Livermore, editor _Woman"s Journal_, Boston; Hannah Tracy Cutler, Illinois; Rev. J. M. McCarthy, Saginaw; Mrs. J. C. Dexter, Ionia; Mrs. D. C. Blakeman, Lucinda H. Stone, Kalamazoo; Adelle Hazlett, Hillsdale; Rev. J. S. Loveland, D. M. Fox, Battle Creek; Mary T.
Lathrop, Jackson. Letters of sympathy were received from B. F.
c.o.c.ker and Moses Coit Tyler, professors of the Michigan State University. The officers of the State a.s.sociation were: _President_, Professor Moses Coit Tyler, Ann Arbor; _Vice-President_, Lucinda H. Stone; _Recording Secretary_, Mary T.
Lathrop; _Corresponding Secretary_, Euphemia Cochran, Detroit; _Treasurer_, Colin Campbell, Detroit; _Executive Committee_, Dr. S.
B. Thayer, Frances W. t.i.tus, Battle Creek; Eliza Burt Gamble, East Saginaw; Catharine A. F. Stebbins, Detroit; Hon. J. G. Wait, Sturgis; Mrs. D. C. Blakeman, Kalamazoo; Mrs. L. H. T. Dexter, Ionia.
[308] The speakers at the Northwestern convention were Mrs.
Hazlett, the president; Hon. C. B. Waite, Professor D. C. Brooks, Chicago; Susan B. Anthony, Celia Burleigh, New York; Lillie Peckham, Wisconsin; Mrs. Lathrop, Jackson; Giles B. Stebbins, Adam Elder, J. B. Bloss, Detroit. Letters were reported from Henry Ward Beecher, Wendell Phillips, Rev. E. O. Haven, Professor B. F.
c.o.c.ker, Moses Coit Tyler, Mrs. Livermore, Lucy Stone, H. B.
Blackwell, Mrs. Josephine Griffing, T. W. Higginson, Theodore Tilton, Phoebe Couzins, Anna E. d.i.c.kinson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miriam M. Cole and Rev. Robert Collyer. The officers elected were: _President_, Mrs. A. M. Hazlett, Michigan; _Recording Secretary_, Mrs. Rebecca W. Mott, Chicago; _Corresponding Secretary_, Mrs.
Harriet S. Brooks, Chicago; _Treasurer_, Hon. Fernandol Jones, Chicago; _Vice-Presidents_, J. B. Bloss, Michigan; Mrs. Myra Bradwell, Illinois; Mrs. E. R. Collins, Ohio; Mrs. Dr. Ferguson, Indiana; Miss Phoebe Couzins, Missouri; _Executive Committee_, C.
B. Waite, Chicago; Colin Campbell, Detroit; Mrs. Francis Minor, Missouri; Madame Anneke, Wisconsin; Mrs. Charles Leonard and Mrs.
E. J. Loomis, Chicago.
[309] _President_, Mrs. A. H. Walker; _Corresponding Secretary_, Lucinda H. Stone; _Recording Secretary_, Mrs. S. E. Emory; _Treasurer_, Mrs. E. Metcalf; _Executive Committee_, Dr. J. A.B.
Stone, Mrs. Frances t.i.tus, Mrs. O. A. Jennison, Mrs. C. A. F.
Stebbins, Mrs. D. C. Blakeman, Mrs. L. B. Curtiss, Dr. J. H.
Bartholomew.
[310] The following named representatives voted _yea_: Messrs, Armstrong, Bailey, Bartholomew, Blackman, Briggs, Brown, Brunson, Buell, Burns, Cady, Carter, Chamberlain, Collins, Dintruff, Drake, Drew, Edwards, Fancher, Ferguson, Garfield, Gravelink, Gilmore, Goodrich, Gordon, Green, Haire, Harden, Hewitt, Hosner, Howard, Hoyt, Kellogg, Knapp, Lamb, Luce, E. R. Miller, R. C. Miller, Mitch.e.l.l, Morse, O"Dell, Parker, Parsons, Pierce, Priest, Remer, Rich, Robinson, Sanderson, Scott, Sessions, Shaw, Smith, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, VanAken, VanScoy, A. Walker, F. Walker, Walton, Warren, Welch, Welker, Wheeler, Withington, Wixon, Speaker--67. The following named Senators voted _yea_: Messrs. Anderson, Beattie, Brewer, b.u.t.terfield, Childs, Clubb, Cook, Crosby, Curry, DeLand, Ely, Goodell, Gray, Hewitt, Isham, Lewis, Mickley, Mitch.e.l.l, McGowan, Neasmith, Prutzman, Richardson, Sparks, Sumner, Sutton, Wells--26.
[311] Officers of the Michigan State Woman Suffrage a.s.sociation: _President_, Hon. Jonas H. McGowan, Coldwater; _Vice-Presidents_, Rev. Richmond Fiske Jr., Grand Haven, Mrs. John J. Bagley, Detroit; _Recording Secretary_, Mrs. N. Geddes, Lenawee; _Secretary and Treasurer_, George H. Stickney, Grand Haven; _Executive Committee_, Chairman, Hon. William M. Ferry, Grand Haven; First District--Giles B. Stebbins, Z. R. Brockway, Wayne; Second District--Hon. Charles E. Mickley, Lenawee, Mrs. M. A. Hazlett, Hillsdale; Third District--Hon. W. H. Withington, Jackson, Morgan Bates, Calhoun; Fourth District--James H. Stone, Kalamazoo, Miss Sarah Clute, St.
Joseph; Fifth District--Hon. B. A. Harlan, Mrs. M. C. Bliss, Kent; Sixth District--Hon. I. H, Bartholomew, Ingham, Mrs. A. Jenney, Genesee; Seventh District--Hon. J. C. Lamb, Lapeer, J. P. Hoyt, Tuscola; Eighth District--Hon. C. V. DeLand, Saginaw, Hon. J. D.
Lewis, Bay; Ninth District--Hon. E. L. Gray, Newaygo, Mrs. J. G.
Ramsdell, Grand Traverse; _Vice-Presidents by Congressional Districts_, First District--Mrs. Eliza Leggett, Hon. W. N. Hudson, Wayne; Second District--Hon. W. S. Wilc.o.x, Lenawee, Hon. Talcott E.
Wing, Monroe; Third District--Mrs. Ann E. Graves, Calhoun, Mrs.
Mary Lathrop, Jackson; Fourth District--Hon. Levi Sparks, Berrien, Rev. H. C. Peck, Kalamazoo; Fifth District--Hon. S. L. Withey, Hon.
James Miller, Kent; Sixth District--Hon. Randolph Strickland, Clinton, C. F. Kimball, Oakland; Seventh District--Hon. Ira b.u.t.terfield, Lapeer, John M. Potter, Macomb; Eighth District--Hon.
Ralph Ely, Gratiot, Mrs. S. M. Green, Bay; Ninth District--Elvin L.
Sprague, Grand Traverse, S. W. Fowler, Manistee.
[312] Among many others were letters from Amos Dresser, Parker Pillsbury, Henry B. Blackwell, Rev. S. Reed, of Ann Arbor, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucy Stone, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, Dr. Henry B. Baker, Miriam M. Cole, Margaret V. Longley, Abby and Julia Smith, of Glas...o...b..ry, Conn., A. C. Voris, from the Ohio const.i.tutional convention, Hon. J. Logan Chipman.
[313] The following persons were announced and requested to communicate at once with the Executive Committee, George H.
Stickney, Secretary, Grand Haven, Mich.: _Allegan_, Mrs. E. S.
Nichols; _Barry_, Mrs. Goodyear; _Bay_, Mrs. S. M. Green, Mrs.
Judge Holmes; _Berrien_, Hon. Levi Sparks, O. E. Mead; _Branch_, Mrs. Celia Woolley, Mrs. H. J. Boutelle; _Calhoun_, W. F. Neil, Mrs. Judge Graves, Morgan Bates, Dr. G. P. Jocelyn; _Ca.s.s_, Mr.
Rice, William L. Jaques; _Chippewa_, Mrs. Charles G. Shepherd; _Clinton_, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Gole; _Eaton_, J. Chance, Hon. A. K.
Warren, Mrs. J. Musgrave, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Foote; _Genesee_, Mrs.
D. Stewart; _Grand Traverse_, Hon. W. H. C. Mitch.e.l.l, Hon. J. G.
Ramsdell; _Gratiot_, Hon. Ralph Ely; _Hillsdale_, Mrs. M. A.
Pendill, Mrs. Dr. Swift, Mrs. E. Samm; _Ingham_, Dr. I. H.
Bartholomew, Mrs. O. A. Jenison, A. R. Burr; _Ionia_, Mrs. A.
Williams, Mrs. Chaddock, Mr. J. B. Smith; _Isabella_, Mrs. Douglas Nelson; _Jackson_, Mrs. Mary Lathrop, Fidus Livermore; _Kalamazoo_, J. H. Stone, Col. F. W. Curtenius, Merritt Moore. Dr. N. Thomas; _Kent_, Mrs. E. L. Briggs, E. G. D. Holden, E. P. Churchill; _Lapeer_, Hon. J. C. Lamb, Mrs. J. B. Wilson; _Lenawee_, Mrs. Dr.
Fox, Mrs. F. A. Rowley, Hon. Charles E. Mickley; _Livingston_, E.
P. Gregory; _Macomb_, Mrs. Ambrose Campbell, Daniel B. Briggs; _Manistee_, S. W. Fowler, Hon. B. M. Cutcheon, T. J. Ramsdell; _Marquette_, Sidney Adams, Hiram A. Burt; _Mason_, Mr. Foster; _Midland_, Dr. E. Jennings, Mrs. Sumner; _Missaukee_, S. W. Davis; _Monroe_, Hon. J. J. Sumner; _Montcalm_, Mr. J. M. Fuller; _Muskegon_, Lieutenant-Governor H. H. Holt, Mrs. O. B. Ingersoll, Mrs. Barney; _Newaygo_, Hon. E. L. Gray, Mrs. Lucy Utley; _Oakland_, Mrs. D. B. Fox, J. Holman, jr., Mrs. Alexander; _Oceana_, John Halsted; _Osceola_, B. F. Gooch; _Ottawa_, Dwight Cutler, Mrs. W. C. Sheldon; _Roscommon_, Messrs. Davis & Hall; _Saginaw_, Mrs. Whiting, Mrs. Gamble, J. F. Driggs, W. P. Burd.i.c.k; _Shiawa.s.see_, Mrs. Dr. Parkill, J. H. Hartwell, Hon. J. M. Goodell, Dr. King; _St. Clair_, Hon. B. W. Jenks; _St. Joseph_, W. S. Moore, Mrs. Mary Peck; _Tuscola_, Mrs. J. P. Hoyt; _Van Buren_, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Van Vechten, A. S. Dyckman, Hon. S. H. Blackman; _Washtenaw_, Mrs. Israel Hall, Mrs. Seth Reed, D. Cramer, Mary E.
Foster; _Wayne_, Mrs. C. A. F. Stebbins, Colin Campbell, G. W.
Bates, Lucy L. Stout.
[314] Miss Eastman, Miss Hindman, Phoebe Couzins, Margaret W.
Campbell, Elizabeth K. Churchill, Lelia Partridge, Mrs. Hazlett, Mrs. Samms, Miss Matilda Victor; George W. Julian of Indiana, Giles B. Stebbins and Clinton R. Fisk, representing the Michigan a.s.sociation, and the following among volunteer workers: B. A.
Harlan of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Hathaway of Ca.s.s county, Mrs. Judge Fuller, the Hon. J. H. McGowan and Mrs. Boutelle of Branch county; Mrs. L. A. Pearsall of Macomb, Mrs. F. W. Gillette of Oakland, Miss Strickland of Clinton, J. B. Stone of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Lucy L. Stout of Wayne, and the Rev. T. H. Stewart of Indiana.
[315] It was in this campaign that an editor in a Kalamazoo journal said: "That ancient daughter of Methuselah, Susan B. Anthony, pa.s.sed through our city yesterday, on her way to the Plainwell meeting, with a bonnet on her head looking as if she had recently descended from Noah"s ark." Miss Anthony often referred to this description of herself, and said, "Had I represented 20,000 votes in Michigan, that political editor would not have known nor cared whether I was the oldest or the youngest daughter of Methuselah, or whether my bonnet came from the ark or from Worth"s.--[E. C. S.
[316] The inspectors voting were: _Yeas_--Adams, Baxter, Brooks, Dullea, Henderson, Smith. _Nays_--Bragg, Balch, Barclay, Barry, Bond, Christian, Hill, Hughes, Langley, Mahoney, O"Keefe, Sutherland.
[317] We can easily see how little the opponents who talk so much of chivalry, respect women or themselves, by the language they use when they are opposed on this very question.
[318] Mrs. Boutelle and Mrs. Stebbins were in the polling place two or three hours, while Mr. Farwell made efforts to gain favorable opinions enough to convert Colonel Phelps; many excellent men were in favor of her vote. The ladies lunched from a daintily filled basket, prepared by the wife of inspector Farwell.
[319] Miss Abby Rogers, Miss Delia Rogers, Miss Emily Ward, and Miss Clapp, were all deeply interested in establishing a seminary where girls could have equal advantages with students in the university. This seminary was in existence ten years, but without State aid the struggle was too great, and Miss Abby Rogers, the founder, abandoned the undertaking.
[320] The names of the eleven young women Mrs. Stearns is unable to recall.
[321] The officers of the Manistee Society are (1885): _President_, Mrs. Lucy T. Stansell; _Corresponding Secretary_, Fannie Holden Fowler; _Recording Secretary_, Miss Nellie Walker; _Treasurer_, Mrs. Susan Seymour.
[322] The officers of the Grand Rapids Society are: _President_, Mrs. Cordelia F. Briggs; _Vice-Presidents_, Loraine Immen, Emma Wheeler; _Treasurer_, Mrs. Henry Spring; _Secretary_, Mrs. J. W.
Adams.
[323] Following is a complete list of all officers elected in 1885: _President_, Mrs. Mary L. Doe of Carrollton; _Vice-President_, Mrs.
Loraine Immen of Grand Rapids; _Recording Secretary_, Mrs. H. S.
Spring of Grand Rapids; _Corresponding Secretary_, Mrs. Fannie H.
Fowler of Manistee; _Treasurer_, Mrs. C. A. F. Stebbins of Detroit; _Advisory Committee_, Mrs. E. L. Briggs of Grand Rapids, and Mrs.
S. E. V. Emery of Lansing; _Executive Committee_--First District, Mrs. Harriet J. Boutell of Detroit; Second District, Mrs. Annette B. Gardner Smith of Ann Arbor; Fifth District, Mrs. Emily H.
Ketchum of Grand Rapids; Sixth District, Francis M. Stuart of Flint; Eighth District, Mrs. Frances C. Stafford of Milwaukee; Ninth District, Col. S. W. Fowler of Manistee; Eleventh and Twelfth Districts, Mrs. R. A. Campbell, Traverse City.
[324] Spending the summer of 1865 at Leavenworth, I frequently visited Mrs. Haviland, then busily occupied in ministering to the necessities of the 10,000 refugees just then from the Southern States. On May 29, I aided her in collecting provisions for the steamer, which was to transport over a hundred men, women and children, for whom she was to provide places in Michigan. I shall never forget that day nor the admiration and reverence I felt for the magnanimity and self-sacrifice of that wonderful woman.--[S. B.
A.
CHAPTER XLII.
INDIANA.
The First Woman Suffrage Convention After the War, 1869--Amanda M. Way--Annual Meetings, 1870-85, in the Larger Cities--Indianapolis Equal Suffrage Society, 1878--A Course of Lectures--In May, 1880, National Convention in Indianapolis--Zerelda G. Wallace--Social Entertainment--Governor Albert G. Porter--Susan B. Anthony"s Birthday--Schuyler Colfax--Legislative Hearings--Temperance Women of Indiana--Helen M. Gougar--General a.s.sembly--Delegates to Political Conventions--Women Address Political Meetings--Important Changes in the Laws for Women, from 1860 to 1884--Colleges Open to Women--Demia Butler--Professors--Lawyers--Doctors--Ministers--Miss Catherine Merrill--Miss Elizabeth Eaglesfield--Rev. Prudence Le Clerc--Dr.
Mary F. Thomas--Prominent Men and Women--George W. Julian--The Journals--Gertrude Garrison.
This was one of the first States to form a Woman Suffrage Society[325] for thoroughly organized action, with a president, secretary, treasurer, and const.i.tution and by-laws. From October, 1851, this a.s.sociation held annual meetings, sent pet.i.tions and appeals to the legislature, and had frequent hearings at the capitol, diligently pressing the question of political equality for woman for ten consecutive years. Then, although the society did not disband, we find no record of meetings or aggressive action until 1869, for here, as elsewhere, all other interests were forgotten in the intense excitement of a civil war. But no sooner were the battles fought, victory achieved, and the army disbanded, than woman"s protests against her wrongs were heard throughout the Northern States; and in Indiana the same Amanda M. Way who took the initiative step in 1851 for the first woman"s convention, summoned her coadjutors once more to action in 1869[326], and with the same platform and officers renewed the work with added determination for a final victory.
For this interesting chapter we are indebted to Mrs. May Wright Sewall, who has patiently gathered and arranged this material, and laid it, as a free gift, at our feet. Those who have ever attempted to unearth the most trivial incidents of history, will appreciate the difficulties she must have encountered in this work, as well as in condensing all she desired to say within the very limited s.p.a.ce allowed to this chapter. Mrs. Sewall writes:
The first convention after the war, June 8, 9, 1869, was held in Masonic Hall, and continued two days. The Indianapolis _Journal_ devoted several columns daily to the proceedings, closing with the following complimentary editorial:
As a deliberative a.s.sembly it compared favorably with the best that have ever been conducted by our own s.e.x. To say that there was as much order, propriety and dignity as usually characterizes male conventions of a political character is but to put the matter in a very mild shape.
Whatever was said, was said with earnestness and for a purpose, and while several times the debate was considerably spiced, the ladies never fell below their brothers in sound sense. We have yet to see any sensible man who attended the convention whose esteem for woman has been lowered, while very many have been converted by the captivating speeches of Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Sw.a.n.k and Mrs. Livermore.