she can ride with them in railroad
cars, on steamboats, etc. She came all the way from the Green
Mountains without any male attendant; she traveled with members
of Congress and delegates to the Baltimore Convention, and not a
"bear" among them offered her the least indignity.

ERNESTINE L. ROSE quoted the testimony of Horace Mann,[67] that
our Legislatures were "bear gardens, our representatives too rude
and rough for woman's association, hence the impropriety and
indelicacy of her mingling in politics." But we are told it is
woman's province to soothe the angry passions and calm the
belligerent feelings of man, and if what Horace Mann says is
true, where can we find a riper harvest awaiting us than in the
halls of legislation!

Harriet K. Hunt then read an address upon the medical education of
women; on concluding, she offered the following resolutions:

_1st. Resolved_, That the present position of medical
organizations, precluding women from the same educational
advantages with men, under pretext of delicacy, virtually
acknowledges the impropriety of his being her medical attendant.

_2d. Resolved_, That we will do all in our power to sustain those
women who, from a conviction of duty, enter the medical
profession, in their efforts to overcome the evils that have
accumulated in their path, and in attacking the strongholds of
vice.

_3d. Resolved_, That the past actions and present indications of
our medical schools should not affect us at all; and
notwithstanding Geneva and Cleveland Medical Colleges closed
their doors after graduating one woman each, and Harvard, through
the false delicacy of the students, declared it inexpedient to
receive one who had been in successful practice many years, we
would still earnestly follow in peace and love where duty points,
and leave the verdict to an enlightened public sentiment.

The address of Dr. Hunt called out a discussion on the importance of a
thorough medical training for women in all departments of science
belonging to that profession.

Mrs. NICHOLS spoke earnestly of the imperfect education of woman.
With no knowledge of the laws of health, she has no means of
obtaining the required information. Men hold the purse even when
it is filled by the labor of both. They close the college doors,
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