not known; they were not elected
to office; they had none of the exciting delights of an active
out-door life on these attractive prairies; they endured in
silence; they took care of the home, of the sick. If 'home they
brought her warrior dead, she nor swooned nor uttered sigh.' It
is fortunate that a few of these truest heroes have left a
printed record of pioneer life in Kansas."

The last vigorous effort we made in circulating petitions was
when Congress was about extending to the colored men the right to
vote. Many signed then for the first time. One woman said, "I
know my husband does not believe in women voting, but he hates
the negroes, and would not want them placed over me." I saw in
_The Liberator_ that a bequest to the woman's rights cause had
been made by a gentleman in Boston, and I asked Wendell Phillips
if we could have some of it in Kansas. He directed me to Susan B.
Anthony, and you gave us $100. This small sum we divided between
two lecturers, and paying for tracts. John O. Wattles lectured
and distributed tracts in Southern Kansas. We were greatly
rejoiced when we found, by corresponding with Mrs. Nichols, that
she intended to work for our cause whether she had any
compensation or not. Kansas women can never be half thankful
enough for what she did for them. There has never been a time
since, when the same amount of effort would have accomplished as
much; and the little money we gave her could scarcely have paid
her stage fare.

When the question was submitted in 1867, and the men were to
decide whether women should be allowed to vote, we felt very
anxious about the result. We strongly desired to make Kansas the
banner State for Freedom. We did all we could to secure it, and
some of the best speakers from the East came to our aid. Their
speeches were excellent, and were listened to by large audiences,
who seemed to believe what they heard; but when voting day came,
they voted according to their prejudices, and our cause was
defeated. My work has been very limited. I have only been able to
talk and circulate tracts and papers. I took _The Una_, _The
Lily_, _The Sybil_, _The Pittsburg Visitor_, _The Revolution_,
_Woman's Journal_, _Ballot Box_, and _National Citizen_; got all
the subscribers I could, and scattered the