New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18
IN THE CAPITOL CARVINGS
HEADS OF FIVE HEROINES IN THE FINE
WESTERN STAIRCASE.
captain" NoLILE PITCHER. MRS STOWE. MISS
BARTON MISS WILLARD AND MISS AN
THoNY THE CHOSEN ONES.


BARTON MISS WILLARD AND MISS AN
THoNY THE CHOSEN ONES.
Among the decorations chosen for the Capitol at
Albany are bass-relefs Of the heads of five Illus
,r,ous women Of America. OF these two-Mss
Frances E. Willard and Mrs. Harriet Beecher
stowe-have died within recent years; two others,
Mics Clara Barton and Miss Susan B. Anthony.
are stiu alive and the ifth Captain Mollie
pitcher is of Revolutionary fame
These memorials adorn the western staircase ana
have recently been put In place. They are carved
,n stone Miss Willard and Miss Anthony both
made their homes for many years within New
York's borders.
Captain" Mollie Pitcher is described by histori-
ans Of her time as "a hearty, buxom red-halred
and freckled-faced young Irish woman who was
generally attired in the petticoats Of her SEX with
che addition of an artilleryman's coat in lieu OF
waist She accompanied her husband. cannoneer
IN the Revolutionary Army, from camp TO camp
She was at Fort Clinton a few months prior TO the
hattie OF Monmouth with her husband. when the
british attacked the fort. and the American FORCES
were driven out. Her husband fed with the. others
Aronnine the match with which he was about TO
Ere his gun. Moie caught It, and toucheo OH
the gum and then rushed away after the others.
This was the last gun fired by the Americans al
Fort Clinton.
At the battle OF Monmouth while bringing water
- ,be soldiers Moie Pitcher her husband
shot by a British soldier, and forced TO leave MS
gun unnamed and heard the commanding olicer
order the piece taken from the field, as there was
no one to work 1t. She Immediately oroPPeu he'
natl Of water and, seizing the hammer, VoWeu 10
.,ca her husbands death Her skill and courage
attracted the attention Of all, and early the next
morning General Greene took her to headquarters
70 be presented 10 General Washington. Washlhs
ton gave her a sergeant's commission TOT me, anu
her name was put the list of haf-pay oHicefs.
She was always known. however, as Captain
MolIie Pitcher. She left the Army soon AFTER the
death OF her husband. and but little Is known OF
her later life. -,
The four other women in the Capitol group all
belong 10 the present time born but rev years
anar+ In the earlier part of the present century,
Zach was of New-England parentage' each hau d
stern religious early training, each lived IN her
ary home circle. and each enjoyed the influence Vi
a GOOD mother Alike all knew the hardships OF
oro-tv and learned self-reance. fortitude and
herfulness in an atmosphere of stern necessity
Each taught school for while during early "oin-
anhood Only one ever married
Mrs Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin" was puohsheo
at first in serial form. The public demand soon led
10 its, appearance IN book Since 1857 more tha,,
two million copies have been sold, and II Is sun
r,opular Harriet Beecher stowe was the oaush'er
OF the Rev Lyman Beecher. She was porn On
June a. 1911 at Htchheld Conn, and was the sew
en,b child in family Of thirteen. From this group
OF children America derived more literary men
and women than from any other one family IN all
IFS history Her education was largely secured at
home After few years as a teacher she married
the Rev. Calvin f. Stowe professor IN d siiai
Western college The care Of little chioreh anu no
sernest poverty made her life exceedingly nara TOT
vbra and II was not until 1850 while travelling
from Ohio east to Join her husband. that she gave
any deep thought 10 the subject OF slavery fass-
ing through the border States she saw so many
Iayes and slave-h hunters that her heart was wrung
with pity and she determined to write the story OF
Uncle Tom. real negro, whom she had known
She wrote many other books. but her fame rests
on this one She died little more than twp years
ago. ,,,u,xd ,os borr IN the state
of New-York September 2s. 1889. She used to tell
Of the sricness OF her early Tanins S came on
Sunday and the children of the honseho6 %eFe
given their small gtS d Ss the soemny Of the
rest day Now Frances had long wanted o 9
stenoons but TO her chaerin her present this
time slate while her brother and sister ba e9Gg
watched reading as Long as Shs eGua TO-
houses" ..mus, .o,oo, for several years
ana IN ii was president Of the evanston G2 Col
iese for Women But her great nS he erganzation
Of the Womans Christian Temperance unl9n ah Ma
largely due to her work Her death occurred aoo''
born in 1870 go and 6Sas ses ws S
which society her father belonged. Susan choose
teaching her Ssl father a"a for the
children Of his workmen; Her success oh was bnt
narkable Later she taught SouiHlty ,o toIa the
after a few months the Board DECIDED 10 TAKE 'le
school from her and give it to young nan Nan Il
three times the salary she was getuIe wv ,,ai
was while sitting at her desk awaiting the arieaI
Of this young man. that she mignt sve erst asked
into his keeping that Susan B. Anthony ntsI eL
herself the question she has ever since pse receiHe
ing the world namely, why a man shouio Ien for
treble the nav that would be given 70 w 9t ii
performing the work? About loSo oo H FOR the
hony resigned the ferule and anti.
lecture field in the cause OF temperS a. he, rdiV
slavery and woman suffrage IheGge 10 Erancisco
CITY or town from New-York 20 san ram hoS
hat has not heard her speak MISS AhSnoYYY y
On CHRISTMAS Day in the year 1880 inc iaSt 90 a.,
these FIVE famous women. Miss Clara barton ~, Dis
born In North oxford. Mass. she went 20 d" Miss
trct school After few years as a te a. ne pat
Barton was appointed as an edSs the first woman
70 be so employed. and It was while e RH1 came
through after having been hred on III 6a her life
1881 From that time TO the presse,hI nd snrering
has been one long service TO the SICK ana han
Out OF her own private purse, and az sl The
records were hard 10 obtain she bereabouis OF
Civil War the effort trace the wheieapou'9 -