Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-11-20
Hone inr Women Bri.hicn-.


a.rii..uf her sensible ana eloquent
.-.t-9.- b,tur- Ire local Equality
CHI. IDrl.r Y.,..iug i'll viii Size
G..c 81. ,l.-ru-.ng contrast i'.-
tR.u tie. Du.j.'.un~ which existed
u.-I sixty Years ago. VIXEN thrtr~'
resolution declaring fDr IAN ri.a.ty
,. women before and under the
Avs Wa considered and adopted.
md rrw. Then 81" lad no r,"!i' 20
property No. ownership "r n~' of her
own wages. nu RIGHT 10 the guardian
ship or runtru. of Acr oNu ,tI ir,n.
and could b" beaten hy A"r husband
with rod no ,argor in diameter
than lis thumb. which Il viii be-
readily seen could have hrcn the
means Of very sever" punishment
though the HaStcrdiEit might hc OF
very small proportions.
She thought the progress from In"
dense ignorance and Olg0try which
would tolerate such gross unialrncSH
and brutal treatment, to full en-
reimbursement IN some States and
countries, and partial recognition OF
equality III property ana school mat
icrs in many others IS quite enough
10 be promo OF, ana IS OASIS Tor Il most
san9Wne nope lorattalhlhT universal
recognition OF political rights. The
cause began to brighten. she de-
clared, the moment people could be
induced to think on the subject.
From liberation came consideration,
and this has been followed by adopt
ton OF ideas when they are given
more serious thought.
Mrs. De Voc has just returned from
the National Suffrage meeting lately
held in Buffalo, \. Y, which partook
OF an international character from
the presence OF delegates from the
Old World. Prominent among them
were some of the ladies who partici-
pated in the paradeS and public dem
OnstratiOns in London last summer,
of which as usual the public was
compelled to form its opinions, even
upon the most important matters.
from grossly unreliable and always
sensational daily newspaper accounts.
1t should be borne in mind that that
these events happened across the wa
ter, where Mrs. De Voc incidentally
remarked, wider latitude for the lam
poon existed from the fact that free
dom of speech is not Guarded and
upheld there as it is here. The ladies'
she met were gentlebor educated.
refined and intelligent. and they as
sured the Buffalo audiences that
their cause had been grossly per-
verified an willfullv misrenresente cd
by the professional sensat;on-monoer
scribe. and referred their hearers to
the comments of hirb-class mapa-
zines for respectful as well as truthful
repOrts of their doinps tbouob nrob-
ably. as NAV have been exnccted
somewhat warped and narrowed bv
prejudice.
The speaker demonstrated the ir-
responsibility of the reporters by a
reference to her own experience
and in this land of chivalry, fairness
and free-specch. A scribe who was
not present at one of her Seattle lee
lures called upon her for a synopsis
of her remarks. She told him that
she spoke without notes or system,
and that it would be impossible for
her to give anything like a fair state
ment of her rambling remarks, en-
bracing SO many facts as she had
tried to present in the single dis
course. As uusal in some cases
the reporters turned in dope" lex
cuse the term, Mrs. DeVoe did not
use it, from his own imagination, and
among other absurdities declared
that the lady had said "The men
"'" OH '''o s'"i''i'ts 'or d long
. ''n ' nv" ~ was lar INA. inc
o" '"o'i,' ii"'c part vi III tut q
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p','o 'o'o'''oi 'or sucn
s "nu " 'U''sc su'l@o IL
CIV -.''' i'e' oo 'i''o ~ pup
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Do'oe gives 'he 'i'ost en-
'""S'"e'io ACCOUNT vi Tue progress
''oo III 'n's state 'or woman er-
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