The Portland daily press., 1896-10-17

manages her property. q. She Is admitted
to che bar Of tho. Supreme court of the
United States and to the pulpit; she
manages the post-offlce, she Is Librarian
of the Public Librarys she conducts the
school; she practices medicine, she lie
bead OF the hospital; she has elevated the
calling OF the trained nurse to high
rank among liberal professions.
"In 1870 Wendell Phillips, William
Lloyd Garrison and Luoretia Mott went
as delegates with credentials from the
National Anti-Slavery society Of the
United States to the International Anti
Slavery convention held in London.
1.-The convention refused to receive
Mrs. Mott because she was al woman.
MF. Phillips and MIR. Garrison protested,
out their protest did not carry, and an
escort was sent to show Mrs. Mott to a
seat In the public gallery. Philips and
Garrison then each refused seat in the
convention, but went 10 the gallery and
sat with their colleague. Woman's cause
has.made great progress in England since
those days. The frat petition for woman
suffrage presented to the British Farlia-
ment in 1867. bore the signature of Il, 400
women. The memorial of 1878 was signed
by II, 600 women. The appeal placed be-
fore the mem bers of the present Paflia-
ment Is signed by 257, 900 women.
. "Says Alice Stone Blaowkell, II, az
vva ara 0ftan told tho ~, n ioritr, ~ S.,oxrar
do not wish to vote. 1t ia clear that the
number who do wish to vote is already
large. and that 1t is steadily CROWN g.
"fn June Of last year delegation of
more than a hundred women went to
London to attend the largest convention
OF women ever held in the world for
philanthropio work on all lines of moral
reform and for the prevention of evil
One hundred churches In the Metropolis
were opened to these women to speak.
preach and teach in on the Sabbath
wnion occurred during the convention.
80 the world does move, and women
will soon mount up from the lass step to
her throne where she was designed to sit
side by side with her brother. Male and
female created He them and made them
rulers over all else that He had created.
The gospel dispensation restores to
woman all she lost in the fall, she was to
be the help mate, not the servant Of
man. Equal, not subordinate. The
mother. not the slave.
"Woman's cause in England is, az re-
CARDS suffrage, more advanced now than
it is in the United States Women have
the privilege Of the ballot in all elections
except in eleoting members OF Parlia-
meut. Lady Henry Somerset says she
believes equal full suffrage will be
in the near future and that IL
We do not work for it most vigorously In
they WILL get it before we do"
Regarding women in the legal pro-
fession these facts were gwen:
Most of the Western law schools, and
many in the Hast, admit women as well
IS men as students. In some of the states
had some difficulty In obtaining
admission to the bar even after the law
schools had granted them diplomas.
Mrs. Bella A. Mansfield of Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, was the FIRST woman to
De admitted to the practice Of the law.
She passed the necessary examination in
June. 1869.
The second women who became a
awyer in this country. SO far as is
Known. was Miss Lamma Barkalow of
Brooklyn. N. Y, who was admitted to
ihe bar in Missouri in March. 1870.
The third to gain the desired privilege
was Miss Sarah Kiigorem. who was
graduated from the law school of the
Michigan University In March. 1871.
"Some of the women In the various
tates of the Union who have become
Members of the bar use their legal
only In caring for their own
property, others are engaged EXCLUSIVELY
n office work. but several appear in
curt and TRANSACT all the usual business
t active practitioners.
"Tnere are several firms In the West in
which the husband and wife are partners
n carrying on the occupation Of attornies
md counselors.
~ had the pleasure of receiving a call
t my home recently from the state
of public schools in Cali.
ornia, Mr.. e. 3. Floyd formerly of this
tate. He told me that thirteen out of
fty-ssven counties in California have
1omen as superintendent of public in
titutions, eleotedfby the people, and their
ervices are perfectly satisfactory. We
ops and expect that after November Sd,
Vomen in California will be made
overeign citizens full fedged.
women have had the elective franchise
q full in Wyoming since 1863, and in
colorado for the past three years. Re-
orts show an improvement in political
fairs in both those states Striking and |
elable testimony as to the decrease of
in Wyoming is given IN a |
aluable article entitled Woman
outrage in Wyoming by Clara Bewick
;olby of Nebraska
Mrs. Bailey concluded as follows: The |
ay is past when it can be asserted with |
ut successful contradiction that women |
t Maine do not want the ballot. We do |