Clara Barton Goes to Relieve Armenians
Reports indicate Clara Barton has traveled to assist Armenian relief efforts amid humanitarian distress.
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1896
Page
3
Reports indicate Clara Barton has traveled to assist Armenian relief efforts amid humanitarian distress.
Clara Barton departs New York on January 22 to continue Red Cross relief efforts in constantinople. The Ottoman concession allows private relief work, with Barton’s team including Lacy Graves George Pullman Ernest Mason and J B Hubbell. A Chicago portrait captures Barton at age 85, still revered for humanitarian work across battlefields.
The Philadelphia Times and New York Sun passages honor two notable women, Mrs Hastings and Mrs Weed Alden, for their charitable deeds and enduring influence. Their husbands and families are described, with emphasis on kindness, public service, and memory. The Washington Post notes a mix up at a suffrage convention involving Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt.
A masculine workplace ethic requires women to separate social from business life. Merit and reliability determine advancement, not prettiness or cuteness. The article warns against expecting constant male approval and urges women to work hard, act professionally, and maintain dignity in competition.
The national suffrage convention in Washington offers $250 to the western state and $100 to the eastern state that first form suffrage organizations tied to the State and National American Woman Suffrage associations based on club membership. Payouts scale with white population and must be used for campaign work. offers expire January 1, 1900.
The chairman’s report from the annual meeting notes foreign aid to rearing orphans abroad and contrasts it with domestic views of progress. It records 14 girls applying for loans of 25 to 100 dollars in medicine and liberal arts, with no interest charged as a sign of support from senior women in New York.
Mrs. Sarah Frances Dick of Huntington Indiana is described as the only woman serving as cashier of a national bank. Appointed assistant cashier in 1873 she became cashier and a director in 1881 succeeding her father. Married Julius Dick in 1878 she continues to manage currency with expert skill without an assistant.
Mrs. Shirley S. Davis, mother of Assistant District Attorney Henry Shackleford Davis, aims to join the bar after studying at the University of the City of New York. She was the sole woman candidate in the recent appellate division examination and, according to examiners, her papers were very good and she may have passed.
An exchange praises varied dress styles for different occasions. Advocates suggest short work dresses, bicycle trousers, and divided skirts for practicality. Long gowns reserved for ceremonial events. overall aim is trim, dust-free appearance with inconspicuous reform.
New York Letter describes Mrs U S Grant wearing sable cape and parts of a royal set given by the czar of Russia to her and General Grant. Her daughter-in-law and Mrs Sartoris share in the many pieces. The article notes her dearsome figure, gray hair, lively charm, and rich lace cap with openwork black silk mitts.
The Boston Transcript reports a court ruling that a married woman may be treated as an individual earner. It notes a husband previously awarded damages for his wife’s loss of company and care now loses control over her earnings or time, recognizing her financial independence.
Pillowshams appear again as part of fashion cycles with day covers in sheer Hinen lawn hand painted in delicate designs for state occasions and longer lasting versions in fine linen with renaissance lace inserts and frills.
The Vogue quote credits women for progressive liberty gained through stubborn, courageous efforts and select male aid, noting removal of covert injustice and inequality has been fiercely fought by practical and philanthropic women rather than men.
The Washington State Equal Suffrage association held its annual meeting in Seattle on January 29 and 30. State president Mrs Isaacs Savage is praised as capable and conservative in guiding suffrage affairs amid critical conditions in Washington.
Miss Adelaide L Dicklow formerly a faculty member at Ottawa University Kansas begins work as principal of Moulton Ladies College in Toronto after ten years of service.
A sermon reflection on the Luke 8 healing of a woman with hemorrhage and the Jairus case. It notes the woman's faith touching Jesus, Jesus declaring her healed, and the sequence leading to the raising of Jairus's daughter. The piece emphasizes belief over sight and spiritual sight in healing and faith.
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