The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-14
PERSONAL SKETCHES OF
SOME NOTABLE WOMEN

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Among the delegates to the Woman Suf-
frage convention. in session in this city
are numbered quite a few very notable
workers in the cause whose lives have
been spent in an uuseIfsh devotion TO thc
principles in w,:ch they believe. and
whose labors for their sex hsSc borne
abundant fruit. The work done by some
OF them is briefly sketched in the fol-
lowing paragraphs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the only liy-
ing woman who signed the call for the
first woman's rights convention ever held
in the world. at Seneca Falls, y. Y.
July 1913 1913. While the call was
signed by many intelligent, progressive
women. most OF them dropped out after
the FIRST shower Of ridicule which was
heIped upon them from the press, pulpit,
and people. Mrs. Stanton alone had the
moral courage 10 Withstand the constant
stream OF TidiCule that was heaped upon
her. She is one OF these great souls that
have come into the world. lived anil per
formed their mission leo years ahead of
their time and at the close Of the tweuti-
eth century the women whom Ter efforts
politically. socially. and legally. VIII read
the story Of her life with wonder born
Of the ignorance Of and UnCamiIaTity with
conditions as they existed fifty years ago
and even exist today Il rs cause for
great rejoicing that the two women.
Elizabeth Cady stanton and Susan b.
Anthony. whose lives have been SO linked
together in their battle Tor the rights ~
women, should live 20 see their efforts
ar
were cOntcnding. ia q great measure, Sc
cured For more Than fifty years they
have worked together for tho rights or
women. During that time the women OF
America have made wonderful progress.
Their legal, social and business rights.
Acknowledged and recognized by men. are
far in advance Of 1880. and it is TO the
pioneers in the cause Of the rights Of
women that this is due.
Julia Ward Howe, now eighty three
years Of age. has been associated with the
suffrage movement since 1868 and has
been president Of the New England SUI
fragc Association for nearly a quarter
OF a century. She has written, travelled,
and lectured upon a variety of subjects
having visited Europe six times made
several trips TO the West Indies and two
20 the Pacific Coast. She was one OF the
founders OF the New England Woman $
Club. in 1865. and mas been its president
for many years. She was one Of the
first officers Of the Association FOR the
Advancement OF Women, also abe Fed
Grafton OF Womeu's Clubs. She has not
only contributed 20 nearly all the leading
magazines Of the country. but has writ
ten many books Ipon a great variety CT
subjects.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. now eighty
one years of aE-. is known the world
over in connection with the Sanitary
Commission durirE the civil war. q work
that has never seen surpassed for its
completeDess and Iar-reaching effect. The
story OF woman work during the civil
war can never be understood save by
those connected with &C. For twenty
FIVE years she was conspicuous on the
lecture platform. and has been heard in
1c1rly every city in The United States
Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell began
platform work in 1916. which pse-dates
that OF any Of the pioneers now living.
in IS47, in company with Lucy Stone. she
conducted discussion in the presence OF
a professor and the senior class OF ODER
lin College, ana that year prepared an
exegesis giving q new interpretation TO
S.. Pauls teaching concerning women In
1S4S. when Mrs. Stanton called the first
W0mans Rights convention, Miss Brown
had nearly completed a year Of the regu-
lar theological course with a class OF
men and one other woman. Lettuce Smith
Holmes In 1850 she took her degree and
began preaching as opportunity offered
The same year she attended the first ma
tional WOman's Rights convention, since
which time she has been publicly identi-
fed with the woman suffrage movement
In 1852 she became pastor OF a church
in South Butler. n Y. in which she was
ordained by q united council one year
later. During this year she was sent as
a regular delegate 10 the first world s
temperance convention, held IN New York
but was denied a delegate s rights because
she was a woman. Until about 1850 Rev
Antoinette Brown Blackwell frequently
made lecturing trips with Miss Anthony
and has never given up. during the forty
nine years since she made her first pub
lie speech either pulpit or platform work
I.atterly her work has been mostly with
the pen and largely In the line OF phi
Iosophy Several books and many other
writings attest her industry and ability.
Rev. Olympia Brown, Of Racine. Wis
was the first woman in the United States
10 be ordained By q regularly constituted
ecclesiastical body. She was ordained ir
Malone. y. Y. In June 1863. by vote o.
thu ordaining council Of the UniversaIis
Church. She has served as pastor in mani
places and 30 Is a noticeable fact that new
life is cnthused In the church whereve
she goes She Is absolutely fearless il
defending whatever appeals TO her O..
right and this characteristic has otter
given people the impression that she D.
aggressive. In April. 1873 she married
John Henry Willis, a business man u
sympathy with her ideas, and by muta1
agreement and with sis full consent SIR
retained her maiden name which her ef
forts have made historic. Mrs Brow
has been for many years president or fE'
Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association.
Henry p. Blackwell. another speaker al
the pioneers' meeting. IS a notable man
iu more than one sense. Tie is not emily
the husband OF the reyorod Lucy stone
but from early manhood has been an un
compromising worker in behalf Of woman
suffrage. For thirty years he has besI
editor OF the '-WOmau's Journal, WhIc'
has a circulation extending an over th
United States and into foreign Countrie
o. we'll lie was married 20 Lucy SION
in 1850 They we're Obliged 20 send tniru
miles for a minister who would MARI
them without using the word obey s.
tho time Of their marriage they issued
FONT protest against the inequalities O
lhe law which gave the husband the cor
troll OF his wife's property. person. an
children. He has spoken In nearly ever
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