the European
meaning Of the term. and seEcrai noted Tor
wealth in their own risht CT that cf their
husbands were there on an equal footing
with del gates from the ranks Of those VINO
work for their daily bread. III a1e$ we're
likewise in evidencs, varying fr9sa the more
than three score and ten OF Miss Susan y.
Anthony. president Of the National ATleri-
can WoInan's Suffrage Association u the
nineteen years OF Mss Augusta Howard,
pr. sident Of the Georgia aGNilaIy Of Miss
AEthony's organization. 1t was truly
national council of women.
ConsDicpal.s iu the gathering. by reason Of
their prominence in wo1ar's work. were
the countess OF Aberdeen, president of the
International Council af Women. and best
known in America through her IRISH e1-
h.bit at the worlds fair; Lady Henry SOM
erset: Miss Frances IL. Willard. of Illinois,
president Of the Nationel Noaeu's Chris
tan Temperance Union; Mrs. Eusseil sage,
OF New York. 5irs Elizabeth Is. Grannis,
of New York. president ct the National
Christian League for the Promo dion Of So
ciaI Purity, who recently attained some
prominence in the metropolis through fol
lowing in the footsteps Of DIT Iarhhurst;
airs. j. Ellen Foster. u Washington. y. e.,
president of the Women's Republican Ass0-
citation Of the United States, Mrs H. So
cum Of Illinois. president of t3o National
Council of Jewish W0mer. Mrs annie JeIl-
ness Miller, thS dress rgIaEI-l4rs Mrs mary
French Sheldon, Of Massachusetts,. the AMI
can explorer; Dr. Jennie L92-er, OF New
work.. Mrs. Lille pever@ux Blake. of New
York. Roy. Annie Ford Eastman. CT SiIni-
m n y; Rev. Car05iu@ !. Bartlett, of
Kalamazoo Mich. the female ministers
of the gospel Mrs. Laura curtis B1lidrd.
OF Brooklyn. who shares with %irS- Helty
GIeen the distinction of being d female mill
li0Eaire.
A number or fratarnaI Organizations not
in the council were also repr- e~Ee8. These
50 leties number twenty and included the
Women's First Dental Association IF the
United States. the Nomcn's \a,-- nal Indian
Association, the National Women's Aux
Hilary keeIy League. the National League
OF Colored Women, tac Legion Of Loyal
Women, the Working NoUcn's Society