New Britain herald., 1917-08-30
COMMUNICATED
FINDS WILSON AN AUTOCRAT.
President Compared to Kerenslky of
Russia By Defender of White House
P1CketS-A Lesson From IIistor.u


To the Editor of the Herald
When Susan B. Anthony lay dying
at her home in Rochester,, in 1906.
after sixty years given to the cause
of Woman Suffrage, DR.. Anna How
ard Shaw, who had been her close
friend and co-worker for over twen-
! ty years, was at her bedside most of
| the time. At the repeated request of
| Miss Anthony, Dr. Shaw promised
! her that she would devote the re-
| mainder of her life to work for Wo-
| man Suffrage, and Miss Anthony gave
her many wise counsels. Among
| other things she told DR.. Shaw to
warn women everywhere not to let
| little success make them over-san-
gu1ne and on the other hand not to
| let adverse action discourage them
She said that no power on earth
could ultimately prevent the estab-
lishment of Woman Suffrage, and
that the great need of the hour was
| a steadfast purpose and unfaltering
confidence.
She further told DR.. Shaw to strike
a blow wherever she could, not to
| expect gratitude, but to do the right
thing and await results calmly and
! bravely.
Among the sayings of Abraham
Lincoln, is one which I keep con-
stantly before me. In part it is this:
II must live up to what light I
have, I must stand with anybody
that stands right; stand with him
while he is right and part with him
when he goes wrong"
! In your editorial of August 21, en-
titled "The Foolish Suffragettes"
you are very severe in your criticism
of the so called "militants'' at
Washington and it appears to me
that you never miss an opportunity
of striking a blow against Woman
Suffrage and those who believe in it
In view of the advice that is being
given to women at the present time
the work that they are expected to
! accomplish in the carrying on of the
war, and the total lack of any prom
i Use or encouragement that thew will
be given the recognition for which
- they have waited so long and patient
ly, I wish to review a little history
8 Of the time of our Civil war.
t For the first ten years Of the ag1-
Il tation for the recognition of the
rights of women or up to 1860, the
movement was known as "Woman's
Rights, very general term. Before
!. this period, women had never beer
, ings, or express themselves through
newspapers, andH when, as a result
= of these early efforts they obtained
). the privilege, they found SO many
f wrongs that needed righting that
O they were confused by the very mum.
Der and lifted up their voices fol
many and various reforms.
: Among them, there were a few
d radical and far-sighted women
a such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone etc, anG
there were also some men, such as
Garrison and Phillips, who clearly
Q saw and fully realized that the RICH,
8 to Suffrage was the foundations upor
+ which the whole movement for the
liberation of women should rest; but
. there were so many other associated
= with them who did not see this un.
DERIVING truth, that it was not 'unti
@ many years had passed and practi.
>, cally all the demands of these pic.
neers had been granted, except the
Z Suffrage, that a Suffrage organization
: pure and simple, was established
=, In 1860 the English common law
"a prevailed and under it, woman wa.
. | almost as much a part Of mans prop.
erty as his horse or his dog. Ac
g cording to the great jurist, Davic
a Dudley Field. women stood before