The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-15

No person ever did boider battle ioi
any cause than Susan b Anthony did
for woman suffrage u was not heI
fortune 10 live long enough 20 see com
plete victory. but advance along the
lines she advocated began long before
she was called 10 cease from fighting
and there was a steady and substantial
forward movement during almost
every one Of the closing years OF her
life Miss Anthony embarked in the
movement FOR equal civil and political
rights for women in 1853 though her
first public work was done four years
earlier In the temperance cause.
Susan 3. Anthony was born at North
Adams. Mass. February -. 1920. She
came OF rugged stock Her youth was
passed in Rochester. a city which for
many years was noted for the number
Of isms that we're born and fourished
there. There she became acquainted
with Thurlow Weed and Lucretia Mott
and Lucy Stone and Frederick Doug
lass. and there she attended the Jerry
Rescue trial She was engaged in teach
ing school for Is years. beginning at
the age Of -. and retiring from the
schoolroom only when she began her
life work.
The first results OF the labors OF Miss
Anthony and her coworkers was the
passing Of laws giving women various
property and other rights. When they
began there was not state in the
Union in which the mother could be
the guardian Of her own children. Now
there are six states whore the mother
owns her children In 1851 there was
not a state in which woman mad a
right to her own wages Now there is
hardly state IN which the law has not
been changed in this regard.
In 1850 there were but two lnstitu-
tions called colleges In America that
admitted women Now the number of
women colleges is legion. and co-educa-
tion is advancing every year in the
ranks Of the most conservative coll
leges. When Miss Anthony began, wo-
man had no part whatever in the suf-
frage in America Wyoming has had
complete suffrage for women now for
years. and in mora than 20 states wO-
men may vote sor school officers. Muni-
cipal suffrage. too, has made consider
able strides. ard as result Of the agi-
tation women have entered many
branches Of Industrial and profess
sional life that were before closed to
them.
Since she retired from the presidency
Of the Suffrage party. about three years
ago. Miss Anthony has travelled widely
and lectured more than was wise for
one Of her age
In 1904 she went to Germany to at
tend the international Congress Of
Women. the result OF a plan which she
devised in 1898 at the 4Oth anniversary
of the first womens rights meeting.
Miss Anthony was received at court by
Emperor William and his wife. who
were charmed by her simple manners
and dignity.
In the following year Miss Anthony
was at Portland. Ore. at great gath
ering Of women suffragists. This year
she went to Baltimore. and ii was this
Journey that overtaxed her strength.
She was attacked by neuralgia and had
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cancel an obligation to attend dinner
given in her honor in New York city.
as symptoms Of pneumonia were de-
tected It was difficult for her to give
I'D. and she insisted on going to New
York even in the face Of her doctors
warning She became suddenly weaker,
however. and was forced to take to
her bed.