Arizona republican., 1920-02-28
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FIRES WOMEN WITH HER ENTHUSIASM
 AFTER HALF CENTURY SUFFRAGE FIGH
By RUTH E. FINLEY x.s n ETA

N. E. A. Wonans Page Editor
 CHICAGO,-.'I attended the first National Woman Suffrage convention held in Washington in 1869. I had to come to the last one. and I would have come if they had had to bring me in a wheel chair"
 And she would have, too,
 Dr. Olympia Brown of Baltimore, s5 years old ordained Universalist min ister since 1863, and yet preaching upon frequent occasions, does not make statements she does not mean. If her advanced age had made a wheel chair necessary still would she have travelled the 1000 miles she did to at tend the 51st and last annual conVen- = ton of the National Woman Suffrage association. She is said to have been the only woman present who attended the 1869 convention.
 Glorious Victory
 sJt has been a glorious fight she cried in her speech before one or the packed meetings, but oh, women ot America, you in your youth and strength can make it an even more glorious victory"
 And she brought them up standing, 2,00O strong. those women delegates from every state in the Union repre- sentine the women of America. For little. and old, and wrinlSled as she is, her big eyes beneath her soft White hair still shine with the enthusiasm or a great purpose and her voice rings with the conviction of a just cause.
 The Washington convention in 1869 was not the first ''woman's rights gathering attended by Dr. Brown. As early as 1S4s women met to discuss their rights and again in 1861. But it was not until 1865 that Dr.. Brown became publicly identified with suf- frage.
 Quality Not Quantity
 We met in 1865 in Dr. Cheever's church. in Boston,, she said. ''We were hardly a handful of people, and suppose we were about all the suf fra gists in the world at the time. But it was notable company. Among us were Susan B. Anthony. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Pauline Wright Davis, gorgeous in her purple velvet gown she was the first woman to lecture on hysiology-Fanny Gage. Henry Ward Beecher. Theodore Tilton and just few more'
 From that day to this Dr. Brown has been an ardent suffrage worker. She has made literally thousands of speeches for the cause. and in every section of the land Holding pastor ateS in both the east and the west Dr. Brown had unusual opportunities for voicing her conviction. Her first church was at Weymouth, Mass; her last at Mukwanago. Wis.
 Canvassed Offices
 The story of her part in the long fight is rich in sideIights of the times
 T was visiting a friend in Cieve- land, Ohio, in 1S61.'' she said where a little body of women were cIrculat- ing petition concerning certain laws. It was to be sent to the state legis- lature and the women wanted as many names as possible. They had made a thorough house to house canvass but 1t was not considered proper for wor- en to even enter business offices and my friends were little jealous of th@Sr social standing. So I volunteered. | went into every office and place of business in the town. Cleveland was not as big then as it is now, and secured long list of signatures.
 Length of Aisle
 T remember that on the sheets of paper we used just S9 names could be signed. and when each was filed