The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2): Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty YearsHarper, Ida Husted
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The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2): Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years
Harper, Ida Husted
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
My very heart of hearts has been made to rejoice in the work of two
of earth's noblest women--Harriet Hosmer and Rosa Bonheur. Twice
have I visited the Academy of Design and there have I sat in
silent, reverential awe, with eyes intent upon the marble face of
Harriet Hosmer's Beatrice Cenci. I have no power to express my
hope, my joy, my renewed faith in womanhood. In the accomplishment
of that grand work of the sculptor's chisel, making that cold
marble breathe and pulsate, Harriet Hosmer has done more to ennoble
and elevate woman than she possibly could have done by mere words,
it matters not how Godlike; though I would not ignore true words,
for it is these which rouse to action the latent powers of the
Harriet Hosmers.... Even the rude and uncultivated seem awed into
silence when they come into the presence of that sleeping, but
speaking purity. Rosa Bonheur is the first woman who has dared
venture into the field of animal painting, and her work not only
surpasses anything ever done by a woman, but is a bold and
successful step beyond all other artists. Mark another significant
fact: The three greatest productions of art during the past three
years are by women--Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Rosa
Bonheur's Horse Fair and Harriet Hosmer's Beatrice Cenci--and these
triumphs are in three of its most difficult and exalted
departments.
In April she took Mrs. Stanton's four boys from Seneca Falls to New
York, and cared for them while the family were removing to that city.
In May she attended the New York Anniversary and the New England
convention in Boston, and on the Fourth of July the celebration at
Framingham, and during this time gave many addresses on anti-slavery.
When in Boston she had a delightful visit with the Garrisons, and
called on Mrs. Phillips with Mrs. Garrison, one of the few persons
admitted to the invalid's seclusion.
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