Chapter 3

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Meeting in Washington, D.C., of committee to form an International Woman Suffrage Alliance--Greeting of Clara Barton to foreign delegates--Letters from Norway and Germany--Response of Mrs. Friedland of Russia--Mrs. Catt's president's address on World Progress leading to the International Alliance--Mrs. Stanton's address on Educated Suffrage--Miss Anthony's introduction of Pioneers--Addresses on The New Woman and The New Man--Women in New York municipal election--Miss Anthony's 82d birthday--Mr. Blackwell on Presidential suffrage for women--Hearings before committees of Congress--Addresses of Norwegian and Australian delegates before Senate Committee--Dr. Shaw's plea for a committee to investigate conditions in Equal Suffrage States--Speeches of Russian, Swedish and English delegates--Mrs. Catt's insistence on a Congressional Committee to investigate the working of woman suffrage where it exists.