woman may be a citizen of the United States, be subject to
the laws, own property, and be compelled to pay taxes to
support a government she has no voice in administering or
vote in electing its officers.

In the same issue of the _News_ we meet with an earnest appeal
for the prompt passage of a law conferring upon woman a right to
her earnings. When we realize that one of the Supreme Judges soon
after this assured Mrs. Bradwell that she was editing a paper
that no lawyer could afford to do without, we shall understand
how important a part this journal has played in the courts. In
the sixth number of the _News_ we find the attention of the legal
fraternity called to the fact that in the reign of James I. it
was held in the cases of _Coats vs. Lyall_ and _Holt vs. Lyall_,
tried in Westminster Hall, that a single woman, if a freeholder,
had the right to vote for a parliament man; and in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, Lady Packington, in right of property held by
her, did actually vote for a return of two burgesses to
parliament for the borough of Aylesburg; and in the time of
Charles I., Mrs. Copley voted, in right of her property, for the
return of a burgess for Gratton. The subject of their return was
brought before parliament, and amended by joining other persons
with Mrs. Copley in the right of returning burgesses for Gratton.
Women have actually sat and voted in the English parliament.

In 1868, Sorosis, a woman's club, was organized in Chicago, with
Mrs. Delia Waterman president, and soon after several periodicals
were established; _The Chicago Sorosis_, with Mrs. Mary L.
Walker, Cynthia Leonard and Agnes L. Knowlton, editors; _The
Inland Monthly_, Mrs. Charlotte Clark, editor and publisher; and
_The Agitator_, with Mary A. Livermore and Mary L. Walker
editors. Though all were short-lived, they serve to show woman's
ambition in the direction of journalism.

In 1868 there was a decided "awakening" on the question of woman
suffrage in central Illinois. In the town of Elmwood, Peoria
county, the question drew large audiences to lyceum discussions,
and was argued in school, church and caucus. The conservatives
became alarmed, and announced their determination to "nip the
innovation in the bud." A spirited editorial in the