eparate labor, together with
such power to protect her property, and do business in her own
name, as men possess. The last provision was stricken out and the
bill thus amended passed both Houses, the Senate by a very large
majority.

Although this secures to us property rights in a measure only,
yet it is a great gain. He, who in abject bondage has striven
with his fetters, rejoices to have the smallest amount of their
weight removed. We have, therefore, reason to be grateful not
only for the benefits we shall derive from this Act, but for the
evidence of a growing sense of justice on the part of those who
claim for themselves the exclusive right to legislate. Senator
Parish had already prepared a Bill for Guardianship, and to
change the Laws of Descent, that something more than a paltry
dower should be secured to the widow in the common estate; but
the press of business, and the sudden commencement of open
hostilities between the North and South, precluded all
possibility of further legislation in our behalf. While Judge Key
has deservedly received universal thanks from the women of Ohio,
for proposing and carrying through the Legislature the Property
Bill, they are no less indebted to the Hon. Mr. Parish for his
faithful defense of their cause, not only during the present
session, but in years past. If all the Honorable Senators and
Representatives who have given their influence in favor of it
were to be mentioned, and all the faithful men and earnest women
who have labored to promote it, the list would be long and
distinguished.

J. ELIZABETH JONES.

Thus, in a measure, were the civil rights of the women of Ohio
secured. Some of those who were influential in winning this modicum of
justice have already passed away; some, enfeebled by age, are
incapable of active work; others are seeking in many latitudes that
rest so necessary in the declining years of life.

The question naturally suggests itself, where are the young women of
Ohio, who will take up this noble cause and carry it to its final
triumph? They are reaping on all sides the benefits achieved for
them by others, and they in turn, by earnest efforts for the
enfranchisement of woman, should do what they can to broaden the lives
of the next generation.

In Ohio, as elsewhere, the