nk _The Christian Science Monitor_ for permission to use portions
of an article published on October 24, 1958.

I am especially grateful to A. Marguerite Smith for her constructive
criticism of the manuscript and her unfailing encouragement.

ALMA LUTZ

_Highmeadow_
_Berlin, New York_

TABLE OF CONTENTS

QUAKER HERITAGE 1

WIDENING HORIZONS 15

FREEDOM TO SPEAK 28

A PURSE OF HER OWN 39

NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS 56

THE TRUE WOMAN 67

THE ZEALOT 79

A WAR FOR FREEDOM 92

THE NEGRO'S HOUR 108

TIMES THAT TRIED WOMEN'S SOULS 125

HE ONE WORD OF THE HOUR 138

WORK, WAGES, AND THE BALLOT 149

THE INADEQUATE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT 159

A HOUSE DIVIDED 169

A NEW SLANT ON THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT 180

TESTING THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT 198

"IS IT A CRIME FOR A CITIZEN ... TO VOTE?" 209

SOCIAL PURITY 217

A FEDERAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT 226

RECORDING WOMEN'S HISTORY 235

IMPETUS FROM THE WEST 241

VICTORIES IN THE WEST 252

LIQUOR INTERESTS ALERT FOREIGN-BORN VOTERS AGAINST WOMAN
SUFFRAGE 266

AUNT SUSAN AND HER GIRLS 274

PASSING ON THE TORCH 285

SUSAN B. ANTHONY OF THE WORLD 299

NOTES 311

BIBLIOGRAPHY 32