Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-08
DISSENSI0NS AGGRAVATE HER
CONDITION
ACTIVE WORKER FOR WOMEN
Mrs. Mabel v. Osborne, Prominent In
State Equal Rights Association,
Does Not Survive Ner-
vous Affiction

Mrs. Mabel V. Osborne, president of
the Los Angeles City Equal Suffrage
association, vice president of the state
suffrage association and for many
years one OF the most active workers
for women's rights in California, died
at the California hospital yesterday
afternoon at Ais o'clock.
Mrs. Osborne for several weeks had
been suffering with complication of
diseases aggravated by nervous pros
tration, which, her friends say, was
caused by overwork and worry because
of dissensions between the city suffrage
association and the county association.
She submitted to a severe surgical
operation Wednesday morning. Her
condition was more serious than had
at first been believed and after two
hours of the trying ordeal she was so
weakened that physicians could offer
no encouragement for hopes of re-
covery.
Rapid Change for Worse
A trained nurse was in constant at
tendance, and from 10 O'Clock until the
time of her death the physician did
not leave the bedside. Early in the
afternoon came a rapid change for the
worse and it was apparent she could
not survive the day.
Mrs. Osborne had been living at
Hotel Lovejoy with her mother, Mrs
R. P. Bates. She leaves one son, Julian
Bertran Osborne, seventeen years old,
who is now on the desert. Her brother,
F. L. Bates, a well-known mining man,
is in Los Angeles and his wife, who is
in northern California, has been nott-
fed of Mrs. Osborne's death and is ex-
pected to arrive today. Until she ar
rives arrangements will not be made
for the funeral.
Mabel V. Osborne was born in Au-
gust, 1866, at Antioch, Contra Costa
county, Cal. She began to participate
actively in the equal suffrage move
the state president.
Takes State Office
Miss Gordon persuaded her to ac-
cept the position of state secretary.
parliamentarian and woman of rare
executive ability.
During the campaign of 1896, when
Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Anna Shaw
and other of the national leaders were
in the state to bring the question before
the legislature, Mrs. Osborne was most
active and was also appointed to take
charge of the work of presenting the
question again at the last legislature.
Mrs. Osborne was also active in
uniting the northern association and
the southern association, for many
years at war with each other. and the
present state association is the result
of that union.
When the city suffrage association
was organized Mrs. Osborne was elect
ed president. and one of her first steps
was to organize the county convention
and arrange for securing the state
convention meeting for Los Angeles
She had been one of the prime movers
in establishing ward clubs and organ
izing throughout the state. Previous
to the meeting of the last legislature
she spent much time travelling from
one town to another, arousing enthusi-
asm for her cause.
Troubles in Association
The last few months of her life were
not happy ones and the trouble be-
tween the city and county associations
bore heavily upon her
Mrs. Osborne was the moving spirit
in the city association and with hel
death the balance of power will proba'
bly, pass into the hands of the county
association.
Mrs. Osborne's friends in the city as
sociation declare she has not beer
rightly treated by certain officers o
the city association and the feelint
among them appears to be very bitter
At a meeting of the city association
Monday afternoon plans were made fo
a reception to be given by the asso
citation in the parlors of the Angelu
hotel, but one of the members of tn,
committee in charge stated yesterda!