The convention held in Baltimore one of the most notable--Miss Anthony, Julia Ward Howe and Clara Barton on the platform--Welcome by Governor Warfield and Collector of the Port Stone--Dr. Shaw scores President Roosevelt's reference to Women in Industry in his message to Congress--Ridicules Cardinal Gibbons' and Dr. Lyman Abbott's recent pronouncements on woman suffrage--Organization of College Women's League--Florence Kelley speaks on Child Labor--College Women's Evening--Women professors from five large colleges speak--Week of hospitality by Miss Mary E. Garrett--Speeches on Women in Municipal Government by Wm. Dudley Foulke, Frederick C. Howe, Rudolph Blankenburg, Jane Addams--Miss Anthony speaks her last words to a national suffrage convention--Mrs. Howe's farewell address--President Thomas and Miss Garrett decide to raise large fund for woman suffrage--Delegates go to Washington for hearings before Congressional Committees--Miss Anthony's 86th birthday celebrated--Her last words on the public platform. CHAPTER VII. NATIONAL SUFFRAGE CONVENTION OF 1907 193 Bishop Fallows welcomes convention to Chicago--Professor Breckinridge on Municipal Housekeeping--Florence Kelley on same--Mary McDowell, Anna Nicholes and others on Workingwomen's Need of a Vote--Addresses by Professor C. R. Henderson, Hon. Oliver W. Stewart--Memorials and service for Miss Anthony--Organizations for Woman Suffrage--Farewell letter of Mary Anthony--Rabbi Hirsch on woman suffrage--Near victories in many States. CHAPTER VIII. NATIONAL SUFFRAGE CONVENTION OF 1908 213 Celebrates 40th anniversary in Buffalo--Emily Howland on Spirit of '48--Kate Gordon describes interview with President Roosevelt--Widespread work of national headquarters--Program of 1848 convention--Responses to its Resolutions by Mrs. Gilman, Miss Blackwell, Mrs. Blatch, the Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane and others--The Scriptures and St. Paul analyzed by Judith Hyams Douglas--Discussion on the Social Evil led by the Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer--College Women's Evening; addresses by Dr. M. Carey Thomas, Professor Frances Squire Potter, Professor Breckinridge and others--Mrs. Kelley on Laws for Women and Wage Earners--Stirring speech by Jean Gordon, factory inspector--Maude Miner on Night Courts for women--Mrs. William C. Gannett on Woman's Duty--Katharine Reed Balentine on Disfranchised Influence--Mrs. Philip Snowden describes English situation--Legal Phases of Disfranchisement by Harriette Johnson Wood--Progress since 1848--Mrs. Catt's inspiring address. CHAPTER IX. NATIONAL SUFFRAGE CONVENTION OF 1909 243