Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-04
|oMEN HOPE TO HAvE'
 FEDERAL SUFFRAGE
 ASSURED ON FEB. 15.
.,,,d Like to Celebrate An
 .honv Anniversary in Real Way

.or he celebrated than by the
 ;.L ratification of the federal
 ffrage amendment giving Amer
 ,ron,en the right to vote in the
 9o elections,' says bulletin.
 urha cause for which Miss An
 anv fought so valiantly, when
 ghting required real courage isl
 rlv won. The Congress of the nited States has passed the amend ent drafted by Miss Anthony in I75 and introduced, to the accom-
 niment of sarcasm and ridicule,
 .S7s. It's ratification by twenty states (January 24) has fol- wed, The National Woman's Par
 is now campaigning for action by ia additional states necessary toI bmplete the work of emancipating |merican women.
 Susan B. Anthony's confident ronhecy was that American women bould vote in 1920. Yet when she egan her active work for "women's Iehts" not a single woman had vot-
 and very few craved the right. lhe confidence of her belief in the. sctory of her cause was the meas |re of her willingness to endure all hrts of hardships for it, including rrest as the first suffragist to suf- er that penalty for her principles. "What Miss Anthony began, hun |reds of thousands of American [omen continued, spending time, |nergy and money in the effort to |onvince a man-made government of heir right to participation In It |n equal terms with men. Through |ears of agitation, house to house anyassing, petitioning, writing, peaking, and finally more militant methods, women have at last won heir way almost to their goal.
 "In honor of American woman lood as we'll as in memory of the outrageous woman whose centenary s celebrated February 15, let rat fication of the suffrage amendment 'e quickly finished"
 Susan B. Anthony, first militant life story is: Born in ,outh Adams, Mass, February 15, 82O. Died March 13, 1906. Centenary february 15, 1920.
 Family: Father cotton manufac- urer, and liberal Quaker who ed The family moved in S26 to Washington county, New fork, and in 1846 to Rochester.
 Public work: Taught in New York tate from 1885 to 1850. First poke in public in 1S47. Took act ,art in temperance movement. Called temperance convention i'll Albany in 1851. Organized New York state Temperance Society in 1852, Became prominent among ab- in 1857.
 Suffrage work: Became leader in The movement for women's rights, liter the first Women's Rights con- 7ention at Seneca Falls, New York, n 1848. During 1854 and 1855 held suffrage conventions in every coun- sy in New York. In 1860, started a petition in favor of leaving the word male" out of the fourteenth amend ment. During the Civil war, in spite of her protests, women were prevailed upon to give up their work for suffrage by the promise 'f men in Congress that when the war was over Justice would be done them" This promise was broken 50 the suffrage campaign was taken up again. After the Civil war, Miss decided to undertake state so that the demand ot the women for national enfranchise- ment would have behind it the pow er of votes. In 1857 she, with Eliz. abeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stont obtained 5000 votes for suffrage 1T Kansas.
 Arrested in 1872.
 Susan B. Anthony was the frs American suffragist to be arrested for her principles. In order to tes the 14th and 18th amendments, sh' cast ballots at the state and con gressional elections at Rochester il 1872. She was indicted for illega voting and fine imposed. She de fiantly refused to pay the fine bu was never jailed.
 Drafted the federal suffrag amendment in 1875 in the sam form in which it was passed in 1918 Had it first introduced into tn United States Senate in 1878. Suffrage Amendments During 10
 Years Since Susan B. AnthOny's
 Birth.
 In 1920 no state in the Union an no foreign country allowed wome to vote.
 In 1920 17,OOO,OO0 American wome are eligible to vote for President an ,I,00O,O0O eligible to vote for mem bers of Congress.
 In 26 states women have full o presidential suffrage and primar suffrage in states.
 In Fl foreign countries wome nave full suffrage.
 :, Since Susan B. Anthony starte her agitation, millions of dollar nave been raised and spent, year spent in petitioning, speaking an campaigning. between 400 and 5o arrests were made of American SUI. iiraglsts and 164 women have serve sail sentences of from days to months.
 Susan B. Anthony prophesied thu american women would vote in l92 1T that prophecy is to be fulfille .o more states must ratify the su xrage amendment, twenty-six havir aQone S0 lln h Ion,1 C0 's The following tabulation of u situation has been issued:
 ,c states Which Have Ratified. lContain majority of population
 United States.)
 l. Wisconsin --- June
 z Michigan -- June
 5. Kansas June \ 4. Ohio June