which the
demands of women for added rights were treated with respectful
consideration.

[Illustration: "Yours for Liberty, Abigail Scott Duniway"]

Soon after reaching my home in Albany I sold my millinery store
and removed to Portland, where, on May 5, 1871, the _New
Northwest_ made its appearance, and a siege of the citadels of a
one-sexed government began, which at this writing is going on
with unabated persistency. The first issue of this journal was
greeted by storms of ridicule. Everybody prophesied its early
death, and my personal friends regarded the enterprise with
sincere pity, believing it would speedily end in financial
disaster. But the paper, in spite of opposition and burlesque,
has grown and prospered.

In August, 1871, Susan B. Anthony favored Oregon and Washington
territory with a visit. The fame of this veteran leader had
preceded her, and she commanded a wide hearing. We traveled
together over the country, visiting inland villages as well as
larger towns, holding woman suffrage meetings and getting many
subscribers for the _New Northwest_. During these journeyings I
became quite thoroughly initiated into the movement and made my
first efforts at public speaking. After a six weeks' campaign in
Oregon, we went to Olympia, the capital of Washington territory,
where the legislature was in session, and where, through a motion
of Hon. Elwood Evans, we were invited to address the Assembly in
advocacy of equal rights for all the people. From Olympia we
proceeded to Victoria, a border city belonging to a woman's
government, where we found that the idea of the ballot for woman
was even more unpopular than in the United States, though all, by
strange inconsistency, were intensely loyal to their queen. After
an interesting and profitable experience in the British
possessions we returned to Puget Sound, stopping over on our
route at the different milling towns that teem with busy life
upon the evergreen shores of this Mediterranean of the Pacific.
At Seaettle we organized an association[507] in which many of the
leading ladies and gentlemen took a prominent part; after which
we returned to Olympia, where a territorial organization was
effected.[508]

Returning to Portland, we called a convention, and organized the