The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
MRS. BEL vi i LOCK WOOD JJJBIL IN Z
OVER VICTORY OF SUFFR ACISTS
A Al,anse Ass 4 Esshsy.
tlrse. Wa EIrsl Adnliftsd
o Praelios Be1ors Saleslne
Court q the Uaited States +
Hale md Hearty.

W0uS OF Wotno1s tfUU1 Wuscu ~ 1UrhD
resslan4 Chlnssp. and othsr oriental na-
lions are only sjust now smsfs1ns. ORR
sntnl women have Just now begun %
throw o6 TIE thyull6cm that has dwarf
"a their minds ard thelr bodise
cWay hack IN the days when 6r0t !
began 20 kiok,' women bad to card. sptn.
kweaves- knit, miik. land 4 "a. other work
that b hrgeiy oone BY machinssy row
adAys. Women e to-day have mdss
leisure than their mothers had.
IT had 70 begin work early. Al the
age Of fourteen was teaching tchool.
Ny salary vas - week and ] board
ed among my patrons. While got frpm
~ TO 115 per month. male teachers got
from $S to ~ for the same work.
taught untn was eighteen vhsn
became the wife Of Uriah II. NcNali. q
young farmer and ssw miller. -Four
years later Mr.. NcNali died. leaving
me Q widow with one child. took mp
teaching again. but IN Jrdsr to at my
self well for the work went to school
graduating from Genesee College. Lima.
N. r. In 11H
Il secured . position a. teacher of
algebrs and other higher branches at
The school board that employed me told
ne that was one of the best paid
women teachers in the state.
MY salary not being encouraging and
my health not robust. I gave up teach
ing to seek more lucrative employment.
Law appealed to me.
Real FigAt Of Life.
''The real fight Of my life began after
I prepared myself to practice law. My
sex kept me out of court for Q long
time. was told that women had not
been recognized in legal circles. I ap-
piled for admission to the Court OF
ClairnsL but was refused on the gr1und,
first. that was q woman: and, second.
that I was a married woman. But I
never stopped fighting. My cause was
pushed forward when could and re-
treated when / had to. but always re-
turned to the attack
~When I was ready to take my law
there was nobody to ex-
anime me.
''At that time the woman suffragists
were doing much talking. but were not
taken seriously. They went before Con-
sTessional committees. presented their |
claims or made their charges. and de-
parted. Statesmen heard their speeches. |
accepted their petitions, but ignored |
heir requests for laws. Very few tam |
sible results were secured.
Il soon realized that the individual |
must be reached. I got
% introduce q bill-that I drew-to ad-
nit women to practice at the bar Of the
United States Supreme Court. The |
began TO notice me. Myl
,lans were publiahed. I WAS encouraged. |
Ny bill went through the House. and !!
vas sent to the Senate. whers It was in
ianser Of an easy death in a pigeon
,ole. I interested Senator Mcdonald Of
indiana in my project. I told him that
III that asked was that Congress- let
lown the bars to women
The main argument advanced asainsti
ny bill was that It was an entering
wedge for woman suffrage. I am not
n favor Of women voting and this bill
nay lead to H. 10 the way the Sena-
ors met me.
'I polied the Senate day after day. I
legged for vote on It. Ny great fear
vas that It would be ignored, ~ the
equcsts Of woman suffragists were done.
Senator Mcdonald. a great, big man.
Intellectual and able-was grun, but
leasant."
Here Mrs. Lockwood disressed to OBJ
erve that in her experience with men
he had found that big men. big in body
nd mind. aSe never little and snarly.
WELL" she continued. ''Senator Nc
>onald took up the tight and won It
Or me. IL
"Conkiing Of New York was one of q
are handful Of Senators VINO refused
D see me. He was like q member Of
he House described him to me one day: !
Why. that man Conkling let mo speak
, him the other day. II
H. Anna Quimby. OF Columbus. Ohio. !