第 42 节
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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