ficers of the
new society was the representation of the different counties on
the executive committee; and for this purpose the chairman wrote
to nearly all of the sixty-three counties, chiefly to the
postmasters of the principal towns. The replies that were
received presented a curious medley of sentiment and opinion
touching the object in view, disclosing every shade of tone and
temper between the two extremes of cold indifference and warm
enthusiasm. It was evident that, in a large number of cases, the
inquiries promptly found their resting-place in the waste-basket.
Before the close of the year twenty-two counties were
represented. Thus reinforced, the committee took immediate steps
towards distributing documents and circulating petitions
throughout the State. Many of the county members cooeperated
earnestly in this work. Some of them, not satisfied to limit
their action to this particular form of service, aided the
movement by collecting funds and holding public meetings in their
respective localities. Matilda Hindman, representing Alleghany
county, evinced both energy and enterprise in forwarding the
movement through the agency of public meetings. She did good
service from the beginning, relying almost solely upon her own
determined purpose. Her deep interest in the work and its object,
and the courage that animated her at the first impulse of duty,
have continued without abatement to the present time. Her
usefulness and activity have not confined themselves within the
limits of Pennsylvania, but have extended to other States, both
in the East and West.

Miss Matilda Hindman, of Philadelphia, pays the following tribute
to her parents:

In 1837, my father being a member of the school committee of
the Union township, Washington county, secured equal
salaries for women; and in spite of steady opposition, there
was no difference made for four years. The women who taught
the schools in the summer were paid the same as the men who
taught in the winter. At the death of my father the board
returned to the old system of half pay for women; the result
was "incompetent teachers," furnishing the opposition with
just the plea they desired--that women were not fit for
school teachers. My m