The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-17
MISS ANTHoNY,s PROPHECY.

Miss Susan b. Anthony sat in the
sunny library Of S f. Gross home on
tho Lake Shore drive. She was daintilv.
almost coquct;ishly, gowned in u dress
OF black satin with II misty collar Of
lace caught about her neck with IL Jew
eled pin of quaint and elaborate work
nnnship. Hcr white hair was parted
smoothly over her high forehead and
came down over her ears III Il fashion so
very old that it has suddenly become
new again. Looking at Miss Anthony
us she sat III the quiet library, Observing
her handsome dress, her air Of elegance
and her gentle voice it was hard To think
OF her as tho type of all that is agrees
i've III tho nineteenth century woman
hood In fact, she looked like only II
woman who would like nothing so VOL
as To spend the day in tho big chair of
Mr.. Gross library.
And when she talked about the so
called new woman and the twentieth
century woman it was harder still For
Miss Anthony doesn't much admire
either of these in the accepted sense of
the terms
When a timorous inquiry was mado
as To who the new woman is. when she
VIII come, or II she had como already.
Miss Anthony said: lit all depends Oh
what You mean by the term new wom-
an. The term has become cant phrase.
carrying almost as much opprubrium us
the term woman 5 rights woman used
10 imply. Tho new woman. as tho
phrase goes, may mean loud munnish
woman affecting the buistorous conduct
Of men, with none Of tho saving graccs
OF her own sex. If that bo tho new
woman, | do not welcome her coming.
IL by he new woman is meant Il woman
earnest, thoughtful, lofty of purpose,
soil reliant and equally well educated
vain man, why, then She has come We
have got her III our homes, where sho
stands side by side with her husband,
Welcoming his friends ON the common
ground of intellectual equality. Joining
III their discuSsions-a college bred
woman, who can do something more
than pour tea when hor husband enter
talns ms friends. We have got the new
woman in everything except the count
ing OF her vote ut the ballot box. And
that's coming. It's coming sooner than
most people think. Tho new woman
made her appearance 10 years ago, when
Antoincttc Brown entered Oberlin col
legc. Next November we are going 10
have i'll New York an exhibit Of new
woman.
"Nov II Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton Will be so years old. The anniver-
sary viii be made the occasion for "A
grand gathering Of women who were the
first TO entor those fields of intellectual
and business endeavor which half cen
fury ago wcrO occupied solely by men
At that time no trades, no institutions
OF higher learning wcro open to women
a woman who wa. driven to self sup.
port could do Il little sewing could en-
ter domestic service or perhaps teach i'll
primary school From not being able
TO earn q livelihood as she chose, from
not being able to reap the results of her
labor after she married, from not being
ablo to control her property after she
married, from, III brief, position of
civic nullity she has advanced 10 her
present position. Forty thousand women
have been graduated from American col
le9cs, every calling has its followers
among women, and they are today az
well educated as men. if not better
In the state Of New York one-clcy-
cnth Of the property tax IL paid by WON.
ell. in my own city of Rochester Worn
en- pay taxes on q property valuation Of
$50, 600, 600 These are some Of the re-
suits OF tho battle for equal rights.
which women have been waging for 40
years, and they have fought alone The
blacks had n nation 8 aid in the struggle
for emancipation. Women are the on ly
oppressed class who ever were compelled
to battle for emancipation unnidcd. No
party gives orr claims for equal suffrage
lts Endorsement. But today the nation
Is known MS a nation OF educated WON
Ell. 10 be sure, as wage carncrs they do
not receive compensation equal to that
OF men. That is because, being without
the ballot, they cannot dictate the terms
upon which they shall be employed All
the women Of today ask are the rights,
powers, privileges and immunities of an
American citizen. We have been grant
ed equal suffrage in Wyoming and Colo
RADIO, virtually in Utah Equal suffrage
bills are now pending in the legislatures
OF Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California
and New York. Tie question of equal
suffrage is beginning to be respected as
a political measure. And it's coming
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