Woman's World in New York Society and Suffrage Debate
A New York Times column excerpt discusses Mrs. Sage and other women urging constitutional suffrage, noting taxation without representation, trials of women, and potential impacts on politics. It cites Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Julia Ward Howe, and mentions Colorado vote trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bunsell Sage
Sage
F. F. Thompson
Helen M. Gould
Mrs. Sage
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Julia Ward Howe
Lizzie Borden
Colorado
New York
Religion and Charity
New York Mail and Express
Mrs Myra Bradwell Chicago Pioneer Passes Away at Home
Mrs Myra Bradwell the first woman admitted to the U S bar died at her Chicago home on February 14 She began law study in 1852 after becoming James B Bradwell’s wife She helped pass legislation allowing both sexes to practice law in state courts and led Chicago Legal News as editor and manager Her work during the Civil War and civic clubs marked a lasting legacy with the Chicago World’s Fair bid and charitable efforts.
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Myra Bradwell
United States
Chicago
Bradwell
James B. Bradwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Illinois Bar Association
Illinois Press Association
Chicago Legal News
Legal News Company
Sanitary Commission
Soldiers’ Home Board
Chicago Women’s Club
Illinois Women’s Press Association
Chicago Post
Annuities For Single Women Expand In U S and Europe
The article notes Philadelphia and Boston Home Journal discuss annuities for daughters modeled on European practice. A single woman pays annual premiums to a central office and, if steady, may receive a policy at age 40 with a lump sum and possible bonuses, securing independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Boston Home Journal
Denmark
Lizards as fashion cue draw New York gossip
The New York correspondents note that society women have not embraced lizard wearing for adornment. Actresses promote the trend for publicity while many other women imitate it, though most well bred women have not adopted the craze.
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New York
Grand London wedding of Nellie Bass draws lavish gifts
Recent London prints celebrate the Hon. Nellie Bass wedding on a grand scale from 80 foot palm adorned chancel to 250 pound cakes. Donors include the Earl of Craven and the Duchess of Marlborough while the bride receives jewels and diamond gifts from her family, marking a notable Burton on Trent day.
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London
Nellie Bass
Vane
Earl of Craven
Duchess of Marlborough
James
Burton-on-Trent
Sermon on Woman Suffrage Draws Mixed Reactions
Rev J W Bradshaw of the Congregationalist church in Ann Arbor preached against woman suffrage saying bad women might outvote good women. The Ann Arbor Democrat reviews the sermon noting few bad women and that conservatives doubt suffrage will pass. It adds Bradshaw may be inconvinced, but notes a future when women vote and opponents will boast of their pioneer era deeds.
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J. W. Bradshaw
Ann Arbor
Mich
Peggy
Debate over women's suffrage sparks sharp letters in The Herald
The Boston Herald faced a volley of letters on women's suffrage with Mrs. Ellen B. Dietrich arguing against the insult of calling women "versatile and inconsequent." She warns that denying women a voice poisons the republic and demands steadfastness from mothers wives sisters and daughters.
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Boston Herald
Ellen B. Dietrich
the Herald
Republic
Women on School Boards urged by Addie Hale
Addie S Hale of Glastonbury in the Connecticut Grange calls for women to register vote in school elections and serve on school boards. She notes inspirational backing from the grange leaders and Bowen and urges open meetings to recruit mothers and supporters for educational suffrage.
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Addie S. Hale
Glastonbury
Connecticut Grange
Grange
Bowen
Anniversary of Women’s SPCAVL Cruelty to Animals
The women’s branch of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals marked its silver anniversary with praise for 26 years of work. The group notes improvements in cattle transportation by rail and water and humane treatment, attributed largely to the society. Miss Agnes Repplier spoke on animal use versus human use and posed a provocative question about humans’ role in animal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Agnes Repplier
Easoyist
Philadelphia
Competition for Nurses Home Plan Prizes Offered
The London hospital offers two cash prizes for the best nurses home plan a first prize of 75 dollars and a second of 25 dollars open to lady superintendents matrons and nurses across the British empire the United States and Europe The suggestion arose from an international congress in Chicago where Dr Billings urged women to demonstrate their leadership in practical projects rather than leaving it to men to plan and build facilities.
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London Hospital
British Empire
United States
Europe
Chicago
London
Austrian Princess Abbess Chooses Naval Officer Suitor
The article notes Austrian princesses often serve as abbesses in Prague for years, then leave to marry. It explains how such matches occur as the abbess leads a secluded life. The Coburg prince August, 26, an Austrian navy officer, has wooed and been accepted by the abbess.
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Prague
Coburg
August
Death of Mme Blaze de Bury Recalls Cosmopolitan Writer
Paris report notes Mme Blaze de Bury died in Paris at age 80. She linked with distinguished figures across Europe and corresponded with leading statesmen and intellectual movements. A contributor to Blackwood and the Revue des Deux Mondes, she was born Marie Pauline Rose Stuart of Scotch parentage.
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Mme
Blaze de Bury
Paris
Blackwood
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Marie Pauline Rose Stuart
Paris Journal
Mary Smith Prize Awarded to Mana L Kirk for Portrait
The Mary Smith prize of 100 dollars for the best oil or water color by a resident Philadelphia woman artist went to Mana L Kirk for a portrait. Kirk has long studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The prize, begun in 1878 by Mary Smith, honors Russell Smith’s daughter. Cecilia Beaux previously won the prize four times, the limit of eligibility.
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Mary Smith
Philadelphia
Mana L. Kirk
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Russell Smith
Cecilia Beaux
Philadelphia Ledger
Lecturing on Law by Mrs Strickland in Chicago
Detroit attorney Mrs Martha Strickland lectures on parliamentary law to parlor classes of women in Chicago. Three are engaged as she instructs on motions conduct and the self control needed for public meetings and expeditious business in public bodies.
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Martha Strickland
Detroit
Chicago
Chicago News
Hair Ornaments and Fashion Notes from The Era
The New York Post notes simple fashion in hairdressing with heavy Spanish combs and gem like daggers as functional ornaments. The Boston Commonwealth reports Elizabeth Bullock of Salem who after a broken engagement vowed never to leave her home again and kept her word for over four decades until her death at 77.
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New York Post
Elizabeth Bullock
Salem
Mass
Miss Bullock
West
Boston Commonwealth
New Century Woman's Club Announces Busy Weekly Program
The Wilmington New Century club expands in its new building with dress making, current events, conversation classes, lectures and discussions every six days, alongside other activities.
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Wilmington Woman's Club
New Century
New York YWCA Highlights Industrial Education Milestone
The Young Women's Christian Association of New York City reports notable progress in its industrial education program with 1,980 young women taught trades and professions in the past year. Twenty five women pursued photo engraving a field never attempted by women before.
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Young Women's Christian Association of
New York City
New York Examiner
Woman joins British Imperial Institute as life fellow
Mrs. Sophia Braeulich, business manager of The Engineering and Mining Journal of New York, was named as one of 20 life fellows by the British Imperial Institute. She is the only woman member in the United States.
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Sophia Braeulich
Engineering and Mining Journal of
New York
British Imperial Institute
United States
Chicago Tribune
New Oratorical Bureau Promotes Suffrage Talks
An oratorical contest bureau for woman suffrage has been inaugurated by Rev. M. M. Cooper of Jerseyville Ds. The plan follows the Demorest medal contest to educate and interest the public in political equality through popular oratorical contests.
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M. M. Cooper
Jerseyville
Demorest
Detroit paper debates proper college title for graduates
The Detroit News-Tribune objects to bachelor of arts as masculine and suggests bachelette of arts as the proper title for young women graduates, arguing for a female form. The piece discusses appropriate terminology in college degree nomenclature.
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The
Detroit News-Tribune
Theater seating trend and civic suffrage push in 1900s notices
Theatres report a new seating pattern with women in the orchestra or circle and men behind them to avoid gown crushes. The Central Labor Union of Boston and vicinity, representing over 40 000 workers, again petitions the legislature for municipal suffrage for women. Mrs S L Stoner fills her late husband's pulpit in Topeka and Seneca. The First National Bank of Lexington Neb elevates Mrs H R Temple to president and Miss E A Temple to vice president. Dr Mary Putnam Jacobi is elected chair of nervous diseases section by the New York Academy. Katherine E Kelsey is probate register of Shigwaseeo county Mich.
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Central Labor Union of
Boston and Vicinity
Mary Putnam Jacobi
New York Academy
Woman's Trials and Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy
Special to Our Lady Readers reports on debilitating womb pain and fatigue and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure. A reader from Evanston Illinois extols the remedy, urging others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice in Lynn Massachusetts for relief from menstrual and uterine disorders.
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OVE
Lydia FE Pinkhiuut
Louise Muller
Michigan Ave
Evanston
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Home Reading Clubs Create Love of Literature
Half hour reading clubs gain popularity with a goal of boosting knowledge of good literature. Members pay 25 cents to join and devote a half hour daily to reading works in English or a foreign language. A one cent fine per missed half hour funds two prizes chosen by a judges’ committee.
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Bes
Home Magazine
Victoria and Her Grandchildren and the Battenberg accident
The British queen, deeply fond of the Battenberg children, was seen signing state papers while her grandchildren played in the room. To gain a moment of peace they offered for each one of her feathered pens, a bargain swiftly accepted and peace restored for the morning.
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Battenberg
London
Gran
Peace
Victoria
Century-Old Fairbury Woman Reflects on Hard Times and Work
Grandma Wray of Fairbury Illinois marks her 102nd birthday recalling harsh times and tough labor. She says she and siblings cut wood in Virginia hills and that girls of today would not match their vigor. She also notes helping on farms with hoeing tobacco corn and cotton.
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Grandma Wray
Fairbury
Ills
Virginia
Preaching Siblings Esther and N F Frame in Des Moines
The Frame siblings Esther G Frame and N F Frame have preached for over 20 years across many states as Friends church ministers while serving broader Protestant audiences. They are now leading a meeting series in Des Moines. Mrs Frame was born in Wayne County Indiana, a Quaker hub that nurtured many progressive figures. Mrs Theodore Sutro funds charity for ward children and heads the New York Kindergarten and Potted Plant Association with Mrs George Gould as president, inspired by a child who donated 5 cents to buy flowers for poor children.
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Esther G. Frame
N. F. Frame
Friends’ Church
Des Moines
Theodore Sutro
New York Kindergarten and Potted Plant Association
George J. Gould
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New York Times
Austria
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Caroline
Archduke Carl Salvator
Vienna
Y. W
8. L. Stoner
Topeka
First National Bank of
Lexington, Neb
H. R. Temple
E. A. Temple
Katherine E. Kelsey
Shigwaseeo County
Bowker
Wardwell Lumber CO
Sheridan
Druggt
Jorneon & Con
Arren Gt
Pawtucket Mutual Fire
Main Street
Pawtucket
R. I
George A. Mumford
George W Newell
Philo E Thayer
Edward A Greene
Mann
Edmund
Mason
Benjamin F Smith
James L. Jenks
George L. Walker
Robert Sherman
Chas. P. Moses
Jes Isaac Shove
P. Skinner
Zijr
Union Mutual
Weybosset Street
Providence
Edwin Barrows
Joseph T. A. Eddy
Skinner
Wardwell Lumber
L. M
Roduces
Wmh
H. Spooner
Fire Insurance Agency
Aetna Insurance Company, OF
Hartford
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co
Conn
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co., OF
P. Skinner, JR
Bristol County Savings Bank
Hope Street
City Savings Bank
Providence, R. S
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Palmer
Vic
Henry C.cranston
Christopher Lipp Dutee Wilcox
J.W Crocker
Jeffrey Davis
Geo. B. Boul George
Geo. H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co
American Casualty Insurance Co
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
Edward 8. Babbitt
Equitable
GEO. H. Pece
Bristol
Orrick
Providence Mutual
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