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Show more<3 (:._.;t: aw ' ~ -_ c»,~';:v:.e:: ‘ 1. M . .1 " " a. -, \ "‘ ., ‘ ( V ’ — 7 * * — , ’ V _ ~" . V . 3, , y ‘ , P‘ v , - 5 . , 5- ' a v V I I . I ; . \‘ V _ 3 :3 D » ., / » ‘ O 4,. r. . 3 ‘V _ x ~. “ » , ; , ’*‘~ ’ A , , ‘ . .. \ 1 _, 4 _ - .3 "~ , . \ ., . « I 7 K . ‘ 1 . \ L. , V V - . ‘ ' _ [3 J4 .- 1» a ‘ A ‘ A ; ' w G o 1 ~ / , , - 4 / ': ~~,§§- 1» WHO WAS ELIZABETH CADY STANTON? 1815~1902 MY MOTHER By Margaret Stanton Lawrence In 3 Parts. Part 1 Picture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton Mrs Stanton was the first person in the world to ask for votes for women, away back in 1848. And as the ballot has now been given to all the women of the United States, I thought this would be a good time to tell the rising generation of young people something about the home life of the individual who started the whole question of suffrage for her sex. ._‘,.4:- 94. \\‘ ELIZ.&ETH cm STANTQN y Earl Bars iﬁ Jehnstcwn , Y 3 Over one hundred years age, a little girl was born whese meme Wee destined to be keen by the gee ideas ehe set adrift. JAIﬁie ehild was Elizabeth Cedyg TShe first saw the light ef day November 12,Li§15, en the hills of Johnsﬁewng Fulton Cagney, ﬂew York. Her iether, Daniel Cady, was e renowned jurist; he set on the bench of the Supreme Court %and Court of Appeals, of New York State, till he was ever eighty years of age, A.life~eized portrait of him hangs in the Capitol at Albany. Her metherﬁ Margaret Livingston,'Wes a tell, handsome eomanﬁ a daughter ef Gel. James Livingsten, who served on General Weshingten‘s eteff during ﬁhe Revolutionary Ear. Ere. Cady was a daring horse~woman9 she was full of "vim? and “go”, so that Elizabeth inherited beauty, breine ana fight freezbeth eidee of her family. % She eas breught up in the midst of ease ané luxury; ené this makes it the mere remarkable that, even in her youth, she sheule have felt so keenly the injustice of the laws bearing on eemen. ’«3®t'.i=Is&’$-ﬂ95G$¢SG$€&E§Qﬁ$$'$ ¢ 1 I 5 3 G 9 :3 3 Picture 1 3 5 <° 5 3 of : 3 e 3 *3’ » . ° §‘:’§Z‘S 3 Cadgf 3 5.» m ‘ , 5’ w ,,_3:”, .» . , g :4: k 3 Q 4; -_., etcedoeaocca-sweetie-necoetﬂ Childhood I erwaye like te knew haw the people lack that I am.reediﬂg abﬁutv There were no photographs taken in those far-off days so I was glad to come upon this pen picture of my mother: “Elizabeth Cady was a plump little girl with very fair skin, rosy cheeks, good features, dark brown curly hair, laughing blue eyes, and beautiful tooth“. Those merry blue eyes were one of her marked features through life. An event that made a deep impression upon her, as a child, was the birth of a sister. Before she saw the now arrival, she heard several people say, “What a pity that the baby is another girl!" There were already four girls in the family, so when tho nurse took her in to see the little stranger, Elizabeth felt a kind of compassion for the baby. She remarked, in later life, "I didn't understand then that girls were considered an inferior order of beings." In those days there were no law schools in the United States. To the most noted lawyer in any region, the young man went who desired to study law. Judge Cady’s law offices, which adjoined his house, were famous all over the land and students came from the four points of the compass to be under his tutelage. Elizabeth’s Interest in the Law. my mother, from her earliest years, was constantly in her father’s offices, deeply interested in all that was going on there particularly in hearing the students talk about the laws they were studying. There was nothing those boys enjoyed more than roading aloud to Elizabeth all the bad laws they came upon relating to women. They found much more interesting to see her fly into a rage than to pore over musty law books. They always had a new batch ready whenever she appeared. Johnstown was in the midst of a large farming district, and Elizabeth often sat on hot father’s knee as he talked to his clients, especially if they were the wives of farmers who came to tell the tender-hearted judge of how unjustly they were being treated by their husbands. The cases often concerned the farm, on which many of the women had been born, and which frequently had been left them by their fathers before they were married. In 1823, no married woman could own property, If, as a girl, she had inherited a piece of land, the moment she married John Jones it passed into his hands. Everything she possessed his; her clothes, her false teeth even! If he took them away, she couldn't masticate her food! And she had no redress. The money she earned ever the wash~tub was likewise his, and he could collect it at the end of the day from the people for whom she worked! Worse still, he didn’t have to give her any of it. And this right of a husband to collect hie wife‘e wages was the law in California till 1910; when the women won the vote in that state. The Judge was explaining all these laws to old Sarah, whose ne‘er-do-well husband had mortgaged the beautiful farm which she had inherited from her father when she was a girl, till there was very little left. Sarah always supplied the Judge's family with eggs; butter, chickens, cider, and other good things, so that little Elizabeth looked upon her as a kind of lady bountiful, when she appeared at the week~ends. My grandfather got down many books and read the laws to Sarah to show her why he could not help her; however, petting her on the back, he told her he would put her on one of the best farms he owned, stock it for her, and she could have all she made from it, and could stay there as long as she lived. But it was justice not charity that the old woman wanted. Elizabeth had not been idle during this interview; When her father finished with a book, she quietly marked each law that he had read, turned down the leaf, and put the books back on the shelves upside down, so that she would know them. She followed the weeping woman into the street and when out of sight of the office she threw her arms about her, bade her cry no more, and told her that she had marked every one of those wicked laws, and that when the men had left the offices that evening she was going back and would cut them all out of the books. "Then", she said, "your troubles will be over!" As soon as Sarah could get rid of the child, she hurried back to Judge Cady and told him what his little intended doing. So, after supper, he took Elizabeth over to his office, and there, with the child seated on his knee, before the crackling logs of a big fireplace he told my mother how laws were made by the legislators at Albany, that his library was only one of many all over the state, that even if it burned up it would make no difference, that when people wanted to get the laws changed they had to go to Albany, talk to the legislators, and get them to alter the laws, then new books would be printed and the old ones laid aside. Little did that conservative judge dream that what no woman had ever done would, in years to come, be done by that very daughter of his. He unconsciously planted the seeds of rebellion in that fertile brain; and when grown to womanhood, the mother of four sons and a daughter, she took two nurses and two babies with her, and, leaving them at the Delevan house, went up to the Capitol building and made her first speech before a legislature on tﬁa unjust laws pertaining to married women. That was in 1854. 3i=39!?!&$a!Q5§9$'DiD9Q3@'8§§I§i§ -------------------------- : Picture : : of : : Judge Cady : -------------------------- Loss of her only Brother During my mother's childhood Judge and Mrs. Cady lost their only son, a fine, manly fellow, who had just graduated, with high honors, from Union College, JUDGE DANIEL CADY. Schenectady, N. Y. It nearly broke my grandfather's heart. He was always saying to Elizabeth, when she tried to console him, "Oh, my daughter, if you had only been a boy!“ Throwing her arms about him, she said “I will try to be all my brother was." She resolved to study hard and stand at the head of her class, to learn Greek, Latin, the higher mathematics, and to ride horseback--all of which resolves she carried out. Rev. Simon Hosack. Judge Cady‘s next door neighbor was an old Scotch Presbyterian clergyman, the Rev. Simon Hosack. Elizabeth was a great pet of his. Whenever she was in trouble she ran at once to consult him, she was eleven years old at this time. One morning, as he was working in his garden before breakfast, She came running over to ask him which he liked the better, girls or boys. "Why, girls of course," he replied, “I wouldn't give you for all the boys in Christendom." “My father doesn't feel that way," said the child, "he prefers boys, he wishes I had been one, and I intend to be as nearly like one as I possibly can. I am going to learn to ride horseback and swim, and I want to study Latin and Greek. Will you give me a Greek lesson now, Doctor? I want to begin at once”. “Yes, dear child," he said throwing dawn his hoe, come into my library and we will start without delay." He entered fully into the feeling of suffering that possessed the little girl, and putting into her hands the old grammar he had used in the University of Glasgow, Scotland, he taught her the Greek article before breakfast. Elizabeth Cady was educated in the old Academy in Johnstown. The girls and boys were all in the same classes, except in the languages and higher mathematics. In these subjects my mother was the only girl among a number of boys, mast of them older than she, who were preparing for college. She was always running races with John Wells to see who should stand at the head of the class. Some- timas it’W&$ Jﬁhﬂg aamﬁéimaﬁ @lﬁZa%@€h$ She carrieé cff any cf tha prizes, buﬁ, when flushed with iriumphg she ran té her father’s affice and laid thasa traasn uras im his 1ap§ and 1o§kad up inta his face for a word of praise; his mag ram spansa was; “Chi if you had only'been a bag.” Thus it was bcrne in uyan har, at an early age; that boys saemad ta ﬁe mars hivhly valuad than girls. The iran sank deep inio her Saul and aha ﬁeterminsd is see what she c@u1d do to lif% ﬁha terrible edium aﬁtached ta al1‘W@mankinﬁ¢ “Eighty years and I quate the follawing from.my mothergs autabiagraphyg Msre“:!"FroH;the Jchnstown ﬁcadamy many of tha bays 0f my glass wsnﬁ ta Enian H Collegeﬁ S$h@ﬂ@§ﬁ&ﬂy¢ ‘When those‘with‘whom.I had studied and aonﬁaﬁdad far ‘prizes for aver fiva years saws ta bid me goodubya, and I learned 0f the barrier that prevented my follwwing in their footstegs, ‘No girls amiﬁted here?, my vexation and marﬁification knew mg bounds. I remsm$er nsw how'prauﬁ amd%hamdsoma the boys lacked in their naw clothes as they jumpad an the staga~caach and drsve off, and haw lonaly I felt after they were gone, and I had aathing ta do, for the plans far my future were not yet determined. I felt mnrg kaenlf than aver ﬁhe humiliatian of the distinciion made on the grounds cf sex." There was not a oﬁilege for girls in the'world at that time;~1830. (Oberlin Collegeﬁ in Ohie, was nut o§ened till 1833.) The Emma‘Wi11ard Schecl. In family ceumcil it was decided to send Elizabeth is tha Emma ﬁillard ,Sehoa1 aﬁ Tray, N. Y.; the mast calebraiad educaﬁional instiﬁutian far girls to study but French, music and dancing. in ﬁha United States at that data¢ Alasi when Elizabeth reaahadfﬁwxéfﬂshe I’-£3 fauna that her sﬁudias in the excallant Jehnstcwn Acad@m§"had carried her far bavand the mast aﬁvanaeﬁ glasses in.her new schgcl. There as ngthimg fer her . t, . 2.3 W- ,,_. kylk“ She was so disgusted when she learned this and thought of her boy chums at Union College, only a few miles away, going on into the higher realms of study; that she burst into tears at the injustice of it all. But being a good deal of a philosopher, she pitched into French and music with all her might, and wrote home to her father for the extra money needed for the dancing lessons. The judge promptly wrote back that he was perfectly willing to pay out any amount of money to educate her head, but would give nothing to educate her heels! He was toe mush of a Puritan to believe in dancing. Elizabeth Cady, even as a girl, rarely let any men get the better of her in an argument. She sent off an epistle post-haste, “Thank you, dear father, but your letter shows great ignorance, dancing is done on the toes not on the heels! So please send me the money by return mail." And he did, for Daniel Cady was too just a judge not to know When he was worsted in a case! Educating a Young Man for the Ministry. In these early days girls and women were always doing things to educate young men for something that these sons of Adam were not able to accomplish by their own efforts. My mother was the leader of a club of girls in their church which had undertaken to raise funds to educate a young man for the ministry. They sewed, baked, brewed tea and coffee, held fairs and sociables to pay his way through the Auburn Theological Seminary. When he was ready to graduate, they sent him money to buy a new suit of black broadcloth, a high hat, and a cane. Then they invited him to come and preach them a serman in the presbyterian Church, the largest in the town. Everyone turned out to hear him. The front pews were reserved for the girls. When the church was full and the psychological moment had arrived, the club marched in, head by my mother, and took their seats, all dressed in spring attire, each girl on the tiptoe of expectation to hear what their youthful theolagua wnuld say. I shall never forget hearing my mother describe that scene ta an audi~ enea in Chiaagag when she was on one of her lecturing trips. After dilating on haw faithfully that club of girls had worked to aducaie liha young man, in her round, rich voiae, she askaﬁ that vast assembly; “Ana what do ycu think, my friends: he took for his text? That passage of the Scriptures which says, Pausing a momsnﬁ ts let her hearers catch the full significance of ihe ﬁhingg ﬁrs. Stanton remarked in a slow} distincﬁ tone, “we never aducatadanQih~ eri” Hef hearers bursi agﬁ into shcuts of laughter and ayplausaa Some man called ou%5 "I should hope net." when quigg was restored, mother‘went on to relate haw those girls turned and looked at cue ancther for just a momsnt, than all arose, and with heads l ‘they erect, drawing themselves ug to their full height, two by twg/marched dawn that lang aisle and out into the streei. They never stcpped ta hear ona ward ha said. And the huga Chicagc audience, 50 years after the incidenﬁ, shonisd they selves hearse calling, "Bravo! bravoil for those girls, and thraa eheers for Elizabeﬁh Cady' Stantoni" Girlhood. my grandfather had a large stable full of good driving and saddle horses, carriages and slaighs of all descriptiens. He didn’t allow his ﬁaughters to gs anywhere with young E@n.n1ess he prsvided the horses far horsebask riﬂing, ar the vehicles for driving, nor ceuld they go to public anﬁertainmgats unless he provided the tickets. This being'well understeod the Cady gir1s'wera graaé , . many favcrltes, and as grandmmther kept open house, and there wara%alway§[nice yaupg. man studying law in her husband’s offices, they never lacksd for asserts. A.most amusing incident occurred in connectian with a certain yaung man fror* T ’ 0 .* - ~ ﬁ - u . \ u‘Ln1on aullega, wna was spending hlS Chrlsﬁmaﬁ vaoatlgn at the Cady manﬁicn. 10 It was oviéont that he was quito smitton with y mothor; he had boon toooing her for being gush o chattorbox, and said he didn’t boliovo she could keep still too minutoo, she emphatically vowing she oould'olohout diffioulﬂy.% lhoro was o party of these gouﬁg §eOple gothorod about tho piano singing, lough~ ing and talking by turns. It was a glorious moonlight night anﬁ fins sloighingg so or. Blank oroposoo to my mother thotthoy go for a ride, and ooo if sho really ooulo koop still.l She sent oorﬂ to Peter to héoo a sloigh harnessed, and she left the room.togot ready. Her sister ﬁoogo went with hor,ﬁ:§E[$hor£1y appeared in the drowingoroom and told ﬁr. Blank heﬂﬂfbettor got on his coat, as the sleigh: was at tho door and his lady already io. So the young man rushoé out iﬁgw the hall, donned his fur coat, cap and gloves ond popped in booido his companion, ﬁll the young folks troopod out on the piazza to see them otort. The ooaohmon handed him.tho lines and finiohed tucking in tho robes; »’Eid shouts from.tho porch and answering ones from.the sleigh they dashed off, the bolls ringing mor- rily as they disappoorod in the moonlight. 0 "Iso‘t this o glorious night for o sloigh~rido, Eiss Elizabothﬁﬁ romorkod or. B. ﬁe ?oply. ﬁftor making several more attempts and getting Mo"ansWors hel “Uh; oomo now, thoro’ooo’t be any fun riding if you aro not going to talks I didn‘t really moan What I said, I knoo you oon koop still if you oono to, I was only fooling.“ Still his companion modo no roply.l The horse was guito a gag ono/(Juogo Ca&§ liked good horse flesh; his - 7 an I ‘i. __. * Wife and all hio¢ lﬁwooulo ride and drivo'anything)3 and kept tho young man busy trying to control it. But after a whilo he said, “ooll, if you are not going to talk we might as ooll drive home,“ Still the young lady made no answor, so after a little he turned the horse and drove boob lf iiss Cody kept oil hor lovers at onm‘s length, they never droamod of touching her, house o y or. olonk had not loiﬁ his hand on hor arm.ond bogged her 11 to ﬁargive him and speak; when he drové up in frcné cf the hangs all its inhabitants game out on tha giazza, inquiring how he had enjoyed his ridgﬁ anﬁ fcremgst among_ them was my moﬁher, Elizabeth Cayi As acon as Era Blaﬁk saw'har he gasped and turning to the lady besiﬁe him, he axclaimad, “Far haavenis sake; Wiﬁh whom.have I been ridiﬁg: Julia Jones?” a gﬁ%%» girl Wham ha thaﬁaughly daw- ﬁastad. ’ “Bring in the yeung lady; Peter; and shaw Mr. Blank wha it is,“ 1aughn inglycallad Gui Elizabath Sady. It was a feather bolster dressad up in ha? alathesi Ehe yang man wa$ SQ maé,, SQ digusted ﬁhai he mever fully §ogave my moﬁhér the joke she ylayaﬁ on him. E3 soon transfarrad his devetiens to soﬁemoae alas, WhQm.1atar he married. The news spread as far ﬁawn the Mohawk Vallay as Sghanactady and when he gﬁt back he collega, the ﬁoys would say5 “So yam Wenﬁ sleighing with a bolster up in Johnsﬁown, Slamk, dié yea enjoy your ri&e?“ ﬂy Kwﬁher, I have been ﬁeld, was a very beautiful yvung wnmaag Ska wag brilliani in cenveraatien, sang and played wall on the pianc and guiiar, was a graceful danger, one whose society was aiways scughts aha had me and 9f admirw ers,'was a fearless hcrsewwow 1, coulé laap any fence or,jum@ any éitch. Euﬁj she had 3 sericus side to her naﬁuras she was an omniveréus reaé E, af staaéaré Eeaks, ever éelving into social questiéns and trying ta solve knotty prmblemsa Sh8‘W&S particularly fond ofarguing with learnadzmen. In diacuasion she aiways kept her temper, was quick to parceive and.to take aﬁvanﬁage sf 3 1@0p*hQ183 or a flaw in an Qppcnent’s argumant, and she was blessed Wiﬁh a kean sensa of humara 311 my grs¢&mother*s daughters were well trained in hausa§§}é ﬂuties, and; natwithstanding there were many'sarvan%s in the house§ aash§¢¢h%Ww%r“Was obliged Q V~..._ to spend a certain lengﬁh of time every day attending ta her special task. 12 Gorrit Smith . Elizabeth Cady was brought up in tho midst of the most oonoorvativo; sooﬁarian surroundings; How she became so liberal, along so many lines, has always been an interesting study to mo; one of iho poiont influences in the life of this wideuawako young Womn was her oogstant visiting at the home of her cousing Gorrit Smith, the aboliw tionist, at Potefboro, New York. His daughter Elizabeth anﬂ my mother formed a strong friendship that lastoé all thoir 1iVBSa Grandfothor did not altogether approve of these visits; ”5udgo Cody ad» mired his brilliant nophoo'and appreciated his sterling oharaoiorg but ovary fibre of his being rovoltod against the aovanood opinions of Gorrit Smith. However, the two families were so knitted togothor by relationship and sinooro friendship ﬁhat a rupturowas absolutely impossible, so Elizabeth Cady osoapod oonstantly from the religious austerity of her homo into the swootor3 froor at» mospher of the ?etorboro household," wvitoo my sister, Harriot Stanton Blatoh. “Tho Potooboro house was spacious, and always full of choice society", Writes my mother; "hero you met scholars, philosophers, philanthoopigts, judges; bis~ hops, artists, musicians, and statomon. \ ........ There novor'wao such an atmosphoﬁoof peace, freedom ano good cheer, nor were there over two such hosts as Cousin Nancy and Cousin Gorrit.” There were tins when anﬁi-slavery was tho all~absorbing EOpi3a Through the portals of the home at Poterboro stopped Wendell Phillips; ﬁilliam Lloyﬂ Garm rison, Horace Greeley, Frederick Douglass, and John Brown} As it was one of the stations on the “Under Ground Railway", the outnbuildings often harbored runaway slaves, resting for a day or so till Mr. Smith was able to convey thomby oar- riago, or sleigh, safely to Canaéa, Where, the moment they stopped foot on English soil, freodom.awaitod thom. My mother saw and oonvorsed with those runaway slaves and heard from.thoir own lips the tales of their tortures; Thus it was that she early became interested in the sad lot of that much abused race; Every possible phase of political and social life come up for discussion at Peterfboro, and as those who did thetalking,were the leaers of thought of that day you can readily judge of the influence all this had on the open mind of my mother. . . , , Henry Brewster Stanton It was at Peten¥boro that Elizabeth Cady first met Henry Brewster Stentonﬁ _ re a direct descendant of Elder’ﬁi1liam,BreWster, who came over in the Mayflower, Mr. Stanton‘wae then considered the most eloquent aod impassioned orator on the anti-slavery pletforme eHe was a finemlooking man, ten years ow mother‘e senior» Elizabeth Cady had a passion for oratory, who unuotal powers and earnest» mess of Mr. Stanton soon made a deep impression upon her. Carriegewloads of ladies and gentlemen drove off every morning to dttend the anti~s1avery meetings that were being hold all over Eadison Gounty. The enthuoiesm.of the people in these great gatherings, the thrilling oratory, were experiences never to be forgotten. My mother says in her autobiography,- "I became deeply interested in anti~s1avory and temperance questions; saeeoeseee I felt a new inspiration in life, and was enthused with new ideas of individual rights; for the anti-slavery platform was the best sooool the American poopie ever had in which tolemmoteepublioan prinoioles of government." Her‘ﬁedding Journqyg I The result of that meeting in Peterboro in Ootoben,1839,'Wao a wedding in Johnotown, N. Ye; im.May, 1840. Judge and ﬁrs. Cody oppoeed.th9tmarriagé Ld of their :w@5%ﬁ{“ fdaughter to "a radical“; but the young P90P19 were Obduratga 14 and a'wedding trip follcwed ts tha'§br1d’s Antiwslavery Convention heﬁd in Lcnden, England; in June, 1840; My father was Secretary ef the Convantion; as well as one of ths delagates fr¢m;£he United States‘ E333 Amsriéan*wmmen had also been sent as delegates, but on account of English prajudisasg based on asriptural texts; thay-were net permitteﬁ to take ﬁhair seats an tha flocrg so had ta sit in the galleries and look on ignomigfuslyi There were many ringing appeals made in that greai hall $0 seat tha Woman 1 delegatas from.th@ United States; My father; I aﬂzprcué £0 say, made an impassionm ’ ed speech in their favor, William Lloyd Garrison %i11iamKL10yd Garrison, the knowledge of Whose eloquence was wcrldwwideg and whQm.a11 England had be@n.anxieus to hear; was so indignant at the insult to his counirywemen that he refused to take his saai an the flaer, and sat silent in tirza §~‘§a.1.1ef3? ‘z»*«z'i‘t;h. the ”¥HC}31'L*?31T'1a ~ /7/5‘/7 ‘‘‘’7/(/’'‘‘ , M/%% Z“‘“;,‘Z f 3&4 7 / &/Z:-L/-:1 /9/éjisaniel O‘Conne11 Daniel O‘C0nnel1$ the great Irish oratcrg made his first agpearanca aﬁ the world‘s Coneniioné a few days after the women delegates had beeﬁ rejected. He paid a beautiful tribuﬁa to wamam and saiﬂ ﬁhat if he had been presanﬁ an the opening day he wmulé have spaken in her f&VQfa‘ Gssaecuaoosaatasoaesma we can) i‘ I 1: 5 o st :1 2 t 85 m ‘Piciure af 99 Lucreﬁia Mﬁﬁt : «: 9G!'DlQ'U!*ItﬁCQI!I<IOOC~1ﬂ!Q*3 - 4. \ ' '~,'i.’.f~‘: V H ‘\ ﬂ’ ' . ,g,;l,§»s."'” 15 Lueretieemeei These scenes all made e etreng impression on ehe heppy young brideg Eliz- abeth Ceey Stanton; One ether experience meée this cenventicnmemereble ﬁe my meeher. Threughouﬁ its sessions ehe set in the gallery next to Leeretie mﬁﬁt§ the distinguished Quaker yreeeher free ?hiledelphie; she end Ere“ eeee became well eequehted. eﬁother afterward ereee oﬁ her: “She was is me an entirely nee revelem tiem.of Wﬁmﬁﬂhﬁgdascseseasacstcal shell never cease te be grateful fer ﬁhe pet» ieeee eed seeming pleeeure with ehieh she fed my huegering Sﬁﬂlasssseeeseseseaea Eben I first heerd frem.her lips that I had the eeme right he ehine fer myself that Luther} ﬁelvie end Jeen Knox bed; end the eeme right he be guideda by my Gen eenvietione; I felt e eeewbern sense of dignity ewe freedeen“ These ewe ﬂiew cussed the grebleme of life fer the eomen cf thee egg, and decided} en their re~ tureﬂee emerieeg he eell e eonventien with the ebjeet “ef deeiing eéequetely eith the rights cf eomen". This meeting did et take piece, heeeverg till 1848» ey perente trevelled all overﬁngleedg Ire1end5*Sce£1end end§ be eeme ex~ teeiﬁ Freeeeg and feihee spake in all the large citiee ef the British :S1$5e On returning is her native lend; meeher,eee eekeeeeeet ehe had seen eeeeee that ieierested her meet. Her promgt reply eee, “Lucretia eeeeiﬁ While in ﬁublinﬁ Irelend, they were eeeerteineé by Daniel G‘Gonne11§ eke "Qreet $ieeriee“3 as he wee eelled. During dinner, Ere, Steeiee eeked him.if he heped ﬁe geie liberty for Ireland; “Ne”, he eeid; “but ii ie elweye geed eeliey ﬁe claim the ettermoetg and when yen will get eemethingﬁe caashesocosoaocnesavaaseoaoessn Q ‘ '3 Q 55 Q Q ,. > at A //"’""“"‘-. 5 _,;~'' .3 9; an U ‘,~~/ I W ﬁqgﬁurexcf 3 Q, . V 3 ‘1 ‘V ‘_', I... »-~‘“="_’“"' _ Q s . Eeeeegﬁezlree treln ; 1 [4, V ~..,\\‘ Q \( /1;?" ‘ ‘_ §§¥“»-3,_: C If,/"' 5 3‘ G 1* § a ﬁggggibiﬁiiﬁiftﬁﬁ~§9§O&$O!O$Q89‘ Hbmaward Bcunﬁ §hen.mothar wenﬁ in Troy to school she rode on the firsi railreaé built in ﬁhe United Statesg which rau between Schaneciady ané Albany. My parenﬁs WBm$ ﬁg Europe an a sailing vessslg But they camﬁ hemg an ﬁha first steamﬁr ﬁhat ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean, the iggfius” of the Cunard Lineg All threugh her evantful life she di& things ﬁhat ware beiﬁg dame for the first timai On their returnimr. and ﬁrs. Stanton wenﬁ to Jahns%awn$'where thgy ran maimed under ﬁhe parantal reaf fof twp yearsa Faihar studied law in Granéfather§s effice. Esther busiad herself reading law, historyg ad galitieal agansmyg but in 1842 all her thoughts were turned to the ﬁractical one; mf'hat ts ﬁe iﬁﬁ a baby. Sha says; “Though mwtherhsad is the mst important of all tha professions; requiring mre knawledga than any oﬁher departmsnt of human affairs, there is not sufficient attention given to the preparation for this high office.” In September, 1842, she gave birth to a fiﬂe boy, Whm was nameﬁ afiar his graméfathar5 Daniel Caiy 3tant@n. The scientifia manna? iﬂ'Whi$h she raised thaﬁ baby'wsu1d have ﬂame creﬂiﬁ he gif twentieth century mairani She said she had been ﬁhimking$ raading and absarving, ‘ad had as liitla faith in iha pgyular tﬁaarw ies sf tﬁﬁﬁé days as regarés babies as she baa an m&ﬁy othar subjgaﬁsy 03% ry sf ligﬁt illuminated the darkness about her, “It was a hawk by gndraw Qcmbafgn la” 3‘? famayg sha“Wriiaa, She Proved Ber Th0?i%S g ﬁaulﬂ that I had tims and spasa to tell in daiail haw she ﬁraimed her hursag her husbamdg her parenﬁgg evén the d0ct9r§ as $3 haw ha? baby was ta ha iﬁaatadg when mast of them.ha& been tha parents Qf num@?aus ahildramg Sui aha carried the day; and har‘h@a1thy3 bauﬁcing baby convinced tham.£ha$ her thcrigs mmat be right, as he never ariad, slept a gﬁad Shara of the tima, and; baing givw ” an planﬁy af fresh air amd‘water to drink, being wmrsed reguzarky by tha_o1cek3 17 -’ gégi,/é;44Lqnm%%¢2e~ua.Zé%vu¢¢A4ij:Z;;4»» M__ . ¢ M A.‘ a-.« V ‘N 1- wt; aw ’ -3‘ «-1 ‘ _‘}={»‘‘ '-._.'’7 .'.._g‘ "'3: *3 _, 1 _ h@4 wag never 111* E9 ﬁl§§t &1mn@ mg a raam by ﬁ1maa;$:‘ Egbuﬁf sa$u all ac? .% ;% , 8 ,, - _ ¢= mm ..,V;g . ~= *; 2 ~ : , ﬁn I * . ~ $ -+ [ w “’w §ead&n& ﬁi hhls blﬂm G6ﬂmﬁT$d an pay$1a¢0g§; dgat and nyglaneﬁ anﬁ aha“ she cam t tha Qonalusian that babies ; s}% vied uwless somgthing wag ﬁha mattﬁr thaﬁ "7 *3 gauld be remediaﬁ§ Eémaa sha wa child cry withaut faaling haunﬁ ta flﬁﬂ J. R-4 » at “e‘-"* 2 c ‘i , .9» " 1* sub whaﬂ ma; baa cauaﬁg I %e? in life she lecﬁurad far aight mmnéhs af avary‘y@a?3 far twalva X‘ 25* Q'"‘§"‘ "'5"? 5 ’~ —‘ us": ‘ ‘“‘ *"“:§Vé.' .‘ ’ 1" ’ ﬁ ‘ 3‘ -9 . 4, " 1' ‘-3 ygayg§ frgm,m&1m$ as Ca1ifgrnma3 fr$m.k;aaasa%a ta Texas; On thasa axtgnazvg traps h 1Fﬁ A‘ ” av 'ﬁ”“ W%%‘ rv‘n “whims aﬁd i@na?a@t n9%@ﬂ%q Qwd %“?%%v “ai Siaa ‘x.1.£a33E§Z‘1.i:‘J§.1.“J‘e3S E5; 41.. us’-.1 Q {I 1 :3 /L .*...z‘ 5 .-..:. V ‘3 . "' ~ *‘ * «N» J‘ - «-’$« 5 ‘—»~“¥>»3~ «a- G‘? and» *5 in $9 savan sauﬂd shildraﬂ sf her awn she felt she aauld sp@ak‘vi%h authmriiya An Imgragsiva ﬂbjacﬁ Lassen . .... Jae ._ Gm ana aocasian, a'wh01a car full of peo§1s'was pn tenﬁerhmeks fram thg graisngad 3?yiﬂg_Q§ a b&%y, As maths? enﬁarad éha car anﬁ task he? seaﬁg sha hearﬁ its pit@0us'Wai1s, SQ she want fcrward and askea the‘waary5 ysumg mgthar if sha might taka ii; The b&%y raadi1y"wanﬁ ta % marg and wa1king‘With ii ta ihe anﬁ sf tha car she tagk har ymakat drinkiag qlass from.iﬁ3 saga; ringimg 1%, gig ﬁraiaﬁi ii af avery ﬁyay. Sas”ag him 35 ihirsiyg mgthar gag the liﬁiia fgi aw ‘Y s samﬁ mﬁrﬂﬁ iheng smiling mg7%§ he? face, Ea laiﬁ hia ¢@ad 0n.her b?§a$%«an&‘wamt poi’ "‘f” . Q‘ ~ . .7,-4 -“=;"‘:' > 1"‘ "‘,“‘,‘~. g ’s,. pt. -3- ~u-« -v ' .. . faaw as;ae§ lmﬁuﬂﬁuﬁy; ﬂfu§T aghzls gha saturnmd is whara the babylg maramis waragm is th@ chiig gﬁill sleyt an paaaafuilya I!” 3“ 3? , . - .,.,.- '? _, ., ‘H! . ‘~‘~. ,. ‘ ,— A Yam S%a3.mada&ﬁ‘; said %ﬂh%ﬂ?§ all ia@ Erb§‘ﬁ§3d§ﬂ‘W%3 a drink @§‘waie:&“ Y?‘-:'~:1:“ 15 age ~ 1 ‘ “Y _' F .,,‘x, 6. V, g , . , V . at 5. g 3 awﬁggw axclazmad tha woman} why, ha 3 nava? had a drink mf Waiar mm hlﬁ lifai“ it A _ '_ _ W. r V N H .. .w._ h N w_ V, , , Euﬂgi you glVﬁ3ﬁMn¢§h§§l@ﬁ and Eibtmﬁg waﬁar?“ Mmﬁhar znqmgraﬂs fir”. 1 ’ «,3 . ‘E « ;-,~-. #9 r,«;‘ -r 9». Uﬁﬁ gas; cgitaxﬁg, was 0&3 «nswar. “Haw aid ia geurboy?" mcthar askad. 18 "One year last Tuesday". Wﬁhat have yam been giving him to drink when he was thirsty?" ﬂnﬁ t0 he? hG?FGF she received this &ﬂSWG?a "Tea? coffee er milk, and when he crias very har&, we put a few drops cf whiskeygor soothing syrup; in the mil&;§ So methar sat down opposite thése ignorant young paremts and gave them a simple talk em hygiene, disk, dress, digestion, physiolegy, ha impertance above all things of giving children glenty of water ta ﬁring. ézﬂkzihig tims ﬁhg baby lay on.m@ther’s lap sweetly sleeping; she had thrgwn a light shawl over the chilé. Tha §e0ple in the car gathereﬁ araund, samﬁ standing am the seats ta listen. Hang of the man asked questicns, ta carry heme the informaticn to their wives, as they said, they also, haé babies that criaﬁ incessanély. The years after the birih of hér 1fir3t son.Were very full aﬁﬁ busy ones. In lﬁéﬁ my parenﬁs mpved to Boston, Mass., where my father began.thapractiee cf lawg as a parimer of Ruus Chcate. There mother mat Lydia.ﬁaria{Chi1é, Elizabeth Peab¢dy3 Thaodare Parker, Ralph Ealdo Emerson, Charles Sumner; Jehn G."Whittier, Bronsen &lcoit§ ﬁathaniel Hawihorne, and many ether litarary pegple and reformerag She ané father were frequent viaitmfs at the h0mﬂs0f §ande1l Phillips and ﬁilliaz Lleyﬁ Garrisana ﬂhila in BOStGmﬁ mother attended all the lecﬁures, churehas, cencertsg theatrés, temperanceﬁ paace, prisan~ref¢rm.and antinslavery oonvantions that mgt in the city; She says:"I never lived in such an enthusiastiaally litarary and ram fmﬁm latiiuﬂa befare. my mantal powers wera kept at the highast tansimn." Th0se'wMre stirring times in which my paranis lived, BostQm‘Wag the stgym cenire of many of the big movements of that day» The great antiagggvgr mgatingg 19 in Fanuail Hall rmakad Basion to its very founﬁatisn. They were cften dis» turbed by huge mgbs that woulﬂ held the most gifted orator at bay hmur after hear. These an the §latform‘were pelted with rattan eggs: cabbagasg and even brickbatsi During this parioé of her life in Bosﬁon my mother alga visited Brook Farm, gpandigg Emu d&ys thera, and saw that cammunity ﬁxyarimant at its heigﬁll " -_ ‘:9 ~,,.», «7 - A ’ 3 _.‘ .v.s“_z,"-9, , .« Yark Sun§‘Waited an ﬁablg. Thus through her earlv vears’was the bent of this breaﬁminded thmuvhtn 2.3 u 21 3 «.3 ful yaung wnman made firm; the foﬁndation stones were Wall laid amang “*l native hills, and nsw she began ﬁg build tha supafsﬁruature thereon. ﬁrs. Stanton as a Housekeeper- *?‘f"" my grandfather had given maihar a fine, naw heuse, baautifully farm nimhed, on the hills of Shelsea, overlooking Beaten Harbaur. She says; "ﬁhen firsi installed as mistress avg? an gstablishmant, one has the ﬁama faaling of pride and satisfaction thai a young ministar must have in ﬂaking charge ‘-3 5 *.-”:§1I’§3. {:9 w £3 cf ﬁis first eaugregationg s.... It is a praud mmmant in a woman’$ life i suprams wﬁthin four walls. ..... I gtuﬁiad my everything yextaining ta hou$a~ kaapingl ..... I had all ihe mast ap§roved cook~book5, aud spent much sf my , lg . '= M V . ‘l " ' ‘:7 ,M«(. timg picklingfand exyeriménting on.n9w‘&ishes. I felt the same ambiiion ta _% axeell in all ﬁepartments sf ﬁhe culinary art that I did at schcal la iﬁa ﬁifferent .ranehes cf laa?ming. seats I put my whole Saul imts everything and enjoyad it.“ my mnther was a famous housakeeper and cook; though she always kept several household employaes, thera'was nothing she herself could not dc. Her house was always in ﬁerfecﬁ orﬂer frem garret to cellar, her back dear as —.u.vz‘-‘v=—’(¢’ 20 ha? front door. Eu 1845 Judge ani ﬁrs. Gady mmvad to ﬂlbany fer a faw years ta as~ tablish twn of their senswinwlaw in the legal yrsfassian ihare, S0 ﬁhﬁ J Qapiﬁal 9f the Stata gﬁﬁﬁmg the family rallying paint far same time. G@verncr‘¥illiam H, Seward « ﬁrs. ﬁﬁaniam made several visits ta £1bany during thig period, and ﬁhus‘was able ta take anzzative part imthe discuaaien cf t&a Earriad ﬁomangs Pramerty Bi11§ the V;-3 - mending in the Legislatures Ths bill haé bean introﬁugad in 183* it did mat pasﬁg hewaver; Wniil 1848. ﬁi1liam‘H. Sew&rd'was Govarnor - 3 9- _ ’ ’ ’ “ “’ ﬁgriﬂg §art gf this tima; he appravad of the bill; anﬁ hi; Wlfﬁﬁ a wvman of b o A 0 w‘ . if n» V E3 N‘; “ = , rt ‘*1 3 2“- rare lmtalllganae, advacatad 1t warmly. logawhar , ﬁrs. Stanton ﬂT;t$§§ “ﬁrs. Seward and I had the epgartunity of talking abeuﬁ tha bill with many membars3 bath cf the Senate and ﬁssembly, in S0ci@iy§ as wail as in smmittas raams.” Gmvarner amﬁ Mrs. Sewar&‘s friendship far my mather laatad t0 the and 9; uhair £335, and thay'were freguant visitars at aaah 0£har’a hamasg §il1ia3:£. Sewarﬂ was afﬁerward Secretary Sf Staﬁﬁ in ?ra$i&ent Lina01n‘s Gahinaﬁa %Mr3. Stan%on‘$ saemné son Henry was barn im Albany in 1843, during one cf hay visits taera, ﬁunéar mare favarabla auspices than w§'first ﬁarnﬁ she; writes, “as them I ts dc 1:zr:i.i:.E’; sza. bsa.z:y.*‘ imzi. }—mx¥ 33.§.z*d son, C;~erz*i*%; gm-2,33 3ﬁﬂHt0n,“W&S born im 1845 at Che1aea¢ H533. under the ahadaw cf Bunkér Eill mmnumanta Sha:musﬁ have been a very bay wammn wiih thmeé bays iﬁ Pan? years; she nursad all her b&hies3 and; though she always had nurses; ska did man .31‘ ._‘i things hewsalf for her children, She was a meat devotaé mmthar; she sang and plryad for us on bath yiano anﬁ guitar; anﬁ tald uswandarful stories. She 21 cculd racita poeﬁry by the page; often thesa recitations were fram tha Odes of Hsrace, 0? the Eclsguas of Virgil, she nevar forgeﬁ her Latin er Greek. I hava often seen her, at the twilight hour ih her ald age; surraunded by a bevy of children listeninv s§el1b0und't0 her thrilling tales. -; ”‘5?%l£* * il57” 51 ? Lif@ at Seneaa Fallso lflha sevaritv of the Naw‘England climaie provad toe rigcraus for my father’s ~ he&lth; sa this stimulating; intellectual and sccial lifal and his brilliant legal start, all had to he given up; and in the Spring of 1847 my parents mgved to Seneca Falls, ﬁew*?ark. Father’s haalth improved greatly; hey spant sixteen years of their married life in that littla village; and the?e their ' :¢..s;;\,l~—m . qﬁéﬁf four ohilﬂren'war9 born. t A 7 %§%w¢i¢ Grandfaﬁher had given mmther a large, ol§~£ashionadR§ame in Seneca Falls, also a farm near the town. On her way to the new home she stapped in“ Johns» town to visit her parents, and left her nurse and three boys there While she . want on.to Seneca Falls alone to put tha house in hahitablg condition. Father had been called to New'Y0rk ﬂity on important business. Ebther’s eldast sister, ﬁrs. Edward Bayard; had lived in ﬁhat villagé sevaral years before, and as ELih@F had oftéa Viaiteﬂ her, she was already acquainted‘With many of the tawnspeapleg I At parking Grandfather gave his daughﬁer & gooﬁly sized check and said with a kiss anﬂ a smile, “You believe in woman‘s capacity £0 dc and dare; 35W Q? ahead and_show us what you can do'With that hause.“ She started off quite hagpy at thafhcﬁght of the rasbansibility cf repairing a hause and puﬁtimg all things in arder. Tha ylaca had bean clmsad for several yearsﬁ and needed extensive repairs; anﬁ the grounds, compriaing several acres, were overgrawn with weeds, and the trees, hedges and shruba sadly neglected. %y'mpther writes in her autobiography: “tit %mi@ute survay of the _ ‘ ‘Y ‘,.3§ﬂij_,*,, - 3 praises anﬁ due consultatian with sevewal sons 0 '4 v‘: :'~*':'t~~ ’ ’ painters, paperwhangers, and garﬂeners to work; built a fine haw kitahana wpod~hause and several perches and in six'waaks took passassianiﬁ my mather possessed a great ﬁeal cf axacutive atility and astanishad every ate at wtat she aécomglished in S0 shart 3 time; She told me maay amusing taies of sitting on kegs cf nails and disw cussiag the tapics ef the day with samé of the leading Judgas and lawyers of the tswng who draypad in to adviae her, while the workman were pounding and hammering about themJ In Seneca ?a11s my mother found life decidedly sclitarg and even depressing. In Beaten all her immediate friends were thinkers and refarmars, amang tham.the chief figures of that ﬁay. There she had a new hcuse‘ith all tthe mmdern conveniences, well-trained sarvants, near and delightful neighbors. Eéra the home was remote, built at the edge of a cauntry village: The h0usa~ hold employees were inferior. ’She had an increasing number of children, anﬁ 1 fathar was frequantky abliged to be away frat hama on outiness. §hi1e‘we lived in Seneca Fallg he was a member cf the ﬂew York Legislature. Ebthar sums it all uy grayhically in the fol10wing‘wor&s; *Ta kaap a larga hause .and many acres of grauné in orderg purchase evaryzartinla fer daily use? Keep the wardrobea cf half a dozen human beings in proper trimﬁ take children ta dentiﬁts, shoemakers; day and dancing schools, and tc find teachers for home study,- altogether made sufficient work to keep one brain busy, as Well as all the hands I couié press into service. .fhen, tca; the novelty 0f housekeeping had gasseﬂ away, and much that was ance attractive in dgmggﬁig life was now i?ksom.. I had so many cares that the oompant I neaaeé for in~ tellectual stimu1us‘as a trial rather than a pleasure.“ Before this, my mother's life had glided by¥with ccmparative ease, Aﬁith her hameepathie book and bag sf buﬁ new ﬁhe real struggle of existence was ugen her; Her &utias'wer9 two numerousg an&§ “None”, she sayss “sufficiently exhilaraﬁing £0 bring inte play my higher faculties; hamaa 1 auffereé from.m@nﬁm1 hunger. I naw fully underw steed the practiaal difficultias East wcmsn have to eanﬁand‘with in the isolated hemsehsld, ﬂﬁw i%e impossibilitr cf wamangs besi davelopment if in centact, the chief part of her life, with servanﬁs and children“, i§~£4§§ﬁi-¥’O§§94E°I5§4Q$$§O§%$'9G$Oﬂ‘NB " at “’ 1' 3 : C ’ 9 S 9 1., E 0' ‘ ‘ 9 " ~ 3 \E>"§x;> ‘met’ * z \\ u 5 “‘- 5 “ .‘ 9 : 1 A I is . - ..-=-. ~ - -:=.~.‘- new E aad ﬂmf Qgm Olu3Sb ~ 9 3 ‘ 3 Q t 7-‘ ‘re 1* . ' . ‘agﬁv ' 3' 0 S (‘I V * 3 3 5 $ Q I 8 ’ 2 1 I 3 OOG0i§§0®OO!it>Cl=5352?!-ﬁtﬁﬂifi$- Mrse Stanton and twe 3? her bavs ffsm an old dayuerrect G _ ta 3' x,.ZT' Near Our h0me'w&s an Irish setiiament frcxzwﬁish came constant commlaints E‘ "§' 1 . 5*’ «rm $ .~m— A ,, -..v ‘ .y, 4, ‘a F‘ ‘ I ‘ 5 ‘ I‘ . th&u krsﬁ §EdﬁtGn 3 bays were thlawzmg stauag mi their “pigs anﬁ reefs”; 38 successful was my mmﬁher in bar diplemaﬁic adjustnanﬁ of affairs, thaﬁ S18 S90? 1 0',‘ ‘‘t_ ' ‘. 1 - ‘ , N, 2 3‘ mecgms the umpire of the nexghborhood. bhe lent boogs anﬁ payers ta tﬁ@’WG§ﬂ ﬁﬁﬁ mﬂﬁi invited the chiléram inta her beautiful grcunds ta pl“y‘wiﬁh her hg;g ‘ "' ‘L "75" ' ‘”"’ W ‘ 1?‘ tn A ’ 1» u »- n. . » and angog uhﬁ Eﬂlugm, p&Pmll@1 mﬁd hC?l£Qﬁi&1 bags: the trageza aﬁd laﬁﬁergﬁ ymdicines, she tenﬁed thg sick and mgnistgrad is tha wmmen im the nangs of mate?nitv§ ti‘? she Qagﬁﬁw Qn%f§ an exmﬁri if thﬂi J. ~ E . as -. _ .e=‘m.:... -4» J‘- ,,,,., 1- ,~ ~ 1" 4 ‘L d“ C l XX’) #55- branch 9? the mgdical prafessien. She imugzé them.haw to take intelligent cara cf their babias and children. She was lookad ugan by all her naighbars as their beat friend anﬁ adviseﬁ, anﬁ thera'was noﬁhing they wou1& moi ﬁe for ha? in return. Emerson says a hsalthy discontent is the first step in progress; my mgther says, “The general discontent, which I now‘felt,with woman‘s partian aa wife; mother} hou$ekeeper3 sgiritual guide, the weariﬁﬁ, anxious look of tha majayity of wemen, all impressed mg with the feeling that some aotiva maaaureﬁ must %a ‘ﬁaken to ramedy the‘Wrongs of society in general and GE woman in particular, ﬁy experiamme at the'ﬁor1d’s £ﬁti~S1avery Gcnvantian in Lemdanj all I had ra&d of ihe lagal status of women in my faiher‘s law books, ané ﬁhe cpprassian af wnmgn I saw everywhere swept across yg*smul, intensifieﬂ nww by Hg'mﬁny personal exw‘ periencés. it seemgd as if all the eleménts had conspireﬂ to impel me te same ﬂﬂwayﬁ Sggg, 1 ggulﬁ net sge‘wh&t to de or where to begin, ~ my only thought was 3 public meating for protest and discussion.” In this perturbed sﬁate of mind, mother received an inviﬁatimn to yo my ta '%aterlo0, the naxt tawn, and spanﬁ he day at the home cf her friends, the Eunﬁs, ﬁe see Lucﬁetia ﬁatt, wha was there on a visii. Ehey haé invited a party of their z— Quaker acquaintances, all earnest, married women, ta meat 4! - ﬁrs. Matt and ﬁrs‘ Stamioa. §y?hé%her was so full of the spirit wf discmntent, and sﬁa poured it autwith such vahamenca anﬂ eloquanca, that she stirrea herself and all her hearers, as she says, “Te de and dare anythingi" like First ﬁcman’s Rights ﬁenventien 0 They deciéed to holé a ”%bman's Eights Convention”. They wrote the call ﬂ A that afterncon and had it printed in ihe Seneca Gsunév Courier an July 14, l8é8. if . , H‘ 5.. 9 Q rs ,, _* I - ‘,3 Q a w I K The c&11 was 1bgued‘w1th0ut slgnaﬁures, mt was merely an announcement that a r . f 9 ‘ . 5 ‘Hr » _ I ‘. , Jonah s Rzghts Conventlon would be held on July 19, and £0, lﬂ Seneca Falls. The chief mnvers were Elizabeth Cadv Stant on of Seneca Falls, Lucretia Matt of Philadelphia, %ary'enn ﬁcC1intock and Jane Hunt of Waterloo, and Martha C. T E dright of iuburn. The last mentioned ledy*eee the sister of ﬁrs. ﬂott, and the grandmother of Themes ﬁott Osborne, the famous exdwerden of Sing Sing Prison, who thus comes naturally by his reform proclivities. , .. The Convention was held in the~” Church in Seneca Falls. It ees a great success, the place ees crowded at every meeting, both men end women spoke. James Eott, Lucretia's handsome husband, presided. Someone sage of it: “A religious earnestness dignified all the proceedings”. M 4'c«¢,é"4..:;z/a 3 * ~ -in 'L.«.~.- ~ »~~vr~ —+‘:a’"’ " . “ ‘ - ‘ Of that first ConventionZme»eeeeee dig in her eutcbiogzephy, Eighty Years and More“, "These eere the hasty, initiative steps of the moet;momentoue refornz that hee yet been leunchede in this world, the first organized protest against the injustice which has brooded for ages over the oherecter and destiny of one- helf the race.” But mother fails to tell, in her book, one incident that I think most significant, and which I have often heard her relete; "It shows how far ahead she eee of her times and how clearly she see into the future. She asked Frederick Douglass, the great colored orator, who had oome down from.Rooheeter to ettend the Ccnventicn,°what it ees that his people, the slaves on the southern p1ente~ tions§ needeaﬁtp out them.on the right plane. "The ballot”, he promptly replied. “And I see that is exactly ehat we Women need“, said Mrs. Stanton. Then she explained d" T to him.thet she had drawn up a resolution, tetdshe intended to present to the »%“"'5"5;3 ‘ Convention, and he must immediately jump to his feet and make e speech in favor of its passage, and then she would do likewise. The resolution reed: “Resolved, That it is the duty of the eomen of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right of the elective franchise.” “éﬂ-Q i,/¢¢¢,{;§::’,¢¢ ii; ey mother told Er. Douglees that in the conﬁerences they had been holding before the Convention, ehen she had maintained that the ballot in the hands of eomen'ees the keynote to the situation, Lucretia ﬁott had exclaimed: ”Oh3,Lizzie, 26 if thee demands that, thee will make us ridiculousi ﬁe must go slcwly.“ And my father, aha usually stood by my mother in all she did and saiﬁ3 and aha disc spoke and‘ﬁorked for the cause of wnman,'was so amazed at her .9‘ daring,'when she confiéad ta him what she intended doing,and sp distressed that she would not listen to his advice, that he left tqwn and dié not attend any of ths'meetings3 But mother felt she was right, and nething anyoae saié coulﬁ turn.her from.her path. Thenﬁ tee, she remsghered the advice given her by Daniel O3C0nnel1 years bafore in Ireland: “Always ask for the uttermpst; than you may get semethingi” Of course those on the platformywere furious at her for springing her reseluticn on the ﬁonventiont it created hot debate, but the brilliant éefeﬂse, of Bouglass and her own elcquence and logic so roused the audience that many arese and spoke for her side; and after a two hours’ tussle it was carried. v ﬂ’ ' 4 ﬂ 4') /~',’ /' u r éﬂemand fram the first was those three . 40 So that Elizabath Cady Stant0n's 1/’? 05/ little worés ~ "VotesJfor Womami“ Susan B. ﬁnthony was not present at that first ﬁonventiens she did met some inte the mavemant until three years later, in lﬂﬁlu
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Text: 12 iega, Neeport,"¥eshington, Europe, or even to come here. My tee youngest ehilﬁreng "with tee feithful nurses, are at the Deleven House, and when I have ecsomplished m mission we shall all go home together“. CQO*I3CQC90OI80CO%0$‘O$§C Picture of Mother and $at‘)L1E-Ienry 1854 ncooaoacaoulocacntuot 90 no to on on an 0%‘ nu» to so do on no 03 I34! are $0 mi My mother never knew what mischief she would find had been done by her four lively boys during her absence on errands in the...
Show more12 iega, Neeport,"¥eshington, Europe, or even to come here. My tee youngest ehilﬁreng "with tee feithful nurses, are at the Deleven House, and when I have ecsomplished m mission we shall all go home together“. CQO*I3CQC90OI80CO%0$‘O$§C Picture of Mother and $at‘)L1E-Ienry 1854 ncooaoacaoulocacntuot 90 no to on on an 0%‘ nu» to so do on no 03 I34! are $0 mi My mother never knew what mischief she would find had been done by her four lively boys during her absence on errands in the village. Her second see, Henry, then nine years old, was quite an inventor, and on one occasion, as she Wes walking home by the river road, she was greeted with a shout from.a boat full of beys in the water, "oh: mother, it works, it works perrectlyi" 3 "What works?" she called out. thwy life preserver", the boy answered. ,, And, to her horror, there was her fourth son, Theodcre, sheet a year, 44v/u~/Lo4u4¢¢é ‘twee: e1d,'eith the life preserver fastened under his arms, splashing about in the'Water, as blue as indigo. The child, accustomed to a cold bath every morning in a large tb, seemed to be enjoying it also. After the rescue of her baby, the youthful’ inventor was shown the error of his eeys in the privacy of his room.and forbidden to take the baby out of the yard. While the nurses were busy laundering the babies‘ clothes, mother paid the older boys to Wheel us younger chi1&ren about our spacious grounds in our eerrieges.% Shortly after the foregoing performance, mother was retaking from church‘With a friend, when suddenky she said, "Look up on that chimey, Mrs. Stenteni” And then(she beheld her baby seated on the chimney top with the inventor 13 standing beside himm hmether quietly-slipped up stairs, out on the roof and rescued her son Theodore. da‘ﬁriter Sﬁ/anion as Mr. In speaking of our mether, my sister, Harriet Stantoﬂ Bleteh, seyezd “From.185d on, one able argument followed another. Mrs. Stanton wielded a trench- ant pen, and she'eee the author of all the ‘§£E§2_Eepers‘ Lhat marked, and honeurw ably marked, the development of the suffrage movement in America. The ringing calls to suffrage conventions were the work of her hand; the appeals to Legislatures and to Congress, the legal arguments addressed to jurists, came from her pen. She was a bri11iant'writer and an able speaker". acooooocooooooococoootuo GICOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 0000 no to an to at 00 can Ooooioooooonacoooocoooob B; gnzmgy, At one time mother was much troubled at the“weyh her boys swere, so she took council with sweet little Lucretia Mott, who was her guest, and withZMise Anthony. After same thought Mrs. Mott suggested that mother, Susan, and she all“ swear at table and see if that wouldn‘t shame the boys out of their bad habit. So When.the family gathered for the next meal, Lucretia, in her trim white Quaker cap and ‘kerehief, said: “Elizabeth, may I give thee some of this damn chicken?“ The C‘UGOOCIOﬁ¢.l>£IOGCCC..II “ OOIOGIIOOOOOIOGGOOQ 3 3 Ll : ¢_ 9, ‘:5 O I *3‘ 0 o 3 § 2; Q" ‘ 3 '3» 414,, ‘V . ’ ‘ Q .. I. Q ‘ r I .AHvl . u "ﬁr: _ v. . . J ~. OiuC0«§00ODOi!eOOODO3§Q ..t3m3...§ ‘warmest friends in Seneca.Fa1ls were an Episcopal c1ér§§madf:;:% 14 boys all looked amazed,'buﬁ, as none of the laidea cracked a smile, and as the oathﬁ from.the ldps of the three wnmedrflew thick and fast, the youngsters joined in and enjeyed ﬁhe fun. This was kept up for three malss at the fourth msal, howavarg doma distinguished guests were pfeseni, who had been let into the secret” The oaths Still fell from.the lips of nether, Lucretia, dud Susan, but wheﬁ %hey'were uﬁtered the gentleman jumped a little and looked horrified, but never smi1ed.ur spoke. just A'word of'exp1anatio here: the servant problammwas as rampani ix those days as ncw, and as mother entertained oonstaﬁtly and desired her repasts well served, she had trained her three oldasi boys to'wait on ﬁable. They had white suits, were paid for their services, and took great pride in doing it to the bes£.af their ability. V To return to the story: 'fEé boys'were distressed, as they servsd the guests, to see the look of disapproval on Governor Seward‘s and Gerrit Smith’$ faces as their hostess and her two Quakér friends ripped out their oaths. So when ihey got their mother alone, they gathered around her and with tears in their eyes said: "Oh, mother, what will the Governor and Cousin Gerrit think, hearing you Swear like thaﬁ?” "W611", she said, "you boys all do it, and so we £hought‘we would also; don‘t you like to hear us?" “Oh, no, other,“ they replied, with the tears running dawn their cheeks. “Oh, v9ry‘We1l," she said, her arms about two cf the lads as thay leaned against her, while the third boy sat on a stool ai her feet with his head in her lap, “If you boys will stop swearing, I will alsa.” And they did. Mrs. Stanton and the Clergz Mw'mpther always had many friends among the clergy; théy seemed ta delight in.having arguments with her on the s‘her:fof woman. Among the fdmi1y‘s ‘ (I; ,5, V 1 A y ‘ 56 .~xw'» _. 4 " . ’ girls of his brood and the bays of her‘s were devoted to each oﬁher. ’Hbther, at one time, asked her;%gys'which church they would rather 1 attend. Their answar was: “Oh, let’s take a paw in the church where tha clergy» 154 men Wears e nightgown end mentilla". iSo they all went to the Epieoopel Shuroh. At this time the laying of the first Atlantic Ceble'wes under disous» sion. The Rev. Mr. G. ardently maintained that it could never be done, while mes. Stanton as positively said that it could. She said: ~"Whatever the humeh mind oen eonoeive can be oarried out", - the tenor of her argument showing olearly the stti~ tude ofimind she held on all new ideas. Too Much for a Bishop 4 One day the Bishop of the Diocese of‘Western New York, the Rev. Mr, Sex, was calling on my mother; he was violently opposed to the ballot for “ladies”, ahd'eas holding forth on the disabilities of women as a bar to their having the vote. “dhy, Bishop Cox“, exclaimed mother, "I didn‘t know that women had any dise abilities; pray mention them." “Well”, he said, "surely motherhood is a disability, Mrs. Stanton." "On the contrary, Bishop", she quickly answered, "motherhood is an added glory to womn. It is something that you men cannot do, - give birth to an immortal soul: If it be a disability, why does your church, the whole world around, celebrate the Magnifioat every Sabbath morning glorifying motherhood?”' "Y~e~s,3re~s”, ow ~t&4r¢ said the Bishop, hesitatingly, "that is true, Mrs. Stanton. I neveoriﬁeeoaihy ’ if c, in that light before. But - you must admit that your skirts are a disability." “Ry, Bishop"; quickly answered my mother, "we are not born with skirts on. ‘we lay them.off whenever we choose. And I notice that when you on go into the pulpit you put on flowing robes, and so do the Judges of the Supreme Court before they take their pleoes on the bench. This is done to give added dignity to the position.” “Y¥e-s, y-e—s," reluctantly drawled the Bishop, “I never looked at it from.thet angle before. I think you may be right.” Finally, with a hearty laugh and throeihg his head book, he said: "I think there is no use in.my trying to argue'With you, dear lady; we would better discuss arti” Mos; Stanton's Powers of Conversation In a biogrephioal sketch of ow'Hwther, ritten by one of the ost o brilliant neeseeper men of her day, I find the following: “Her gift of gifts is o eonveesstion, Her throne of queeoship is not the offioiel oheir of the ﬁomee’s Eigsts Conveetion,{thougn she eleeys presides with dignity end ease), tut is rather a seat st the social board, where the oomyeny are elderly, oonservetive gentlemen, who combine to argue her down. I think she was never ergued down in her life. ‘ . Go into the oroherd, jar the fruitwleden trees one after another, end not e greater shower of plums, cherries and pomegranates will fell about your head then the eittioisms, anecdotes, and repsftees which this bounteous women sheds down in her teble talk. Housekeeping, babies, free trade, temperance, and women suf- frage are her favorite themes. ‘tony 3 person, after spending e delightful evening in her society, has gone away, saying, "ﬁell, that is ﬁedeme De Steel alive agein.” How She Qoelled e Bully. Mrs. Stanton always had the ooorege of her convictions, Which, with a re~ former,is half the battle. This was never better illustrated them in the following incident. She was back in her old home, Johnstown, visiting her mother. She and her sister, ﬁrs. Eaton,1sere walking toward the cemetery to visit the graves of their forebears. Now3iErs. Eaton was a very proper, conservative woman, not in the least democratic; e very beautiful person, with snoW~white,‘Wevy hair, who never 1%“ got out of spherei As they passed the blacksmith shop, the Smith, a huge men, was pouhding e smell one, while a crowd of men and boys looked on, apparently enjoying the scene; as members of the sterner sex have s vey of ﬂoing in street fights. set one raised e finger to stop the onequal contest. But the moment my mother ep- peered and grasped the situation, she rushed up and separates the men, took her position in front of the giant blacksmith, seized his arms by their great bulgine C) N , . .&W. . .. biceps muscles, end bede ham stop; adding, "You are 1n danger of kxlllng that little men, my deer fellow, then.you sill be put in prison, tried, and will have ,to hang, for the few minutes of angry fighting in'ehioh you have indulged.” ;Then’ she turned her heed over her shoulder and asked that crowd if theyseere not ss that of the men, end their self-sacrifice and devotion were disgleyed in many end M’ J .17 eshmed to stand by esglehe raise a finger to stop so unequal s contest. iheenehile the little men hed;mede his escape; and the meh and boys, with hanging heeds, slunk away. ihother said she could feel the blecksmith‘s greet biceps relax under her touch. ‘Then she begged his pardon for reproving him before a crowd of his peers, but she said she could not bear to see him, in his teeering rage,rushing madly to certain death. She told him that she had five sons of her own and was accustomed to stopping fights. So she left him.end joined her sister, who had walked on, end nes greeted with, ”hell,Lib Csdy; I never knee anybody like youi That man is the ugliest creature in town, everyone is afreid of him. He is.slways thrashing someone, and he will be so mad at you for disgrecing him before that crowd that it won‘t be safe for you to go out of the house." "Honsense, Harriot”, said mother, “you just'wait and see. He has too much that is good in him. I ceuld tell it by his face." And sure enough, this wise and courageous woman had awakened the best elements in that great burly blacksmith, and early the next morning the front doer~bell rang: there he stood, all dressed up, freshly sheven, asking for‘hrs.i Stehton. In his hend'Wes e beautifullxnﬁpuﬁaof flowers for her from his garden. He thhnhed her,'With tears in his eyes, for saving him from.his angry passions. They had a long talk on various subjects, At parting he took her hand and told her she eould never realize what she had done for him. And often during her stay in Jchnstowh he called and left flowers for her, and if she were at home, he would stop and have s long talk. ﬁbmen end the Civil War. Inzsy mother's reminiscences, “Eighty Years and sore”, she tells of the greet work the eomeh of the United States aid during the Civil War. She sums it all up thus: "The patriotism of the women shone forth as fervently and spontaneously ,._,'§::._..,,,,,.:, - . ..- »z.'-;.-«x-.. ‘- -‘ varied fields of sction. ..... ’When the war broke out Women were in four trades; ; . ; ‘.,«”"-"'"«‘_-’,»"‘7T”"’T"'7""":"”-¢’f-?“!*"" ‘"6’ fhsﬂ ‘ " - ‘ "' ____.___.. » fr’- 3st the end of the war they eere in four hundred. That tells itsﬁgwn $t°?y$ *****% _, _.JJ., cl ,4 . - —. - - .r ».r-' -«A--»-' ‘ ‘chi i . /718. 1 //--'5 1.... V T The truehistory of the Civil ear will never be fully eritten if the achievements oft e the eomen.sre left untold." The somsn‘s Loyal League . RF‘ ‘In 1882, we moved to New York City. The following year, mother and miss Anthony formed The hbmen‘s Loyal Leegue,'with mother as President andlniss Anthony es Secretary. The League did noble work throughout the war. Its task was to awaken public sentiment by writing and speaking, and to secure signatures to pewl titions to Congress urging that body so to amend the Constitution as to prohibit the existence of slavery in the United States of America. Great meetings'were held all over hen York City, especially at Cooper Unions Signstures'were taken at these gatherings, and in the end petitions carrying over half a million names were sent to Congress. The League was formed after oonsults~ tion'sith such men as Horace Greeley, William.Lloyd Garrison, Governor Andrews, Robert Dale Owen, and others, and did a great educational work, as letters of en-, dorsement received from.generals, statesmen, and editors show conclusively. ﬁrs. Stanton as e Presiding Officer; ‘ It was in Boston that my mother had learned her lessons in how to manage mohs3 and in theﬂi years, when she, herself, was ' huge meetings, a sell , A u. v _ known men, the Rev. Charles F. Deans, of the Church of the Strangers, Wrote of her: "I have studied hrs. Stanton hours at a sitting when she was presiding over those big public meetings at Cooper Union, New York City, and the mob was hissing and shouting; the tact with ehioh she managed that nhole assembly and moulded it to her'nill'Wss a marvel. Except Henry Clay, of Kentucky, she was the best gresiding officer I have ever seen." er _,_/» 3&3. E‘ I ' I’ r -f 7 <3?‘ ’ fﬁmﬁﬂry Clemmes sees, a writer in the Independent&;ss§sﬁ‘ "'3' u 5 a Elisabeth Cedy Stanton embodies in her person the noblest type of the Emericen metron.~~ Ber shite hair surls closely about her fine forehead; her dark eves, l9 quick end earnest, flesh under its side arches, clear reflections of every feeling and thought eithin. Her features are noble, the lines of the mouth es sweet as they are strong, her dress rich and quiet. She has powerful megnetism.es a public speaker, for ell the forces of her rich personality seem fused into her eords. She / ¥ G 6 C I IS logical, earnest and eloquent, and never mennish 1n;msnner. Home L ifs , Ih.my mother‘s autobiography she gives a vivid picture of our home life at this period. so had moved from hew'York to Tenefly, New Jersey, only e few miles from the city. There we had a pretty new house on the western slope of the Palisades; It was large and room, surrounded with magnificent old trees. She writes: "These were busy, happy years, of varied interests, public and private. Sons and dsuphters, graduating from Vassar College, Cornell University and Columbia College Law School, bringing troops of young.people to visit us. The usual love affairs and matrimonial entanglements, weddings, journeys to Europe, business ventures,~ in the Whirl of plans and projects our heads, hearts and hehds'Were fully occupied. ..... Seven boys and girls dancing around the fireside bouyent with life’s joys opening before them, are enough to keep the most apathetic parents on the ‘Watch-tower by day, and anxious, even in drezslend, by night. Ey spare time, if it can be said that I ever had any, was given to social festivities. ... hear us lived the publisher of The Sup, Isecc‘h. England, sho also had seven sons and daughters, as full of frolic as our own. ﬁrs. Engleud and I entered into all their games with equal zest; from.the youngest to the oldest they all thought half the fun'wes to see our enthusiasm in ‘blind men’s buff’, ‘fox and geese’, and “":"‘t¥:<"t "/-'“’5?'*’ ii ?A_é-f".—s ’ ‘bean bags’. I laugh es I srite at the memhry of all thegfrolics we had on the 7g .e 0 c,~ 35 . blue hills of Jersey. ;’¢ﬁ”*@»e The Revolution ; In 1867 ere. Stanton sndliiss enthouy established “The Revolution", e political uesspeper, of ehich my sother see editor-in-chief. “During this burning so time of the reconstruction period these the semen stood almost alone in yreaching the political policy which it would have been'Wise had the nation folhowed”, Writes her daughter, hrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch. “They fought step by step, as the new aeendmehts‘eere added to the United States Constitution, for women as Well as men to be protected under the last and if there was to be a qualification placed upon the newly enfranchised, it should be a qualification of edutatioh. The political insight and grasp of the editorial deeartmeht of *The Revolutiosl is a my- monument to the'eisdom of its editor—in-chief." But that little word “male” crept into the Constitution, and it took till /f:md l A 191% to get it out, - over seventy yearsi Founding the National ﬂoman Suffrage Association, In l869 the National Woman Suffrage Association was founded, mother was made its first President, and she retained that office consecutively for over twentw—five ears/ Great conventions were held in different cities each rear J Y .. 3 especially in.Washington, D.C.iwhenfthe women had “Hearings” before various , J , > ’ V '" .5‘ I Congressional Committees. Lyceums and Lectures, Mrs. Stanton became convinced that in order to advance the suffrage move- ment it was necessary to push the propagahda on a wider stage, and for that reason,, in 1869, she gave her name for the first time to a lecture bureau. and for the next twelve years of her eventful life she travelled all over the country; lecturing for eight months of the year. host of her children were grown up,~ some in college, some in business; her capable, quaker housekeeper, Amelie, was still'sith her, so that all things moved along smoothly during her absences. ~ The Lyceum Bureau was at this time one of the great features in smerican life. ‘hany of the distinguished men and semen of both this and foreign lands were constantly on the wing giving of their best to the large audiences that assemhled 21 ell over the notion. ind the sudienoes richly deserved the best thet dnuld he given, for, particularly in theﬂdest and iatiﬁﬁ Middle West, the country people oame to the lecture centers, often from fifty, sevsnty~five, or even one hundred miles. ‘hothers brought their babies. ﬁhole families - father, mother, uncles, aunts, grsnd~perents, children and pets ~ drove inbehind their fine horses; to hear the message that the lecturer ~ often at enormous personal effort u had come to give. ﬁrs. Stanton from having been one of the most ridiculed endzmﬁsunderstood of women, soon became one of the most popular lecturers of her day. She was in great demand all over the country. The two speeches that were most called for were "Our Girls" and “Our Boys”. "They were full to overflowing with sound, common sense, showed sympathy sod underw standing of youth, and contained tactful and trenchant advice to parents. They 7.7 =9‘ ‘Were classics in that their ideas are not confined to any time; they are as souhd tods es they were in 1870”, writes my sister,.Mrs. Blotc.. Before mother gave up her Lyceum Work she had a long list of lectures and spoke in:mony a town year after year. She had several addresses for women alone, on "hotherhood", "The Care of Babies", "Dress; Diet and Hygiene". Those she gave in the afternoons. She had another speech on ”Thurlow Weed, William H. Seward, and Horace Greeley”, - all of them her personal friends, ~‘Whioh‘Was ex~ tremely popular. Horace Greeley and the Ballot‘, The friendship between mother and Greeley was a vividly interesting one, even though they differed on many points. Why deer lady”, he ssid one dey,'shehi they were having a heated discussion on votes for women, “Don’t you knor that the bullet and the ballot go together? Are you ready to go to war and fight?” "Yes, or. Greeley," she answered quickly, "I’m willing to fight just as you fought in the late oar of the Rebellion, by sending my paid substitute." During that ssr, perhaps some of my young readers may not know, you ooold 22 ff pay a man three or four hundred dollars, ono he oou1@‘and fight for goui Famous women of the Bible, In the course of her looturing'work throughout the United Stotoo mother had several sermons on “Famous ﬁohon of the Bible“. Those she govo in Ghurohoo on Sunday, when she stayed over Week-onds in a place. She opoko before the inmatos of blind asylumo, to the doaf and dumb,» with an interpreter standing behind hor; to the men in prisons in various states; to the students in tho oollogoo and medical schools; before political oonvontions and state logisloturos. .- oSho was over ready for any coll wade upon her. *5. hrs. Stanton Addresses tho Prisoners at Jackson, Eiohigan . In 1874 a Constitutional Convention was held in ﬁiohigan and the proposition ‘Was to be voted upon,;to givo‘the vote to the women of the State. Mother and ébmamdhnuu»/L“ ‘Susan B. 5nthony'woro invited to go and help carry the paagcuééésn. It was a A ist vary ootive oampalgn. The hetho@’Conferenoe passed a rosolutlonyln favor of the 1 ﬁmondmont_by a unanimous vote. Thogiethodists, Unitarions, Uhivorsolists, and Quakers throw open their pulpits to the apostles of the ngw gospel of equality for Woman. §y:mother spoke every evening to large audiences, every afternoon to women alono, and preaohod every Sunday in some tulpit. Those two indofotigab&o‘womon .1. spoke in jails, prisons, asylumo, dopots, the ooon air, and to the collage studohto at tho State University at Ann Arbor. "Wherever there were oars to hear us, we lifted up our voices”, hrs. Stanton says. The votes of forty thousand men were oast for the amendment, aI€‘tho proposition was lost. During that campaign mother was staying at the home of Governor Bogloy. ho'wos in favor of woman suffrage, ahd dooply interested in prison rofonm: so ho urgoé mother to spook to the mom in tho largo Stato prison at Joohsoht She readily _ Jhumvz oohoootoé to do so. .She dooidod that the news of the day woulé interest thooﬁ so she toio them'ehy the women“eere in the State working fat the imendmeni to ramgvg the word male from the Constitutiom, and thus give the mothers something to soy ebouﬁ how things shouid be managed. She eloeys addressed them.ee “Gentlemen”, which gloesed the prisoners very muhh. She told them that if the proyoeition “were oerried, one of the first things the women would do would be to imgrove the prisons.’ Then she drew a word picture of an ideal prison. It was esubjeot’ she had lookeﬁ into very carefully one about which she had many edenoed ideee: no capital pﬁniehment, plenty of out~door'work, amusements, a school to help the uneduoated, good food, training in some trade, pay for their work, and money sent home to their families. She knew all about men and boys, hevimg had five soné} a husband, a brother and a father. She told those men stories, made them laugh, never referred to their sins, in closing she said, "Now, gentlemen, having heard my arguments why the women of Fichigen should be emancipated, how many of you, if you could go to the polls and cast a ballot this Fall, would voﬁe for the gmeniment?" They all stood uo, to the last man: “eh”, she leughingly said, "gentlemengi how I'wish you were all free to vote for us, and that an equal number of our enemies were here in your piaoesi“ They laughed and applauded heartily, and as they filed out each gave her a salute. She said, "I felt satisfied that they had had one hepey hour, and thei I had said nothing to hurt the feelings of the most unfortunate.” OiiiﬂiﬁlﬁlimgfillOIOIOOOOSOOI _ , "gig! , . ; re‘ of { H: ElieebethiCad¥%Stanton : : as she lgokeowﬁgie og : E the 1eoﬁgre.§1e££o£:ﬁ : 759$ sconceooosescoovooooooaoucocs The tales of sorrow one woe that were poured into the ears of this ﬁﬁother 2% in Isreel" by the men and women of this nation made her see thihgs in their true 0 Mrs. Stenton’s Greoe. Often'when mother stayed in prvate houses the hostesses did their own hark, As it would be an important episode in their lives to entertain so distinguished a guest, they would invite relatives std numerous friends for the occasion. hother was often asked to say grace. At first she refused, then she sys, §In.my travels through the West I often sew weary little women coming to the table after meet ehhausting labors, and large, bumptious husbands spreading out their hands end thanking the Lord for the meals that the deer women had prepared, as if the whole came down likezmanna from.heeven. So I preached a sermon ih the blessing I gave. :1 fi You will notice, she remerks’"that it has three heresies in it. "Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us everzmindful of the patient hands that oft in Weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity‘s xxr sﬂm,mmn. » §hen.mother finished and all had raised their heads she met the astonished glances of those gathered shout the table. She noticed how pleased the little hostess looked, and how high she held her heedl The guests esked:mother where she got that grace, saying they had"hever heard anything like it." idould she write it iﬂ their sutogreph albums?‘ Several ladies hadtheirszfremed and hung in their dihingrooms, end to this day I am constantly mehing copies oof it.for people. The babies, too, as s previous story has indicated, needed to be thankful that she was in e position to'eitness the wrongs being done to them. She was the fairy god«mother to many an infant that travelled on the trein with her during these extensive lecturing trips. thhenever she heard a child cry she sent at once to its mother and asked to take it.l Often she gve it its first drink of*seters Oh one occasion she boarded a train and took the only vsosht seet beside 25 a banignwlaaking gentleman. £5 soon as the train startad hm aﬁkgd her if aha knaw‘ anything absuﬁ babies. Sha told him.that aha knaw all abeuﬁ them; having haé aevéﬁ cf her own. “$911”, he said, "that baby that is crying, hasm’t Stmpped sinaa I ggt on this train hours ago. If youfll get ii and bring it here, I3 11 provide a rubber tab, tawels and water, and'wa‘11 see what a bath will da". It was a hat summer day; T29 weary yQung:mother readily consenteé, handed my mcther fresh clathes and the baby, put her haad back, and was sound aaleep in a few sacon&a§ Two men get up in front 55 mother's seat, which they turned over and installed the bath tub tharggn, ?irst tha boy was given a drink of cool water, undressed, than puﬁ into the tub. ﬁany gathered abeut to see the operation. The baby cooad, and smiled and splasheﬁ about under ﬁrs. Stanton's capmhle hands. Then she dried it. Eeanwhile the tub had been removed, a dry tawel put on the seat, and on thighnmther laid the Q%ild§ ‘with another towel over it, and it was souﬁﬁ asieep before you could say ”Jac% Robinson.“ Eeryone heaved a sigh of relief and soon the whole car was in the land of mod:
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Creator: Lawrence, Margaret Stanton
Date: n.d.
Text: they would like nothing Better than to seeihrs. $tenton:meke cake; that they haénﬁt dreamed she couloi So I escorted them to the dining-room, and there eatzey mother in a block satin gown with soft laces at her throg xhendfehite silk shawl about her shoulders, her hair beautifully dressed; the onlyE§§%denoe of work was her large epron with its bib, carefully protecting all this elegance. She always dressed her- self thus on arising for an eight o’olook breehfejazihenoe, looked as if she had...
Show morethey would like nothing Better than to seeihrs. $tenton:meke cake; that they haénﬁt dreamed she couloi So I escorted them to the dining-room, and there eatzey mother in a block satin gown with soft laces at her throg xhendfehite silk shawl about her shoulders, her hair beautifully dressed; the onlyE§§%denoe of work was her large epron with its bib, carefully protecting all this elegance. She always dressed her- self thus on arising for an eight o’olook breehfejazihenoe, looked as if she had just ‘ . £é‘%t—oz.; . jumped out of a band box, at any hour of the day o§{l . C/L As we all sat around the dining table and chatted, We had a merry time. One of the young men came from.the sogth. he said he hadn't had such a good time since he last saw his mother making cake, and then she hedmollowed him to lick the spooni So Kother at once handed him the large wooden spoon, and gave the bowl to the other boy to extract from.it what goodness he could find with his forefihgeri hhile they'were talking, she had quietly directed the cook to bake some little cakes in patty~pane and had herself spread the thick layer of orange frosting over them. when they were finished, she presented two to each of the youngzmen. You can imagine their éelighte She was very fond of reporters, both men and women. She always received them raoiousl* and .ave them an interview no:metter if she had to be awakened J 5 ‘W6, A‘ from.a hep to do 30. She considered it a moot valuable way in which to get her ideas before the public. ‘ﬁe teased her a good deal about the fact that no matter what the suhject‘wae on which they came to interview'her, she always got in some woros on her pet hobbies. At her funeral it'wae a touching sight to see the youhgzmen eod women report- ere with bowed heads, tears streaming down their faces; they naitzad they had lost one of their beet friends. Egg Age. Va Eh mother’s was a remarkable old age. Radiant health had heen her portion through life, and the radiance of her spirit, as her life drew to ite close, was a rare 2% anﬁ beautiful thing. She was agmost dalightful parson ta 1ive‘with3 ~ during the last eleven years 1 wag her hsusﬁkeaparg w as full cf fun and marrimantﬁ so apprasiative mf all that Waﬁ date for her. She teak at interest in everything that want an, was aiwys busy§ always ready to do aything, go anywhere. She played all her old p§.ez':§e:-3 an the ggiazm ::3.ﬁ»:f}. sang; Q thra songs ‘of her youth t“*e‘a‘i<3:3 evary C3.;‘.3o::\:f5 zzzarnizzg and evening her enumciation‘was perfect: she took drives in Central Park and up Riversiée Brita several timﬁs a week. She made us orange and spcnge cake, and her ginger bread was so soft and delicious that it malted in your;mouth: Sha told us gtaries of her ehildhocd and yauth, and related anecdotas bf her travels in the far west. She liked all new‘ideas. The bicycle and the telephone had just cage in, and tha autqmabi1e'was being talked of; unlike many people of the older ganer~ atien, she‘was keenly interested by al; these things and tolerant of tham¢~ never antau .544 / 4zAwu¢4L.4é§%;t¢Z£7«44?%£&j:;g%;: gonizea bzr t‘:1em . C:z:,“%L 1" as ,t 44% . V a,,o%«§"'"“ - In contrast to'Mother, who was always serane,; I was inclined to let things WBF?y me. Sue evaning"when I retired, I found this rhyme under my pillow} "Take example of the roses, That live alone on sun and dew, They never trouble about *Eoses, And why in Heavan‘s name should you?“ 26 ”;etIﬁosas represent all those things that give you the blues." * mother had a‘W@y of putting little notes about her children’s raoms than she wished to give them some advice. She herself had passed through troutled wttars, but she never let her thoughts dwell on the dark side of life. She was indeed a philosopher; it had been the habit of a life time, that if anything worriaﬁ bar she wvulﬁ lie dawn, take a nap, and arise refreshed and with a naw outloaki . ﬁrs. Stanton‘s ﬁppaarange. ﬂy mother was a charming wqman socially and'was the centre of a large cirsla of frieds. Her crcwn of exquisits whii@7hair was always carefully dragged, and by her own.hand, and was so striking that some_one said, “it gave her the distinctimn ané dignity of a queen.”..a...¢. “Every detail of her dressgwas full of beauty. She was ef medium heighﬁﬁ and had beautiful hands and feet. Her presence was such that it called ferth remark and praise wherever she went . .... She was a person grasiaus . -_.. » ,, Q of mannsr, soft of voiae, ~,§gg¢;w]w~~~ 7 :py“, wrote a frlﬁﬂda She'was a person of prcfound symnathies, Wide culture and knvwledge, and of marked intellectual abilw C‘ 1ﬁy,“’wrate a distinguished man. ogocooiiﬁtlctciooiolioooboieo _ «z%L$ww&$&4ﬁ%*~_ . Fiotura of EH9 at her . . table in 94£h St. . . Taken 2;Weeks before . . she died. . I O . . .O9COOOOO§OIOOOClIOOO.500COCO Her Last Days. The last few years of her life %other‘s eyesight Waé grdwing dim, but, with¢ the aid cf a secretary and her children, she kept fully abreast of the times and went on'with her literary work; forged thunder bolts, and sent them.forth, thai kept ta aiﬁy, state and nation vitally awake to the great purposes which always animatad her. Sha naver referred to her affliction; and was as brave as a lien about ii. @hen‘within ﬁWO'W86kS of 87, and her death, she said ta a reporter; "Lifa haé been a gerpetual joy totme, and with the opening of each day I gs about my duties wﬁth renewed zeal and enthusiasm. I shall never put aside Hg wnrk:whi1e I have life and strength ta continue it." Es her secretary read the papers to her each day, she would say} ﬁﬁark that with a blue pencil and we'll answer it later on.“ when the newspapers ware finishedﬁ affiwnuld go protests on this, tkat, and the other thing ts The SEﬂ£ The Trihne, The Evening Post: The ﬁCman’s Journagx and The Chicago Interwoceggf s!".=r\' "l'5’£<'v.rw‘- A >$‘|l':«&9 2% gtuufeaoh article had a humorous twist to it, Her sense of humor was e:merkeﬂ oherecterw istie through life, is the end of October, 1902 epproeohed,iﬁother'was engaged in preparing e letter to Fresident Roosevelt, ~ who, just at this time was writing his annual- messege to Congress, asking him to put in a clause for women suffrage. This 1et~ ter ieigine and clear that I cannot refrain from.quoting it. New York, October 22, 1902. Hot} Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States Dear Sir: As you are the first President of the United States who has ever given a public opinion in favor of women suffrage, and, when Governor of New York State, recommended the measure in ezmessage to the Legislature, the members of the different suffrage associations in the United States now urge you to advocate, in your coming message to Congress, an amendment to the National Constitution for the enfrenehisement of the thirty~six million American women, now denied their most sacred right as citizens of a Republic. In the beginning of our nation, the fathers declared that “no just govern- «I ment can be founded'Without the consent of the governed", and that taxation without representation is tyremhy." Both of these grand declarations are denied in the present position of semen, who eensitute; one~helf of the people.g& "political pewer inheres in the people“ ~ and eoeen are surely people ~ then there is a crying need for an amendment to the Eetionel 3onstitution,fmeking these fundamental principles verities. Surely there we e do greater moopoly ther.thet of all men denying to all women s voice in the laws they ere compelled to obey. Abraham Lincoln.immorte1ized_himself by the emancipation of fourzmillion southern slaves. Speaking fer my suffrage ooedjutors, we now desire that you, Er. PT@3id@ﬂ@a'Whc are already celebrated for so many honorable deeds and worthy utter» aﬁcﬁﬁg i$m0?ta1ize yourself by brimgingebout our complete emancipation from.the 2? olavooy of the poot. ‘with best wishes for your oontinuod honorablo ooroor and rowolootion as Frooiaont of the United Statosg 1-‘: Sn Gotobor 2o’~ it was Saturday afternoon, ~ Mother and ho? soorotary oro busy at her desk in the corner by the oindow overlooking the Hudson River and tho Palisades beyond. They were working on a letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, when suddenly the room was invaded by her four sons and two daughters. Theodore'Was in How York from.Paris, andférs. Blatoh from.England. After greetings and kisses had boon oxohangoﬁ, Kathe? calmly went on with her work; her powers of concentration wore so oxtraordinary, that We did not disturb her in the least with all our laughing and talking. COCOIODICOOOO‘O§OIIIIOOQO.ICCIOIOIOQ Picture of her corner at 94th Street. I t 9 C I 0 1 I OQ QC 0 COCOOJIIOOIOCCOOOOOOO-l»DOIQIISUUQOCIQO Finally one brother oxolaimod, ” Oh} Eothor, do stop working and talk to no,” But it was not until the letter toﬁﬁrs. Boosovolt'was finishod to her satisfaction that she turned in her ohair, and soon booamo tho life of tho pafty. Friends c~oo ig hotor for dinnor and spout the ovoning. The next day, Sunday oho arooo as usual and drossoﬁﬁ but said she did not feel vory W811-SO sho sat; duo- ing all the morning, in her high-booked armchair. ﬁe oallod tho dootor but he sai thoro was nothing ho could do; She had always hopod she would not have an illness at the end of oor days, she had mover boon really ill; wondorful health had boon boo portion. at three o’o1ook iﬂ ﬁhﬁ afiayﬂﬂan ""‘ Aj./4»,,,£%.7“*/,/2.44. ~ a:,4..¢._ .44.-—4~ Q14. .3 28 the maahimary in th@'G1S$k ran dawn, and the quietly sliypad awwyi we mama Of at etulé raaliza it, it was all SS sudden. Sha had gsnt just as aha hapeﬂ she wtuld. Her last ‘W0 1%: on txartah was far t,3:1»s:.> tr0:s‘:2a3n % this natian: the Easst dram;-= watts she sign@d'Were apyaals far their benefit. On October 25th, the day she diaé, there appaareﬂ in the New York American a signed article on tha editsrial pages which she had dictated the day before to a member of the staff of ih¢?§a§5r’ making a plea for justice an& liberty for'womem. The Ineffaceable Record. She it was who first asked for the ballot for wcmen in America, she was the first to strive for an amendment to the Sonstitution of the United States. “She helped to secure property rights for:married women, rights to their wages, equal guard» ianship laws. She was active in securing for women a tedical education, and by her speaches and writings in the leading magazines of the country she was instrumental in revising the divorce laws of the different state?/and in freeing us frtm many of the religious superstitions of her day",'writes her daughter ﬁrs. Blatch, In short, we of our genaration owe an enermous debt - for the things We enjoy to the ability and se1f~sacrifice of my mother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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