hirtieth anniversary of the
first woman's rights convention, held July 19, 1848, in the
Wesleyan church at Seneca Falls, N. Y., and adjourned to meet,
August 2, in Rochester. Some who took part in that convention
have passed away, but many others, including both Mrs. Mott and
Mrs. Stanton, are still living. This convention will take the
place of the usual May anniversary, and will be largely devoted
to reminiscences. Friends are cordially invited to be present.

CLEMENCE S. LOZIER, M. D., _President_.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY, _Chairman Executive Committee_.

The meeting was held in the Unitarian church on Fitzhugh street,
occupied by the same society that had opened its doors in 1848; and
Amy Post, one of the leading spirits of the first convention, still
living in Rochester and in her seventy-seventh year, assisted in
the arrangements. Rochester, known as "The Flower City,"
contributed of its beauty to the adornment of the church. It was
crowded at the first session. Representatives from a large number
of States were present,[38] and there was a pleasant interchange of
greetings between those whose homes were far apart, but who were
friends and co-workers in this great reform. The reunion was more
like the meeting of near and dear relatives than of strangers whose
only bond was work in a common cause. Such are the compensations
which help to sustain reformers while they battle ignorance and
prejudice in order to secure justice. In the absence of the
president, Dr. Clemence S. Lozier, Mrs. Stanton took the chair and
said:

We are here to celebrate the third decade of woman's struggle in
this country for liberty. Thirty years have passed since many of
us now present met in this place to discuss the true position of
woman as a citizen of a republic. The reports of our first
conventions show that those who inaugurated this movement
understood the significance of the term "citizens." At the very
start we claimed full equality with man. Our meetings were
hastily called and somewhat crudely conducted; but we intuitively
recognized the fact that we were defrauded of our natural rights,
conceded in the national constitution. And thus the greatest
movement of the century was inaugurated. I say greatest, because
through the elevation of woman all humanity is lifted to a higher
plane. To contrast ou