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Moncure D. Conway's address at Mrs. Stanton's funeral--Miss
Anthony's last letter to her--National American Association's
Declaration of Principles--Memorial building in Rochester for
Miss Anthony--Speech of Mrs. Catt at Senate hearing in 1910--Same
in 1915--Review of Shafroth Federal Suffrage Amendment--Different
National headquarters--Bequest of Mrs. Frank Leslie--Memorial
tributes to Dr. Shaw--Present Status of National American
Association.

Contents of Illustrations added by Bank of Wisdom.

Pioneers of Woman Suffrage 172+
Court House of Warren, Ohio & Home of Susan B. Anthony 336+
A Lecture in Banquet Hall of Suffrage Headquarters 526+
National Suffrage Headquarters in Washington 632+

INTRODUCTION

A voice in the Government under which one lives is absolutely
necessary to personal liberty and the right of a whole people to a
voice in their Government is the first requisite for a free country.
There must be government by a constitution made with the consent and
help of the people which guarantees this right. It is only within the
last century and a half that a constitutional form of government has
been secured by any countries and in the most of those where it now
exists, not excepting the United States, it was won through war and
bloodshed. Largely for this reason its principal advantage was
monopolized by men, who made and carried on war, and who held that
such government must be maintained by physical force and only those
should have a voice in it who could fight for it if necessary. There
were many other reasons why those who had thus secured their right to
a vote should use their new power to withhold it from women, which was
done in every country. Women then had to begin their own contest for
what by the law of justice was theirs as much as men's when government
by constitution was established.

Their struggle lasted for nearly three-quarters of a century in the
United States and half a century in Great Britain, the two largest
constitutional governments, and a shorter time in other countries, but
it was a peaceful revolution. Not a drop of blood was spilled and
toward the end of it, when in Great Britain the only "militancy"
occurred, its leaders gave the strictest orders that human life must
be held sacred. Although at the last the women of Central Europe were
enfranchise