Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Held in Washington, D.C., January 16, 17, 18, 19, 1893The Association, 1893 - 166 páginas |
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ALICE STONE BLACKWELL amendment American Woman Suffrage Anna H Anna Howard Shaw annual convention annual meeting anti-slavery appointed Auxiliary fee ballot bill Business Committee BY-LAW Caroline chairman citizens Clara club Colby Congress Congressional Constitution delegates DIETRICK district editor Elizabeth Cady Stanton Ellen equal Executive Committee favor Federal Suffrage give Government Governor Greenleaf Hall HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON held Isabella Beecher Hooker Kansas Kentucky ladies Laura Clay lecture legislation legislature Lucy Stone Mary Massachusetts Miss ANTHONY Miss CLAY mittee National American Woman Ohio organization petitions Philadelphia political Prepared present President question Rachel Foster Avery represent Republican resolution right to vote Rochester Sarah school suffrage Senate sent session Shaw South Dakota speak speaker Spofford suffrage papers suffragists superintendent Susan tion Treasurer United United States Constitution vention Vice-President-at-Large Vice-Presidents Virginia Washington Woman Suffrage Association Woman's Journal Woman's Tribune women York
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Página 7 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Página 7 - If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday...
Página 108 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Página 108 - That the right of suffrage in the first branch of the national legislature ought not to be according to the rule established in the Articles of Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation...
Página 24 - Vainly look we for another In thy place to stand. Unto Truth and Freedom giving All thy early powers, Be thy virtues with the living, And thy spirit ours ! A LAMENT.
Página 109 - The establishment of the same rule for the apportionment of taxes will probably be as little contested ; though the rule itself, in this case, is by no means founded on the same principle.
Página 82 - Resolved, That without expressing any opinion on the proper qualifications for voting, we call attention to the significant facts that in every State there are more women who can read and write than the whole number of illiterate male voters; more white women who can read and write than all negro voters; more American women who can read and write than all foreign voters; so that the enfranchisement of such women would settle the vexed question of rule by illiteracy, whether of home-grown or foreign-born...
Página 102 - But it is not correct to say that the right to vote for a member of Congress does not depend on the Constitution of the United States. The office, if it be properly called an office, is created by that Constitution and by that alone. It also declares how it shall be filled, namely: by election.
Página 105 - The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy but cannot disjoin them.