Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-24
w OMEN OF CULTURE
Some of Those Who tAre Prominent in
the Suffrage NSvement
Mrs. Hamm Talks INTERESTINGLY of
Some Of Her Fellow Workers
Mt the Convention.

A familiar face at the convention is Mar
gherita Arlina Hamms editor Of the wo-
mans department Of the New York Mail
and Express, of .Petersons and Arthurs
magazines, and regular correspondent Of
many great dailies. American and British.
In speaking about the convention, she says:
"a noteworthy feature of the suffrage
movement at present is the number OF
alumnae and professional women who are
coming into its ranks and taking part in
the struggle. 1t Is no wonder as to the
alumnae College graduates whether male
or female, are always enthusiastic and
eager to become the champions of human
ity. 1t is different with the professional
classes, who are naturally conservative and
aVerSe to change. The ever-increasing list
OF women, clergymen, physicians, lawyers,
writer's, journalists and pedagogues who
advocate the political equality of the sexes
Is not only an eloquent sign of the times,
out also strong presage of the speedy
success Of the suffrage movement. OF the
present delegates, many have attained dis
tjnction in various fields
Mrs Charlotte Perkins Stetson, Cali
fOrnta delegate, Is famous as scholar and
philanthropist. She is believed to have
been the first American woman to appre-
ciate the educational value Of sociology
and to urge the addition of political science
and economy, social science, statistics, pen
ology, finance and comparative religion to
the college curriculum. She Is also an ac-
tive worker in the Hull House movement,
chicago, and other systems Of educating
and ameliorating the poor and degraded.
The Rev. Anna Howard Shaw is best
known as q clergyman and orator of rare
ability. 1t ts not generally known that she
Is learned physician and good lawyer
also. She has studied for these professions
and made record higher than that Of
many men. Intellectually she stands in the
head rank not only Of the convention, but
of her sex in this country.
she Is not the only one versed in law.
Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell, the assistant
attorney general of Montana, and Miss
Julia Jenney of Syracuse, N. Y, are jur-
lists OF exceptional ability, well as women
of wide knowledge and ripe culture.
"Of a different type is that beautiful
daughter OF Maine, Miss Elizabeth NJ.
Yates. A college graduate, a professor and
writer, sne became a missionary and pass
ed many years in India, China and Japan
She studied hard in the far east and ia
miliarized herself with Brahmanism. Budd-
hlsm, Taoism, Confucianism and Shintoo-
ism, as well as with the history, language
and literature of the eastern races She is
a great orientalist.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait is another in
stance of the highly trained intellect. She
Is a college graduate, a scientist and, it is
said, an expert In civil and mining engi-
neering. A clear thinker, a polished writer
and natural orator. she has risen in a
few years by her own merits to be one of
tne Suffrage leaders OF the land. Her train
irg, as welt as her aptitude, enables her to
do more and better work than those less
favored, while her energy and perseverance
seem to be without linnt
The medical professiDa Is well represent
ed by two Of it's best members, Dr. Mary
Hussey OF New Jersey and Dr. Cora s.
Eaton of North Dakota Highly educated
read and Travelled, they reinforce their pro-
fessional attainments4 with that culture
which distinguishes the great surgeon from
the mere practitioner.
Literature and Journalism have for their
opponents such able women as Mrs. Clara
B. Colby, Miss Elizabeth Curtis, daughter
of the late George Wilkam Curtis, and Mrs
Florence Howe Hail. daughter of Julia
Ward Howe, the great poetess. Mrs. Colby
and Mrs. Hall are also pleasing. and sue
cessful lecturers.
"Other types of Intellectual power and ac-
tivity are afforded by Mrs. Ora Langhornc
of Virginia, who Is the head of the wo-
mans college movement of that state; Mss
Harriet Keyser Of New York, one of the
Founders OF the CA. I. L., or church asso-
citation for fmproYang the condition of the
laboring classes; Mrs Hannah j. Bailey of
Maine, leader in, the Universal Peace
Union and the National Council of Women;
Mrs. Mariana w. Chapman of New York
president Of the Brooklyn Woman's Club
and founder or friend of score of other
societies; Mrs. Hollister and Mrs. Bowers
of Michigan, heads of the Afaccabees the
largest woman'S secret society in existence;
Mrs Rachel Foster Avery Of Pennsylvania
scholar. reformer and philanthropist.'