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ter headquarters。  Mrs。 Lily Devereaux Blake had

charge of the campaign in New York City; and Mrs。

Marianna Chapman looked after the Brooklyn sec…

tion; while a most stimulating sign of the times

was the organization of a committee of New York

women of wealth and social influence; who estab…

lished their headquarters at Sherry's。  Among these

were Mrs。 Josephine Shaw Lowell; Mrs。 Joseph H。

Choate; Dr。 Mary Putnam Jacobi; Mrs。 J。 Warren

Goddard; and Mrs。 Robert Abbe。  Miss Anthony;

then in her seventy…fifth year; spoke in every county

of the state sixty in all。  I spoke in forty; and Mrs。

Catt; as always; made a superb record。  Miss Har…

riet May Mills; a graduate of Cornell; and Miss Mary

G。 Hay; did admirable organization work in the dif…

ferent counties。  Our disappointment over the re…

sult was greatly soothed by the fact that only two

years later both Idaho and Utah swung into line as

full suffrage states; though California; in which we

had labored with equal zeal; waited fifteen years

longer。



Among these campaigns; and overlapping them;

were our annual conventionseach of which I at…

tended from 1888 onand the national and inter…

national councils; to a number of which; also; I have

given preliminary mention。  When Susan B。 An…

thony died in 1906; four American states had granted

suffrage to woman。  At the time I write1914the

result of the American women's work for suffrage

may be briefly tabulated thus:



SUFFRAGE STATUS



FULL SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN



                                Number of

State           Year Won    Electoral Votes

Wyoming         1869             3

Colorado        1893             6

Idaho           1896             4

Utah            1896             4

Washington      1910             7

California      1911            13

Arizona         1912             3

Kansas          1912            10

Oregon          1912             5

Alaska          1913            

Nevada          1914             3

Montana         1914             4





PRESIDENTIAL AND MUNICIPAL SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN

                                Number of

State           Year Won    Electoral Votes



Illinois        1913            29





STATES WHERE AMENDMENT HAS PASSED ONE LEGISLATURE AND

MUST PASS ANOTHER



                                                Number

                                    Goes to     of Elec…

State           House       Senate  Voters      toral Votes

Iowa            81…26       31…15   1916            13

Massachusetts   169…39      34…2    1915            18

New Jersey      49…4        15…3    1915            14

New York        125…5       40…2    1915            45

North Dakota    77…29       31…19   1916             5

Pennsylvania    131…70      26…22   1915            38







To tabulate the wonderful work done by the

conventions and councils is not possible; but a con…

secutive list of the meetings would run like this:





First National Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1887。

First International Council of Women; Washington; D。C。; 1888。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1889。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1890。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1891。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1892。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1893。

International Council; Chicago; 1893。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1894。

National Suffrage Convention; Atlanta; Ga。; 1895。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1896。

National Suffrage Convention; Des Moines; Iowa; 1897。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1898。

National Suffrage Convention; Grand Rapids; Mich。; 1899。

International Council; London; England; 1899。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1900。

National Suffrage Convention; Minneapolis; Minn。; 1901。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1902。

National Suffrage Convention; New Orleans; La。; 1903。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1904。

International Council of Women; Berlin; Germany; 1904。

Formation of Intern'l Suffrage Alliance; Berlin; Germany; 1904。

National Suffrage Convention; Portland; Oregon; 1905。

National Suffrage Convention; Baltimore; Md。; 1906。

International Suffrage Alliance; Copenhagen; Denmark; 1906。

National Suffrage Convention; Chicago; III。; 1907。

International Suffrage Alliance; Amsterdam; Holland; 1908。

National Suffrage Convention; Buffalo; N。  Y。; 1908。

New York Headquarters established; 1909。

National Suffrage Convention; Seattle; Wash。; 1909。

International Suffrage Alliance; London; England; 1909。

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1910。

International Council; Genoa; Italy; 1911。

National Suffrage Convention; Louisville; Ky。; 1911。

International Suffrage Alliance; Stockholm; Sweden; 1911。

National Suffrage Convention; Philadelphia; Pa。; 1912。

International Council; The Hague; Holland; 1913

National Suffrage Convention; Washington; D。C。; 1913。

International Suffrage Alliance; Budapest; Hungary; 1913。

National Suffrage Convention; Nashville; Tenn。; 1914。

International Council; Rome; Italy; 1914。





The winning of the suffrage states; the work in the

states not yet won; the conventions; gatherings; and

international councils in which women of every

nation have come together; have all combined to

make this quarter of a century the most brilliant

period for women in the history of the world。  I

have set forth the record baldly and without com…

ment; because the bare facts are far more eloquent

than words。  It must not be forgotten; too; that these

great achievements of the progressive women of

to…day have been accomplished against the opposi…

tion of a large number of their own sexwho; while

they are out in the world's arena fighting against

progress for their sisters; still shatter the ear…drum

with their incongruous war…cry; ‘‘Woman's place

is in the home!''

        Of our South Dakota campaign in 1890 there re…

mains only one incident which should have a place

here:  We were attending the Republican state

nominating convention at MitchellMiss Anthony;

Mrs。 Catt; other leaders; and myselfhaving been

told that it would be at once the largest and the

most interesting gathering ever held in the state

as it proved to be。  All the leading politicians of the

state were there; and in the wake of the white men

had come tribes of Indians with their camp outfits;

their wives and their childrenthe groups forming

a picturesque circle of tents and tepees around the

town。  It was a great occasion for them; an Indian

powwow; for by the law all Indians who had lands

in severalty were to be permitted to vote the fol…

lowing year。  They were present; therefore; to

study the ways of the white man; and an edifying

exhibition of these was promptly offered them。



The crowd was so great that it was only through

the courtesy of Major Pickler; a member of Con…

gress and a devoted believer in suffrage; that Miss

Anthony; Mrs。 Catt; and the rest of us were able to

secure passes to the convention; and when we

reached the hall we were escorted to the last row of

seats on the crowded platform。  As the space be…

tween us and the speakers was filled by rows upon

rows of men; as well as by the band and their in…

struments; we could see very little that took place。 

Some of our friends pointed out this condition to the

local committee and asked that we be given seats

on the floor; but received the reply that there was

‘‘absolutely no room on the floor except for dele…

gates and distinguished visitors。'' Our persistent

friends then suggested that at least a front seat

should be given to Miss Anthony; who certainly

came under the head of a ‘‘distinguished visitor'';

but this was not doneprobably because a large

number of the best seats were filled by Russian la…

borers wearing badges inscribed ‘‘Against Woman

Suffrage and Susan B。 Anthony。''  We remained;

perforce; in our rear seats; finding such interest as

we could in the back view of hundreds of heads。



Just before the convention was called to order it

was announced that a delegation of influential In…

dians was waiting outside; and a motion to invite

the red men into the hall was made and carried with

great enthusiasm。  A committee of leading citizens

was appointed to act as escort; and these gentlemen

filed out; returning a few moments later with a

party of Indian warriors in full war regalia; even

to their gay blankets; their feathered head…dresses;

and their paint。  When they appeared the band

struck up a stirring march of welcome; and the en…

tire audience cheered while the Indians; flanked by

the admiring committee; stalked solemnly down the

aisle and were given seats of honor directly in front

of the platform。



All we could see of them were the brilliant feathers
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