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In the humbler walks of literature Iowa can boast quite a number
of women who have made successful attempts at authorship.[415] In
sculpture Mrs. Harriet A. Ketcham, of Mt. Pleasant, deserves
mention. She has the exclusive contract to model the prominent
men of Iowa for the new capitol. Mrs. Estelle E. Vore, Mrs. Cora
R. Fracker, and Miss Emma G. Holt, are known as musical
composers.

Among the lecturers of Iowa, Mrs. Matilda Fletcher is worthy of
mention. Though she has never made woman suffrage a specialty,
she is sound on that question, and frequently introduces it
incidentally in her lectures. In 1869 she was living in obscurity
in Council Bluffs, her husband being employed as a teacher in one
of the suburban schools. Young, girlish-looking, no one seeing
her would have dreamed of her possessing the capabilities she has
since displayed. She started out under many discouragements, but
has shown a perseverance, a self-reliance, and an indomitable
will that few women manifest in the same direction. Mrs. Fletcher
has been employed by the Republican party during some of the most
important and exciting campaigns, speaking throughout the State,
in halls, tents, and in the open air. Every such effort on the
part of woman is an advantage to the cause we advocate, bringing
it nearer to final success. But it is to Mrs. Stanton, Miss
Anthony, Anna Dickinson, Mrs. Livermore, and other lyceum
lecturers[416] that our State is especially indebted for a
knowledge of the true principles upon which woman founds her
claim to equal civil and political rights with man. In all
sections of our land their voices have been heard by interested
and delighted audiences.

There are about one hundred and fifty women in the medical
profession in the different cities of the State. Mrs. Yeomans, of
Clinton, is a successful practitioner. Mrs. King, allopathist,
and Mrs. Hortz, homeopathist, are regular graduates in good
practice at Des Moines. Dr. Harding, electrician, and Dr. Hilton,
allopathist, also graduates, have all the practice they can
attend to in Council Bluffs. In 1883, Dr. Jennie McCowen was
elected president of the Scott County Medical Society. This was
the first time a woman was ever elected to that office in this