etter commending
Woman Suffrage from Gov. Davis H. Waite of Colorado -- Rachel
Foster Avery tells of Miss Anthony's part in securing the World's
Fair Board of Lady Managers -- Discussion on Federal Suffrage --
Kate Field states her position.
CHAPTER XV.
NATIONAL-AMERICAN CONVENTION OF 1895 236-251
The Atlanta convention first one held outside of Washington --
Cordial reception by press and people -- Miss Anthony's charm as
presiding officer -- Examples of bright informal business
meetings -- Addresses of welcome by Mayor and others -- Woman as
a Subject -- Out of Her Sphere -- The New Woman of the New South
-- Woman Suffrage a Solution of the Negro Problem -- Good
suggestions for Organization and Legislative Work -- Three
Classes of Opponents.
CHAPTER XVI.
NATIONAL-AMERICAN CONVENTION OF 1896 252-269
The Rev. Miss Shaw's account of Miss Anthony's and her trip to
the Pacific Coast -- Philosophy of Woman Suffrage -- Universal
not Limited Suffrage -- Memorial service for Frederick Douglass,
Theodore Lovett Sewall, Ellen Battelle Dietrick and others --
Welcome to Utah, a new State with Full Suffrage for Women --
Response by Senator Frank J. Cannon and Representative C. E.
Allen -- Contest over the resolution against Mrs. Stanton's
Woman's Bible -- Miss Anthony's eloquent protest -- Resolution
adopted -- Women as Legislators -- Charlotte Perkins Stetson on
The Ballot as an Improver of Motherhood -- Congressional Hearings
-- Representative John F. Shafroth on the good effects of Woman
Suffrage in Colorado -- Paper of Mrs. Stanton picturing dark page
which present political position of woman will offer to historian
of the future.
CHAPTER XVII.
NATIONAL-AMERICAN CONVENTION OF 1897 270-287
Annual meeting in Des Moines welcomed by the Governor, the Mayor,
the Rev. H. O. Breeden and others -- Miss Anthony in her
president's address describes campaigns the previous year in
Idaho, where Woman Suffrage was carried, and in California where
it was defeated -- Eulogized by the _Leader_ -- Mrs. Chapman Catt
receives an ovation -- Mrs. Colby presents memorial resolutions
for nearly forty faithful friends -- President George A. Gates of
Iowa College advocates woman suffrage -- Maternal Love High but
Narrow -- Domestic Life of Suffragists -- Shoul
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