The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-08-27
EgRGRiTuiEE EEH wTERs
~The pas t,alis shs Opening q .
Grunt aas isev sle b NJ roIli'oai
life 81 lls Na,loh.r ra,s she sse-
rulAsyI snlls.n,. AIs snuhhud.

ed their Independents II VII even.
tunlly franchlse gt.pooooo women.
Womaa suffrage first raised lts
voice N America N Maryland in
i0tl, eEllen Mistress MarHarol Brent.
heir of Lord Calvert demanded a
place ~ lhe legislature Of he col.
ony a. a property holder OF wide ex.
tent. And IN the days Of the hev0-
luton Abigail Adams ornlc her hus-
hand. John Adams. Al the eonlinen-
al congress which was framing he
laws Of the infant uaiion thai -ll--
In the new laws particular care and
attention not paid 10 Tho ladies'. We
arc determined 10 fomeni q rebel
lion and will not hold ourselves
bound 10 obey any laws In which we
have no voice."
Flrsi al Sencca Falls. NY.
Organized work for woman sui.
froec began In the United States
with the Women's Right conven.
ton In Seneca Pals. n. ". IN iol0.
which was called by Liicrelia Mot
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. early
leaders OF Massachusetts, and New
York. IN rndDonse ~ lhe inainnalinn
arouned BY the refusal 70 permit wo-
men " take part N the aniitlavery
convention Of 1870. From the date
Of that convention the suffrage
movement IN the United States be.
san the fight that lasted X years
and ended with victory. Another
convention followed in 1859 AZ Syrn-
cusc. n. v. al which drlesales from
Cannda were present and Il was
there that Susan B.Anihony assunn.
ed leadership Of OF the cause 10
which she devoted her life.
In 1853 the National Woman suf.
frage association, with Miss Anlh.
Ony and Mrs. stanton az ~ head.
was formed In New York and IN the
same year the American Woman
Suffrage association was 0rgunIfed
In Cleveland, Ohio with Lucy
Stone and Julia Ward Howe as ils
leaders. AZ first. differing widely
Ia policy, the National association
working TO put . suffrage amend.
n1ent through the federal congress
aud rs sister organization bending
~ efforts TO convert the country
state by state. the Two associations
later united under the name Of the
National Woman Suffrage associa.
lion. The associations drive for
the vote was led IN lnrn hy Mrs.
Stanton, Miss Anthony. nr Anna
Howard shaw and Mrs Carrie Chap.
mann Gait. The latter Of whom Is
now lls president.
How They Did n
The ieth amendment, which bears
her name, was drafted by Miss An.
lhony 10 1875, and wae first intro.
duced IN coneroas In 1874 BY Hena-
for A. A. Sargent Of California: and
u is IN the same language that the
new principle Of the national Law
reads.
Section 4. The right of citizens
OF the United States 10 vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the
account Of sex.
'Section .. Congress shall have
power, hy appropriate legialalion, %
enforce the provisions OF this ar
ticlo.H
The amendment holds ihc record
for being nelure The country Longer
than ans other aucceesful Bnlcnd
menl 10 the constitution. liwas M
irniluced as the sixteenth amend
monl and has been sncceselyely lhg
seventeenth, eighteenth aud nine
leenth and has been before every
sossion " congress since ils initial
appearance.
nurins the first 80 years after IL
Introduction into conEross lhe
amendment made practically no pro
eress and until srvcn years ago u
had not been debated Qn tho ilonI
for 30 years, But lhe eampat-n fol
the moyesaent uas slowly pu|
steadily gaining ground IN the slales
susaa n. Anihens Arrested,
meanwhile Miss Anthony made 4
teal ~ ihn right Of woman 10 cas-