closing meeting of the Convention was one of the most
beautiful, delightful, and memorable which any of its participants
ever enjoyed."

The Convention adjourned to meet in Boston May 31, 1866, where a
large, enthusiastic meeting was held, of which we find the following
report by Charles K. Whipple.

_From the National Anti-Slavery Standard of June 9, 1866._

The meeting next in interest as in time, among the crowded
assemblies of Anniversary week, was that of the Equal Rights
Association, called and managed by those intelligent and
excellent women who have for years labored in behalf of Woman's
Rights. A large portion of the community have been accustomed to
sneer at these ladies as self-seeking and fanatical. The new
position they have taken shows, on the contrary, the largeness of
their views, the breadth of their sympathy, and the practical
good sense which govern their operations. Their proceedings show
their full appreciation of the fact that the rights of men and
the rights of women must stand or fall together.

Mrs. Dall called the meeting to order, and introduced as its
president, Martha C. Wright, of Auburn, N. Y., in the absence of
Lucretia Mott, the president of the Association. Mrs. Wright made
some well-chosen introductory remarks; Miss Susan B. Anthony read
letters of friendly greeting from Frederick Douglass and William
Lloyd Garrison, and then a very admirable report was read by Mrs.
Dall, summing up the advance made in the woman's cause the past
year.... The freedom of the platform was an admirable feature of
this Convention. Early in the proceedings it was announced that
any member of the audience, male or female, was entitled to speak
on the topics under debate, and would be made welcome. Among
those who addressed the Convention were Parker Pillsbury, Henry
C. Wright, Aaron M. Powell, Dr. Sarah Young, Rev. Olympia Brown
(minister of a church at Weymouth), Susan B. Anthony, Stephen S.
Foster, Mr. Tooker, Ira Stewart, Charles C. Burleigh, Wendell
Phillips, Frances Ellen Harper, Anna E. Dickinson. The mention of
these names is enough to indicate that there was abundance of
good speaking. No time was lost, and the hours of three sessions
were pleasantly and profitably filled.

Mr. Pillsbury said the word "male," as a restriction upon the