ealize, even in our day and time, this true type
of republican government. The rights and safety of
individuals and of the nation demand it.

In 1869, the executive committee passed a resolution to expend
the money that had been accumulated at the meetings of the
association in a series of lectures for the purpose of
enlightening the public mind upon the question of equal political
rights for women. Among the speakers engaged were Anna Dickinson,
Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony, D. R. Locke (Nasby), Theodore Tilton.
From that time the women of the district were permitted to speak
their minds freely.

In the House of Representatives, March 21, 1870, Mr. Arnell, on
leave, introduced the following bill:

_A bill to do justice to the female employees of the
Government, and for other purposes._

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
hereafter all clerks and other employes in the civil service
of the United States shall be paid, irrespective of sex,
with reference to the character and amount of services
performed by them.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in the employment
of labor, clerical or other, in any branch of the civil
service of the United States, no discrimination shall be
made in favor of either sex.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That where examinations
of candidates for positions in the civil service of the
United States are prescribed by law, or by the heads of
departments, bureaus, or offices, said examinations shall be
of the same character for persons of both sexes.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the designations,
chief clerk, chief or head of division, chief or head of
section, clerk of the fourth class, clerk of the third
class, clerk of the second class, clerk of the first class,
copyist, messenger, laborer, and all other designations of
employes, in existing acts of Congress, or in use in any
branch of the civil service of the United States, shall be
held, hereafter to apply to women as well as to men; and
that women shall be regarded equally eligible with men to
per