New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
"REMINISCENCES OF WOMEN
MRS. wILBOUR's MEMORIES OF SOME
NOTED CONTEMPORARIES
SHE SPEAKS IN ADMIRATION OF LUCRETIA MOTT.
LUCY STONE AND oTHERs-''THE
UNIQUE SUSAN"


LUCY STONE AND OTHERs-sTHE
UNIQUE SUSAN"
At the annual dinner of the Pilgrim Mothers. held
recently. Mrs. Charlotte B. Wibour responded 70
the toast Then and Now" giving some extreme
y interesting "reminiscences of women who were
notable in her youth and who famous at the
present time
Mrs Wnbour all her life has been active in the
reform movements agtated by She was
one OF the charter members Of Sorosis, and with
Mrs. J. c. Croly. chose the name of that pioneer
club Her appears in it's first published list
Of officers recording secretary and treasurer. In
1870 she was elected president, which Office she
filed for five successive years. Her crowning
achievement was the organization in 1873 Of the
Association for the Advancement Of Women which
gave occasion for the first Congress of Women ever
held. The work of this association is matter Of
history. Mrs. Wilbour its first president and
has not ceased to take the warnest interest in its
welfare
In speaking of such women as Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Mrs. Brown Blackwell Lucy Stone
and Susan B. Anthony. Mrs. Wilbour said in her
address:
Previous TO the Worcester convention Of 1850 I
heard and overheard converse Cions between men
and women the pracIicability of an organization
OF equal rights association. I was, as the
and between"-not old enough 10 ioin an associa.~
ton, but old enough to take in the meaning OF it,
with my father on the subject l was taken by her
to hear Mrs. Ordway lecture temperance, and
during the lecture she said, Had we the privilege
OF voting we could do more in one day for tenn
peranoe than we can now do in years., and there
was a4ld;s quite qtter M among among the the, women
had Iectured in my fathers church, and had been
entertained at our house. They We're Southern
to advocate liberty for the negroes and political
Lucreua Mott met at committee meeting in
Philadelphia She was in the chair. The business
in the methods of the ASSOCIATION. The SPEAKERS
quoted the opinions Of others and referred TO pre-
the question under discussion. After an hour Of
i TINS Lncreea rofe f anq % aadressl1g herse 70 me
given us the opinions Of persons absent, but no
the proposed change, Il believe it to be good and
Mrs. Stanton when first her had baby
in her arms. 1t was steamer, and she carried
and the good mother blended perfectly with the
intellectual woman Mrs Bloomer and other
a dress reform meeting at DR.. Jackson's at Glen
sensible remarks about her favorite reform Her
healthy intelligence and great good nature were
has been but lately fulfilled in the bicycle dress of
Ny first sight of Lucy Stone was when she was
on neF Tay 10 70 an an QRen @ ar IT @ o2s 9e e e
s4 dress a4 s eId Locked s vfFy f ~ sopHg aad & @
political rights,
pulpit. and delighted with the clearness and
apparent conviction with which she uttered her
At the early conventions Abby Kelly Foster was
oR1ah R0reb snd Rfe Rsf
sae was friend and comrade to Mr. Foster. and
afterward became loyal and loving wife. On one
occasion she made a charming impression upon an
audience by tactful application OF her principles
TO herself. She 70 speak not observing that
Samuel J. May had risen just before her. Tae
chair gave Mr.. May the floor, hut he gave way al
once Miss Kelly She in tne sweetest voice sag;
Mays privilege. and, being woman l know how
Susan B Anthony first came into my horizon at
a State temperance convention She wished 20
speak, but was told by the chairman that the
privilege could not be granted her. Liberal mem
bers tried TO induce the convention to allow her
RI nd NOT action II.
even permitted. was with q mem
ber Of the association who was so chagrtned at
the refusal that left the convention. Miss An
thony at that time was a trtnitarian IN her OBJ
fects which were freedom for the slave, political
freedom for women. and temperance for all She
is the only one of her contemporaries who has de-
voted her life and her possessions TO the cause OF
woman. She has not had a single distraction. Her
endurance and courage have never been exceeded
She has long since won her crown and long may
it rest upon her shapely head, the unique Susan!