GS--VISIT TO NEW ORLEANS. (1884-1885.) 581-603
Welcome Home from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, N. Y. Evening
Telegram, Cleveland Leader; unkind comment Cincinnati Times-Star;
dislike of interviewing Congressmen shown by letter to Wm. D.
Kelley; Warren Keifer in favor of Woman Suffrage; opposition of
Reagan, of Texas; members for and against Special Committee;
Douglass marriage; letters to young workers; death of Wendell
Phillips; Bishop Simpson on Woman Suffrage; fine speech before
Congressional Committee; Thomas B. Reed's report; letter from
Senator Palmer; Miss Anthony on Suffrage Bill in Parliament;
attitude of Presidential candidates; opposes resolution denouncing
dogmas and creeds; attack of Rev. W. W. Patton; Senator Palmer's
speech; trip to New Orleans; tribute of Picayune; Eddy legacy
received; working on History; Miss Anthony's dislike of literary
labor; Mrs. Stanton's seventieth birthday; letter from Harriet
Stanton Blatch.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
MANY TRIPS--FIRST VOTE ON SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT. (1886-1887.) 605-626
Miss Anthony's persistence with members of Congress; Eighteenth
Washington Convention; committee reports; canvass of the State of
Kansas; Municipal Suffrage Bill passed by Legislature; speaking
throughout Wisconsin; advice as to Church for holding convention;
History of Woman Suffrage and valuable work accomplished by it;
opinions of Mary L. Booth, Sarah B. Cooper and others; Nineteenth
Annual Convention; Senator Blair's bill for Woman Suffrage;
Senators Brown and Vest in opposition; Senators Dolph and Blair in
favor; remonstrance from Boston; the Vote; women incensed at
Ingalls; letter to Frances Willard on Prohibition Party; letter to
Olympia Brown against bringing suit under school suffrage law;
scores Senator Ingalls in Kansas; canvass of Indiana.
CHAPTER XXXV.
UNION OF ASSOCIATIONS--INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL. (1888.) 627-645
American Association proposes Union; negotiations to that end; plea
for Mrs. Stanton's election as president; Union completed;
International Council of Women; magnitude of preparations; Miss
Anthony's idea of a sermon; letter of Douglass on First Woman's
Rights Convention; letter of Maria Mitchell; efforts to secure Mrs.
Stanton's presence; comment of Baltimore Sun and N. Y. World;
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