The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-05
A LEADER OF WOMEN
70 LECTURE HERE TOMORROW.
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woman su1rzxs sea8>r sce tecsz-sr. VIZ
arrive n Seattle .. s.B O'clock thss usorEs-
Ing from Portland ard VII - sn-er-
fzsned By Ma H z HoineA 60 EAssss
street. While here she M. rzee< saose
Mo ere Interested in b~r work and vi
lecture .; TIE Seattle theascr toHcrrer
evening
Susan Brownezl An.hony has iahcr~d for
half . eee<ary IN the 0uss 70 wasSh SIZE
early dedicated her lffA Ntss Anthony
wa born q, sozth AtaHs. M2s4- Fes-s-
airy Is ia Her sather wAs . QUAKER.
He ss<tisd n Rochester. n T. II -.
whers ks dAuxAte-. after esacaing school
for Q ncmb<r q yeasx participated !. me
tsmperAace movement. orgnnix.ng socs-
esses and jsctuyfng Throughout the ssasA
About 80 she became prominent among
the axintors for the abolifioa OF sssery.
Her energ.eA however. were chiefly d.
recteG 70 securing equal clya rishEs for
women . ls54 and 1865 she he'd conSsn-
tons IN the cause Of female suffrage a
every cosnsy In New York. ard sincs then
has addressed annual Acpsais and pets-
tons to the legislature. She w2$ acS-Fe
In securing the act Of The SeH York leg
isiatnre h Js0 giving TO married vonea
poaecaE.on OF their EARNINGS and the guar
diAnshiD oe cniiSren In shs same yeA< sse
started a petition in favor Of leaving out
rI8 NgIu nM4-c III L<17 IO4lfAc[lAl& H&A1S--N-
rent to the United States constitution.
and worked with tho National Suffrage
Association TO induce congress TO secure
20 her ser the RICH; 10 vo.a Between
ls7e and 1sso she leetGrei more than lae
times Q year In all OF the Northern and
some OF the Southern states She . the
author OF The History Of Woman Suf-
frag~." IN two volumes tn which she was
assisted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Matilda Jossyn Csga In her 18th year
she is EtfH enjoytng remarkable health
Miss Anthony vas frss brought tnto
prominence In ISL when she called 4 tenn
perance convention in Albany after hAv-
Ing been previously excluded from an
other convention On account % her sex
From that time to the present her aauae
has been associated with every -coByen-
ton having for It's object the securing Of
the right OF suffrage for women: not only
that. but she has been iaborinx In be-
half Of women and children. IN securing
the enactment Of laws in their behalf.
Misc Anthony 10 q charming conversation
alist- and carries into the suffage move
mSnt the same spirit that animated the
Abolitionists o. the hfties. Miss Ansfo-
ny has powerfully ieavened the comnu-
nifty in which she lives Ia interest in the
cause OF her life: even the young men Of
Rochester are In favor OF suffrage for
eotaths Rft0a0ey tfo Ntty IN t6E 90ttd -
% thoroughly p<rmeAfed with sympathy
for the cause A. u this one. Latteriy
Miss Antheoy has changed her aus;ers
ideas about dreSS- She delights In rich.
becoming raiuaent. and Is picture In her
silks and iaoes- She likes to have al her
fellow workers equally fastidious and
eriticises radical attempts At reform"
dressing In their public meetings. II Eisy
be added that Miss Anthony confidently
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The great change In public opinion since
Niss Anthony began her agitation viii Be
made clear By giving. In her own words,
the story OF how she came to be Z wo-
man suffrage speaker. TN 1875 - she SAYS.
II came home at the end Of my school
tarr1 10 visit my family. Mrs. Stanton and
Ars. Mott had just been In Rochester, and
my family could talk Of nothing else I
didn't understand suffrage. but knew I
wanted equal wages with men teachers
However. l had no idea between voting
ana equality. I went back to my school
and forgot al about It. In is4s heard
Aobis Kelly Foster. the Quaker Abolition
ist. and read the reports OF \ great con-
veation that gave ms the first clear state
ment OF the underlying principles OF wo-
man suffrage. The next year / went 10
an abolition meeting at Senaca Falls,
whore met Mrs. Stanton, who was head
OF the Daughters OF Temperance Society.
As I vas q schoolaaa' am. was asked 10
make speech. I've got the yellow manu-
script now OF that speech There WAS
nothing to 81 I never could think OF
points. and I can't srifs a speech cut
must have an audience 10 inspire me.
When am before house died with peo-
pie I can speak. but 20 save my lifa
I couldn't write . speech. A little later
the Sons OF Temperance hea a convention
at Albany and they invited the Daughters
TO send delegates I was one OF the dele
gates. They were assembled in the hall
and something was under discussion when
I arose 70 address the grand worthy mas
ter. The sister Will allow ne 10 say he
shouted 10 me. that we invited them here
TO look and learn. but not TO epeak.'
Instantly left the hali. ana LYDIA Mott.
cousin OF Mrs. Motifs husband. followed
me- We hired = han and go, Thuriow
Weed 10 announce In his paper, the Even.
Ing Journal. thar the womzn's Temper
arce Society would hold q meeting that
evening. Hon David Wright and Rev.
Samuel J. May. father Of Rev. Joseph Mar.
OF Philadelphia. came to our meeting. and
Gear Rev. May ts.xh. Us how 20 preside
] was maze chairman OF the committee.
ard the first thing I cid was TO call a
state convention. i got the cali signed b.
eEch distinguished men as Horace yreei=v-
and Henry Ward Beecher. We held a
two days convention and Mrs. stanton
was made president and was secretary.
And II all rose cut Of the men refusing 10