Chapter 20

NATIONAL-AMERICAN CONVENTION OF 1900 349-384

Woman suffrage editorial in Washington _Post_ -- Large number of young college women present -- Miss Anthony's last opening address as President -- Miss Shaw tells joke on her and then describes International Council of Women in London -- Miss Anthony reports as delegate to the Council, which was in effect a big suffrage meeting -- The Winning of Educational Freedom for Women -- Woman Suffrage in Colorado -- New Professions for Women Centering in the Home -- Justice of Woman Suffrage -- Federation of Labor for woman's enfranchisement -- Conditions of Wage-earning Women -- Miss Shaw's sermon on the Rights of Women -- Woman Suffrage in the South -- Work done in Congress and Miss Anthony's part in it -- Congressional Hearings -- Woman's Franchise in England -- Mrs. Chapman Catt on Why We Ask for the Submission of an Amendment -- Miss Anthony closes Senate hearing with touching appeal -- Constitutional Argument before House Committee by Mrs. Blake -- Mrs. Stanton's annual State paper -- The Economic Basis of Woman Suffrage -- The Protective Power of the Ballot -- Miss Shaw's plea for justice and liberty -- First appearance of Anti-Suffragists -- Their amusing inconsistencies -- Charges made by them officially refuted -- Miss Anthony's reception by President and Mrs. McKinley.