The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-30
WOMAN PASTOR
IN PLEA HERE FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw Speaks
to Large Audience in
Newark.
SOCIETY LEADERS ARE
AMONG LISTENERS
Declares Fair Sex Must Protect
Its Ideas and
Ideals.

Before an audience that taxed the
capacity of the building, the Rev. Anna
Howard Shaw, president of the Ma
tiona1 American Woman,s Suffrage AS
ISOLATION, delivered an address on equal
suffrage last night in the Church of the
Redeemer. Miss shaw's address was
punctuated with humorous remarks,
and kept her listeners interested from
start to finish,
why do men voter asked Miss
Shaw. Jus for one reason, and only
one: because they are human beings,
with rights M ideals to protect. Now,
these are the identical grounds upon
which woman is also seeking the bal
lot. They want an equal right and an
equal voice in the disposition of their
liberty. Women are human; they have
rights and ideals to protect. Now, why
shouldn't they have the ballot as we'll
as man?
The objections against us are most
obsurd,'' she continued. They are abb
solutely idiotic, and l ont see how the
directors can look each other In the
face. 1T Is true that some women don't
know much, and also that If they had a
vote they would sell it. The same,
however, can be said of the men. Some
one remarked sometime ago that wom-
EN- were foolish. Well, God had to make
them some way to match the men. We
don't give the suffrage to the mon be-
cause they are educated and would not
sell their votes, because some of them
are not educated and some also sell
their votes.
did you ever notice a body of dis
solute women going before the Legisla-
ture to ask the. passage of any bill2
They never did. l challenge any man
or woman to show me any bill that was
advocated by ~suffragette in any State
that was not for the good, moral and
education of it's people. We ask that
the women who are compelled 10 work
for a livelihood have a fair chance, that
they be allowed to have a say as to
their working hours and the compensa-
ton"
Prominent Women Present.
The Rev. Charles J.. Mead, who was
to preside, was unable to be present,
and F. l.. Leonard, of Arlington, pre-
sided in his stead. Others who occu-
pied platform seats were Miss Nora
Holman, Miss Emma Richards and
Mrs. Victor Laddey.
The receiving committee composed
Mrs. Laddey, the State treasurer; the
Rev. DIR. Antoinette Brown Blackwell.
Mrs. Emma Bourne, president of State
w. c. T. u; Mrs. Stewart Hartshorne,
president of Short Hills Political Study
Club; Mrs. M. +. Decker, president Or
ange Political Study Club; Mrs. Stephen
Half, president PIainfeld Political
Study Club; DIR. Madana F. De Hart,
president Jersey City Political Study
Club; Mrs. Frank Kitton, president
Bayonne Political Study Club; Miss
Emma Richards, as president of Essex
County Suffrage Society. Among the
prominent club women and suffragfsts
assisting were: Mrs. William H. Brown,
president Ray Palmer; also Mrs. Ell
wood Leary and Mrs. Aaron Ball. of
that club; Mrs. Carrie Blanchard, act
ing president Saturday Club; also Miss
Margaret Reid, of that club; Miss Iso-
la Stonelake, of Sesame: Mrs. Galen
Perrett, of College Woman's Club; Mrs.
James ". Morehouse, Mrs. Henry Per-
ter, Mrs. Frank Heaton, Miss Nora
Holman, Miss Jane Roberts, DR.. Mary
d. Hussey, of Orange Political Study
and Essex County Society: Miss
Paula Laden, Mrs. Frank Kilborn,
Mrs. Orrin D. Bartlett, of Arlington
Civic Club; DIR. Emma CAM and Miss
K~latschein, of East Orange Suffrage
Union.