Evening star., 1933-02-15
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
/ LAUDED AS LEADER
Pioneer of Suffrage Move
ment Was Born 113 Years
Ago Today.
BY ANNA E. HENDLEY.


accomplish some great service to tn
world"
The recurring of the anniversary o
the birth of soul into physical mani
festation is the occasion of more o
less joyous ceremonies. Those who's
lives. have been deemed worthy of tn
celebration Of their birthday anniver
sary are few. Among these few
Susan B. Anthony, the third grea
American Emancipator, who like Wash
ington and Lincoln, was born in Feb
ruary.
This greatest woman Of the centur.
was born February Is, 1920. in tn
Berkshire Hills Of Massachusetts,, I
country of natural beauty which ha
produced a race whose Independent
thought and daring achievements o
world wide consequences have no
been surpassed Originality Of though
and action, coupled with determined
will, have drawn the chariot OF prog
ress forward. A poet writes:
"Come here, where Greylock rolls
Itself toward heaven in those deel
silences,
worldworn and fretted souls.
Battle and be Clean"
In the broader scope Of her grea
soul, which expressed itself in hel
mission as a leader, she was destined
to batter down the walls of custom ane
tradition which had imprisoned hal
Of the human race.
Arrested in 1872.
The essential qualities required fol
leadership as found In Susan B. An.
thony are experience, which brings un.
derstanding, and increased viewpoint
Self respect, understanding, contro
and sacrifice are other keys that un.
lock the door of destiny. Equanimi.y
that balance In thought and action L
Invaluable. Intrepidity. that dauntless
courage which is so necessary In any
great work, was shown In the nevel
ceasing work Of the pioneers OF history
to attain their ideals, the so-called i'm.
possible. Self-sacriflce, bringing com
passion and love for man as portrayed
IN the lives OF master souls in all fleld'
Of action. Hereby is the dross con.
sIimer, the gold refined and becomes ar
incompatible gift to 60 down through
the history Of man, made In the image
Of God, a most wondrous work OF art
Miss Anthony's friendship with
Elizabeth Cady Stanton marked thi
beginning Of her great work. She was
maligned, misrepresented and perse-
cuted, but with the cooperation Of hel
family she continued toward the &C
complishment of her ideals so firmly
implanted within her soul. AS secre.
tary of the Daughters Of Temperance
she entered upon her public career.
At Rochester, N. Y, In November
1872, Miss Anthony was arrested for
having voted and was sentenced and
fined Her reply to the court was that
she would never pay q dollar OF the
unjust penalty for the reason that she
considered resistance to tyranny, obe-
dience to God and taxation without
representation was tyranny.
The one-half million citizens OF the
District of Columbia are barred from
their rights to enjoy the same privileges
as other citizens of the United States
OF America. This is indeed tyranny.
Feted on Anniversary.
It had long been the dream Of Miss
Anthony and Mrs. Stanton to form an
ciatiou. In 1883 this plan was enlarged
in scope and q call was issued for an
international council of women. Ac-
oording to authentic records Of Miss
Anthony, this council idea was the
child Of the brain Of May Wright
sewall and through her contagious
enthusiasm and marvellous energy u
was materialized. Mrs. Sewan did more
through the council idea to advance
the political status Of women thar
could ever have been accomplished by
working for woman suffrage only.
In 1890 at the SEVENTEEN anniver.
sary of her birth, friends, relatives and
co-workers with Miss Anthony ar
ranged a formal banquet, brilliant al.
fair, at the old Riggs House, now the
site Of the Washington Hotel, here ir
the city Of Washington. The Wash.
dngton Star, always a stanch sup
porter and very much in sympathy with
her ideals, said Of this occasion:
company Of the most remarkable
women in the world were assembled
She was surrounded by the 'Skirtet
Knights Of her long crusade" her mrs
lieutenAnts as she often called them
Mrs. Stanton was described as looking
iudge-like with her puffed curls o
white, and DR.. Anna Howard Shaw
as usual, spoke most eloquently.
In the field of co-education Susar
B. Anthony played most importan
part. Through her efforts the door
Of the University Of Rochester wer'
opened to girls.
The International Woman's Suffrage
Association was destined to be formed
at washington, with representative
from nine different countries present
and Susan B. Anthony was its mrs
president.
At the annual convention Of tn:
American Women's Suffrage Assocla'
ton held in Washington, Miss Anthony
presented Clara Barton and Frances z
willard as pioneers Of the past worl
and added a tribute to their work II
the Red Cross and the w. c. T. U
Miss Anthony's farewell address wa
received with as much reverence as tht
address given by Washington when ht
laid down the presidency Of the grow
ing Republic.
dorado Taft Bust.
Miss Anthony's part in the Colum'
han Exposition, better known as tn
Worlds Fair in Chicago. was the secur'
ING of the passage of the amendment
10 the Worlds Fair bill, providing fol
the appointment of woman commits
sioners. later known as the Board o
lady Managers. She 1t was who pre-
sented to Congress a petition signet
hv the wives Of Supreme Court judges
senator's. Army and Navy officers. tn
result of which was the Congress o
Representative Women, the largest ant
most influential body OF women eve
called in any part Of the world at tina
time.
AT this time Miss Anthony sat severa
times for a bust by the noted sculptor
dorado Taft Adelaide Johnson wa
also considering the work OF maxim
her likeness in marble. After mucl
controversy because Of the question
of sex, it was decided that both shoul.
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