The Olivia Letters: Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years as Told by the Letters of a Newspaper CorrespondentBriggs, Emily Edson
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The Olivia Letters: Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years as Told by the Letters of a Newspaper Correspondent
Briggs, Emily Edson
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933; Washington (D.C.) -- History
When the question was asked Miss Kate Stanton, why the woman
suffragists did not bring all their weapons to bear upon the women of
the country, instead of wasting their ammunition upon the men, she
replied: “It is of no use; we must make the movement popular with the
men, and they will educate the women up to it.”
Owing to the misfortune that some of the delegates from a long
distance did not reach Washington in time for the convention, a
meeting took place in the lecture-room of the Young Men’s Christian
Association building the following day. No business of importance
took place. Mrs. Brooks, a small, timid woman, undertook to give a
report of what was progressing in the West. But this she found was
too much for her modesty, so she gave way for one of the masculine
gender by the name of Jones, who feelingly gave the Western picture.
Mrs. Post, of Wyoming, gave her experience of voting, and this of
necessity was very interesting. She had “electioneered,” been to
caucus meetings and to the polls side by side with the men, and,
so far as she knew, her womanhood was just as good as ever, and
matters had become greatly improved since woman suffrage was a fixed
fact in Wyoming. Miss Anthony followed in one of her best speeches.
Miss Peckham said that Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, was fully
committed to the cause, and Mrs. Josephine Griffing was willing to
pledge herself for the District. Mrs. Pauline Davis eulogized Rhode
Island, and Mrs. Hazlett, of Michigan, spoke in her usual bright,
crispy way. She said she would present her name for registration
under the law of the fourteenth amendment, and had no fear as to the
result. Mrs. Dr. Lockwood moved a vote of thanks to the reporters
of the Washington press for their courtesy, kindness, and ability
displayed during the convention, and the meeting adjourned _sine die_.
OLIVIA.
CHAMPIONS OF THE SUFFRAGE CAUSE.
MRS. LUCRETIA MOTT, MRS. CADY STANTON, AND MRS. JOSEPHINE S. GRIFFING.
WASHINGTON, _January 19, 1871_.
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