but Compelled to Pay Taxes"; fronting the other side was,
"Governments Derive their Just Powers from the Consent of
the Governed." Mrs. McKee also had the last motto on her
house. On the evening of July 3, after we had all our
preparations completed, we sent to one of the marshals and
asked him to give us a place in the procession _next to the
negroes_, as we wished to let our legal protectors have a
practical illustration of the position occupied by their
mothers, wives, sisters and daughters in this boasted
republic. We _did_ want to go in, however, _ahead of the
Chinamen_, as we considered our position at present to be
between the two. The marshal willingly assigned us a place,
but not the one we desired. "We cannot allow you," said he,
"to occupy such a position. You must go in front, next to
the Pioneer Association"; and being in part members of that
society we accepted the decision. Our carriage was the
center of attraction. Many, after reading our mottoes, said:
"Well, ladies, we will help you to get your rights"; "It is
a shame for you to be taxed and not have the right to vote."
Hundreds of people stood and read the mottoes on the house,
making their comments, both grave and gay: "Good for Mrs.
Knox"; "She is right"; "If I were in her place I would never
pay a tax"; "I guess one of the strong-minded lives here."

Mrs. Knox was married to Mr. Goodrich, the well-known architect,
in 1878, in whom she has found a grand, noble-souled companion,
fully in sympathy with all her progressive views, and with whom
she is passing the advancing years of her well-spent life in
luxury and unalloyed happiness.

Mrs. Van Valkenburg tried to vote under the claim that the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States
entitled her to registration, and being refused, brought suit
against the registrars. The case was decided against her after
being carried to the Supreme Court of California. These cases
argued in the Supreme Court have been of inestimable value in the
progress of the movement, lifting the question of woman's rights
as a citizen above the mists of ridicule and prejudice, into the
region of reason and constituti