New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-13
MISS ANTHONY'S LIFE.
Foremost Woman Sufragist BE
loUed bg al Who Kne7c Her.

N,s- Anthony was taken I'll in Washington. where
she had gone for the celebration OF her e go
sixth birthday on February Is. and also for ha ,
ing m an amendment to the Constitution which
took place on the morning of the same uay' ~ ,
believed that her illness was due to cot u -
on the brain. and 1t was decided that sIlo ~
better return at once TO her home IN Rochester'
The Rev Anna Shaw wished to accompany heT,
but Miss Anthony said. mo. the cause Is OF mort
Importance than 1 You must remain mere
So she left. accompanied only by trained nurse,
and for some time, under the care of two trained
nurses, her condition seemed TO improve In spite
of slight attack of pneumonia At the ceieorauoh
of her birthday. February 20. in NeW-forK' at
which she had been expected to be present IL was
announced that her illness was not serious, out
those familiar with the facts expressed the opinion
that while she might llnger for time she
would never he we'll again. The news of her death
did not therefore come to them as a shock or
surprise.
Miss Anthony was born in South Adams. Mass.
on February Is. 1920 of Quaker father and Bap-
fist mother Her father was a cotton manufacturer,
and the first dollar she earned was in his rae
tory. In 1926 the family moved into Washington
County N Y, and in 1916 to Rochester AS girl
she was devoted to the faith of her father and
aspired TO leadership among the Friends, but her
ambitions were checked by the treatment accorded
to her father who expelled from the society
for allowing room in his house to be used for a
Although Mr.. Anthony was one of the weathiest
men in his nelghborhood, each of his girls was
education at Friends boarding school in PhiIadel-
schools in New-York State winning general recog-
milton as one Of the best teachers of the day.
Her hrst public work. beginning in 1873. was in
connection with the temperance movement; A state
iSs Mss AntRony With vi r M9s doT Beds and am
Mrs. Mary Halowell. appointed delegates to
Although temperance is now considered emInently
n MT as field for feminine endeay0r. it appears
Ssed % a at the APP OF the and
the town invited the women to speak at his house
ana they had an Immense audience, while the mems
A little later Miss Anthony was one of those to
d9Ded i, me boomer costume but she aban
Mrs Amelia BIoomer and the Rev Antoinett Ell L.
ana the three women never failed to create a SEN
saton when they appeared on the platform in their
the garb as physical comfort mental crucifxion
AZ, ABOUT bout. TINS time Miss Anthony began to disturb
she prosecuted the convention to the fnfnit
of the conservative members whose faaf5ars
always ruined, II Is said the moment Miss Anthony
with her stad Quaker face and firm step. walked
as II to say: Gentlemen. here I am again to de-
dreds of women before you-teachers who sit in
rnese conventions without voice or vote in your
Mt IL was her activity along these lines that led
MSS Anuony INTO the cause of woman suffrage as
she became convinced that women could do little
70 orlng about reforms without the ballot In lisp
during the ante-beum days heg e0egae oe
dar6eIy devoted to the cause Of abolition. She be-
Society in 1856 ecfuring in the causa of a6ntfg
In churches schOohouses and harms and 1ntos.
ing herself with Mrs Elizabeth Cadv stontop IN
SSSnalng nearly four hundred thousand petitions to
NS SI LOT me abolition of slavery.
act in the NewYork Ieesature of 1855 Ewing 1f f
and the guardianship Of their children. In The
ot 9 t year s9e started petition in favor leaving
20 the Constitution and with unhagglng zeal She Ia
r Iob 10 induce Congress to TO her sex the
N cha haYp
The Revolution, woman Suffrage organ. WHICH,
she published in NewYorls City for the next three
movement with which Miss Anthony had then be
years debt Of 80 H bad a.. AT the end OF three
tS SsSva into other hands and perished Miss An
ton with IT ceased and She Sra RF ce 2et Go
t TofR 20 pay me debt and eventually did So with
me most dramatic event in Miss Anthony's life
for voting Rochester at the fnd tSd
were s S %1 As the date and place Of her trial
OF the county in order to ascertain II af the jurors
were instructed In citizens rights The trial
60 county she canyassed that county and held pub
fudge pro69;,nc Mhen the case came to trial the
Iact took It out Of the hands of the jury and fined
sSef to tyranny is obedience to God and
Lbs snail al never pay penny OF this unjust claim
Miss Anthony's only regret in connection with
advice her counsel She gave bonds h n oL on the
avoid 1mprisonment-an act which prevented her
IN ISIS at the age Of ftys d2uFS Miss Anthony
pekan a History of Woman Suffrage in coiIahO.
ration with Mrs Stanton and Mrs Matilda Josivn
gage. Ihere was, however, money with which
10 begin publication until friends of the cause came
TO the rescue: The last Of the four immense vol
aaes ald not appear until after Miss Anthonys
e eisneeth H. 6irthday Copies Of the work were
public libraries, and sets were sent to hUndreds of
colleges, schools. writers, speakers and others
With advancing years hOnors and appreciatfon
came to Miss Anthony. Her seventeth blrthdsv
was the occasion of spontaneous outburst OF re-
spect and admiration. and was appropriately cele-
Drated by the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
tlon OF which she ce-president- at-Iarge from,
us organization. in 1869 until it's convention i'm
1917, when she was elected president In 1895 when
she was in her seventy-sxth year she visited the
Pacific Coast. lecturing sometimes three fines a
day, in behalf of woman suffrage
Her elghueth birthday was made a sort Of ma
tional holiday by the suffragists. At the age of
eighty-three she crossed the ocean to attend the
qulnquenntal convention of the Interna tionaI Conn
Gil Of Women and the bright particular star
of that gathering 49,
+, Aithough Miss Anthony's later years were passed
IN comparative quietneSs at her home in Rochester
where her sister Miss Mary Anthony, relieved her
or al doinesc cares. she never up either her
interest In the to which she had jevoTe5 bo-
life or active participation in il.