Evening star., 1925-04-05
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
PORTRAIT UNVEILED
iioted Suffrage Worker Is
ExtoIIed by Women at Exer-
CiSeS at ShOreham.


who had been intimately associated
Nth Susan 3. Anthony, delivered
dulogies on the pioneer suffragist at
dwelling exercises of lifesized por-
t.rait of Miss Anthony, under the aus
hices of Che Susan B. Anthony Foun-
dation, in9Se5parlors of the Shoreham
Eiotel, yestsrday afternoon.
The portrait, which was recently
procured at auction by the founda-
son, was. unveiled by little Miss Mar
ssret SoTRSrtSSnthony, and is to re-
main for fAS Pfesent in the parlors
af, the Shoreham. The portrait is by
The late Jerome X. Uhle. Miss Antho-
nv sat for the painting in 1890.
The exercises were opened by
verses of the Battle Hymn of the
Republic sung by Mrs. Wayne B.
Wheeler. during which time the
portrait was unveiled. Immediately
following Mrs. Anna Z. Hendley.
president of the foundation said: Let
avery woman who enjoys the freedom
Miss Anthony helped to win and
9very man who rejoices in the larger
horizon of the mothers of his race
give living homage to the great
heart and dauntless spirit of Susan
Z. Anthony"
Wants Statue Here.
pioneer suffragette, said with en-
phasis that Susan B. Anthony de-
serves statue in Washington"
The foundation is working toward
this end.
The next speaker, Miss Janet Rich
ards, who at the request of Susan
3. Anthony. made speeches in the
cause of woman suffrags. told of Miss
-snthony's tireless labor.
Mrs. David Allen Campbell, presi-
dent and organizer of the American
Cover of Music and chairman of the
department of music of the Inter-
rational Council of Women. said that
"a great spiritual enlightening has
got to come through the women
and predicted that women through
love would find a way to still this
troubled world"
Tells of Character.
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper. who was
Intimately associated with Miss
Anthony, and who wrote her biog-
faphy. told of the character of the
suffrage leader.
: Mrs. Harper compared Miss
snthony with Lincoln, stating that
President Lincoln was the emancipa-
tor of slaves and that Miss Anthony
was the emancipator of women.
; Mrs. Nanette B. Paul, vice presi-
dent of the Susan B. Anthony Foun-
dation, another speaker, compared
Miss Anthony with the Apostle Paul
She pointed out that 1t was through
Paul the world obained an intimate
knowledge of Christ, and said that
Miss Anthony, through her work for
women and children, became a
spiritual mother to thousands of
children and was an apostle of true
democracy"
The remainder of the program in
Gluded vocal solos by Miss Madge
kenode, accompanied by Ellis Camp
bell Jones.
In Time for Delegates.
The unveiling of the portrait oc-
CURED just one month prior to the
opening here of the quinquennial OF
Of the International Council of Wom-
en-, in the organization of which Miss
anthony shares with Mrs. May
Wright Sewall highest honors. The
portrait will be viewed by hundreds
OF delegates, alternates and visitors
of the council.
No one individual is considered as
the founder Of the international
Council of Women, but at the 1920
meeting of the organization, held in
Christiania, Norway, resolution
was adopted setting forth the origin
of the council. The resolution paid
tribute to the Small group of Amer
ican women as the early organizers
of the council" and stated that they
be remembered with deep apprecia-
ton and gratitude by it's members
and that, above all, honor be given
TO Susan B. Anthony, whose idea il
was to convene an international
fr
women suffrage workers, and to Mrs
Nay Wright Sewall, whose suggestion
it was to create a permanent inter
national organization of women, anG
who, with this in view, proposed the
formation of National Councils OF
Women in all countries as the basis
Of an International Council of Won
en- and drew up it's first constitu.
ton"
First Meeting Here.
: The first meeting of the Interna.
ional Council of Women was held ir
Abaugh's Opera House here Sunday
March 25, 1888. Miss Anthony held
that the fortieth anniversary of the
Seneca Falls convention, at which the
first organized demand had beer
made by women for equal educa
tional. industrial, professional an6
ppAliOdi il6hIS, suOuIu not De limit
ed to d discussion of woman suffrage
as many of the objects sought ir
Is4S had been accomplished in 1885
and through the efforts of many
women and many organizations
Her views prevailed and she was
made chairman of the committee or
arrangements. Fifty-one associa.
ttons of women were represented and
delegates came from England, Scot.
land, Ireland, Norway, France, Den
mark, Finland, India and Canada
The task of preparing for the event
fell on the shoulders of Miss An.
thony, Mrs. May Wright SewalI anG
Miss Rachel G. Foster. Mrs. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton also had taker
an. active part in the plans for the
meeting, but was in Europe at the
time actual arrangements were made