Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16
NOTED SUFFRAG|ST DEAD
MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY SUCCUMBS
TO PNEUMONIA AFTER LONG
AND EVENTFUL CAREER.
WAS ONCE INDICTED.
Defed Court and Never Paid Fine in Her
Earnest Endeavor for Woman
Suffrage.


woman suffrage leader, died at 1 o'clock
this morning. The funeral will be held
on Thursday at o'clock Rev. Dr. Gan
nett Of the First Unitarian church, of
which Miss Anthony was a member, will
oficiate.
She had been i'll several days with
pneumonia ana had been given up by
her physician. Miss Anthony's illness
was the result of Il cold contracted dur
ing her trip last month to Washington
and Baltimore.
Pneumonia Works Fatally.
The first appearance of the trouble led
her friends to urge her to return at once
to Rochester and abandon her plan to
attend her birthday banquet in New
York. This was done, but in spite OF
the best care pneumonia developed
spreading to both lungs the last days OF
last week
Until Sunday, however, Miss Anthony
was able to make known her wants and
take substantial nourishment.
Story of Her Life in Brief.
Susan Brownell Anthony, probably The
best known advocate of woman suffrage
in America. was born at Adams, Mass,
February 10, 1920. When Miss An
thony was still IN her teens her parents
1916 settled at Rochester, which city
the eminent reformer continued to call
her home during the remainder or her
life. Miss Anthony received Il liberal
education and spent the early part OF
her career as q school teacher, which
profession her father had followed be-
| lore her.
Miss Anthony first spoke in public in
| 1917. and from that time took part Ill
the temperance movement, organizing
societies and lecturing. In 1901 she
| called Il temperance convention ID Al
bany. after being refused admission TO
q previous convention on account OF her
sex. In 1852 the Woman's New York
State Temperance society was organ
lied Through her eXertions. and those
OF Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women
came to be admitted to educational and
other conventions with the right TO
speak, vote, aud serve on committees.
For Abolition of Slavery.
About 1851 she became prominent
among the agtators for the abolition OF
slavery. In 1853 she made Il report, Ill
i teachers convention in Troy, in favor
CT the co-cducation of the sexes. But
it was TO secure equal civil rights Tor
women that the energies Of her lie We're
chiefly directed. In leo+-,Do she helu
conventions in each county OF New ork
in the cause of female suffrage, ana
from that time on she addressed annual
| appeals and petitions TO the Legislature.
She was active i'll securing the pass
age of the act Of the New York LeSlsla
ture of 1860. giving to married women
the posses sion of their earnings, the
guardianship Of their children, etc. Dur
! ing the Civil war she devoted herself to
the Women's Loyal league, which pet-
toned Congress in favor of the thlr-
tee4th amendment.
To Amend Constitution.
In 1860 she started a petition in favor
of leaving out the word male Ill til"
fourteenth amendment, and worked
with the National Woman Suffrage asso-
citation to induce Congress TO secure to
her sex the right of voting. In 1867 she
went to Kansas with Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Lucy Stone, and there OBJ
tanned 5000 votes in favor OF woman sui
frage.
In 1868. with the cooperation of Mrs
Stanton and Parker Pillsbury, and with
the assistance Of George Frahcis Train.
Miss Anthony began. i'll New York city.
the publication of weekly paper called
The Revolutionist, devoted to the elnan-
cipation of women.
Indicted for Illegal Vote.
IN 1872 Miss Anthony cast ballots at
the state and congressional election i'll
/ Rochester III order to test the application
Of the fourteenth and fifteenth ancni-
ments of the United States Constitution.
She was indicted for illegal voting, and
was fined by Justice Hunt. but. i'll ac-
cordance with her defiant declaration.
never paid the penalty.
Between 1870 and 1850 she lectured in
all ,ie northern and several of the south
erIl states more than one hundred times
year. She appeared before every Con-
@resS since 1869 and presented Il petition
i FOR Il constitutional amendment cufran-
rhis;u& women. During her long ana
busy life she travelled aud lectured ex-
| :cE&ycly both in America and Europe.
Thinks OF Work to End.
Miss Anthony said before she died OF
me one by one l cannot even call their
names. but they are 4 host of loyal.
splendid women and | love them every
one. How good everybody has been to
me. | wonder if we shall know in the
hereafter. If we do | shall be with you
I paign for victory
Then she added with smile: Per
haps | can 60 more over yonder tha"
DID here"
Failed Only il Suffrage.
Miss Anthony has said almost every re
form which. she advocated bad been ac-
complished with the exception of the
| right of suffrage. Size was one of the
first advocates OF co-eGucati0n and dress
reform She adopted the bloomer cos
tune in 1852. and clung to it Il little
more than II year. She said later i'll lie
that she found it q physical comfort,
but Il mental cruciGxion. She also car
ried her interest in the advancement of
women into the practical affairs Of every
day life.
She always assisted the women in
business when she could. Her photo
graphs, sent all over the country, were
taken by woman photographer. She
was attended throughout her illness by
| woman physician. In her relations VITA
the Rochester newspapers she never gave
an item to a man when the paper had a
woman on its staff who could be reached.
|SENATOR DEPEW is ILL.