Chapter 7

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The convention held in Baltimore one of the most notable--Miss Anthony, Julia Ward Howe and Clara Barton on the platform--Welcome by Governor Warfield and Collector of the Port Stone--Dr. Shaw scores President Roosevelt's reference to Women in Industry in his message to Congress--Ridicules Cardinal Gibbons' and Dr. Lyman Abbott's recent pronouncements on woman suffrage--Organization of College Women's League--Florence Kelley speaks on Child Labor--College Women's Evening--Women professors from five large colleges speak--Week of hospitality by Miss Mary E. Garrett--Speeches on Women in Municipal Government by Wm. Dudley Foulke, Frederick C. Howe, Rudolph Blankenburg, Jane Addams--Miss Anthony speaks her last words to a national suffrage convention--Mrs. Howe's farewell address--President Thomas and Miss Garrett decide to raise large fund for woman suffrage--Delegates go to Washington for hearings before Congressional Committees--Miss Anthony's 86th birthday celebrated--Her last words on the public platform.