Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-19
ADVOCATES OF SUFFRAGE
Thirty Second Annual Meeting of Women's
Association to Be Held Here.
List of Those Invited to Deliver Adj
dresse~-Mrs. Stanton's Mes
sage to Delegates.

The thirty-sec1nd annual convention of
the National American Woman Suffrage
Association will be held in the Church of
Our Father, corner of 18th and l. streets
northwest February s to H. inclusive.
Among the speakers will be Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Susan B. Anthony. Clara 3. Colby,
Harriet Stanton Blatch, Virginia D. Young,
A Emmagene Paul. superintendent of the
street cleaning department of the first
ward. Chicago; Annie C. S. Fenner. Car
rie Chapman Gait and Mrs. Mary Church
Terrell The latter. who was formerly a
member of the board of school trustees
of this city, is the only colored woman
who has been invited to make an address
to the convention.
Four afternoons of the convention will
be devoted to discussion of methods of
work. under the charge of the chairman
of the national organization committee.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait These discus
sions will, it is anticipated be of interest
to all state workers, as well as to those
who look forward to becoming national or
ganizers.
In an address issued to the delegates to
the convention Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, honorary president of the organiza-
ton. says:
The nineteenth century was called by
the poet-prophet. Victor Hugo, The Cen
fury of Woman Since the dawn of his
tory exceptional women have demonstrated
by their high abilities as inventors, skilled
workers, poets. artists, teachers and rulers
that in the domain of intellect woman
was not under the ban of nature. but I'M
der those of statute and custom. But for
the mass of women the nineteenth century
has been the only epoch in history which
has given them opportunities as women or
rights as human beings.
To state the difference in the position of
women in all fields of activity now as COM
pared with what ii was in the beginning of
the nineteenth century would be to present
a series of brilliant transformations sur
passing the creations of Aladdin's lamp.
THE way up the heights of wornan's adj
vancement has been long and steep. but it
has not been dreary- The consciousness
of giving the world a forward movement
along the path of liberty is the highest re-
ward that is vouchsafed to human effort.
The greatest men of the century have
walked with US; poets have sung for us;
prophets have inspired us with visions of
success: statesmen have made courts and
forums ring with eloquence in our behalf;
has become applause: timidity, opposition
and Indifference have changed into a grand
chorus of appeal for woman's equality be-
fore the law
1T Is proposed to make the convention a
jubilee for our successes and preparation
for the incoming century, which is to be
not mans nor -woman's, but humanity's"
The present officers of the association
are: Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton hon
orary president; Miss Susan B. Anthony.
president at large: Mrs Rachel Foster
Avery, corresponding secretary; Mrs Alice
stone blackwell, recording secretary: Har-
riet Taylor Upton. treasurer; Laura CLAY
and Catherine Waugh McCulIoch, AUTHORS
and Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait chairman
of the organization committee