f age who
shall be a tax-payer, shall be eligible to vote for electors."
She then showed them how readily, without any marked revolution,
the word "white" had been stricken out, while the word tax-payer
had virtually become a dead letter. Then turning to the first
paragraph of the United States revised code she cited the passage
which states that in determining the meaning of statutes after
February 25, 1877, "words importing the masculine gender may be
applied to females." * * * * At this point the chairman of the
committee placed before Mrs. Lockwood the Delaware code from
which she read a similar application of the law made many years
before. Having laid this foundation she asserted that the women
of Delaware were legally entitled to vote under the laws as they
are, but that to prevent all question on the subject, she would
recommend a special enactment like that prepared in the bill
before them. An amendment to the State constitution giving
suffrage to women was presented in the House of Representatives
in February, 1881, and referred to the committee on privileges
and elections. It was reported adversely. The vote showed that
all the members, with two[529] exceptions, were opposed to the
measure.

Among the friends in Delaware were several liberal families, active
in all the progressive movements of the day. Preeminent among these
was that of the noble Thomas Garrett, whose good words of
encouragement for woman's enfranchisement may be found in the bound
copies of _The Revolution_ as far back as 1868. His private letters
to those of us interested in his labors of love are among our most
cherished mementoes. He was a man of good judgment, broad
sympathies, and unswerving integrity.

IV.--KENTUCKY.

Mary B. Clay, daughter of Cassius M. Clay, sends us the following
report of what has been done to change the status of women in
Kentucky:

The earliest agitation of the suffrage question in our State
arose from the advent of Miss Lucy Stone in Louisville, in 1853,
at which time she delivered three lectures in Masonic Hall to
crowded audiences. George D. Prentice gave full and friendly
reports in the _Courier-Journal_. In later years, Anna Dickinson
and others have lectured in our chief cities. But the first note
of associated effort is that given in _The Revolution_ from
Glen