ucretia Mott, of Auburn, has
presided in most of the New York State Conventions, and in some
of the National, and her pen has always been sharpened in ready
defense of the cause and its leaders. A woman of rare good sense
and large sympathies, she is always to be trusted in emergencies.
Sarah Helen Whitman was the first literary woman of reputation
who gave her name to the cause, and her interest has never
lessened, though ill health has prevented any work. Alice Cary
for years gave her heartiest sympathy to the movement, and
socially she and her sister Phoebe have awakened an interest in a
large circle not easily penetrated by outside influences. Her
story, never completed, the "Born Thrall," published in _The
Revolution_, gave evidence of thought, experience, and deep
feeling. The songs of the sisters have a new sweet sadness, now
that Alice is singing hers on the other side of the river of
life. Grace Greenwood has done good service with her fluent pen
and voice through the press and on the platform. Mary L. Booth,
with her rich culture and her unsurpassed practical ability, her
skill as a translator of Martin's great History of France, and
numberless other works, has given aid to the cause with her pen,
one of the best in the country. As an editor she has done great
service by showing that a woman can work as earnestly and
persistently at a closely confining business as a man, and can
hold for years a place at the head of a profession so difficult
and so arduous.

As physicians, many women have won not only fame, but wealth. The
names are too many for our limits. A few only who have taken an
active interest in the principles which we have been urging can
be given. Dr. Mercy B. Jackson, Dr. Ann Preston, and Dr. Clemence
Lozier are some of the names which stand out conspicuously.

The government appointments within the last two years have been a
matter of great rejoicing. Many responsible offices are held by
women in different localities. There are 1,400 postmistresses,
some of them of first-class offices. The one in Richmond, Va., is
considered a model office, held by Miss Rachel Van Lew.

Ten years ago a young girl sprang, like Minerva from the head of
Jupiter, fully armed, into the moral and political arena, and has
stirred the he