litigation in all the courts, and no one can dispute her right.
She may defend a person charged with murder. Can she not
prosecute one charged with the larceny of a whip? To say she can
not seems illogical.... Individuals may employ her and the courts
must recognize her employment. If the people see fit, by electing
her to an office the duties of which pertain almost wholly to the
practice of the law, to employ her to represent them in their
litigation, why should not the courts recognize the
employment?... Where the constitution and the statutes are silent
as to the qualification for a given office, the people may elect
whom they will, if the person so elected is competent to
discharge the duties of the office.... None of the duties of
prosecuting attorney are of such a character as to preclude one
from their performance simply because of sex.

Charles S. Abbott, Allen S. Morse and T. A. E. Weadock were the
advocates for Mrs. Abbott, and she also made a strong oral argument in
her own behalf. Unfortunately the case was not one which permitted an
appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court.

OCCUPATIONS: No profession or occupation is forbidden by law to women.

EDUCATION: All universities and colleges admit women. The University
of Michigan (Ann Arbor), one of the largest in the country, was among
the first to open its doors to them. (1869.) Mrs. Lucinda Hinsdale
Stone was a strong factor in securing their admission. In having women
on its faculty, it is still in advance of most of those where
co-education prevails.

In the public schools there are 3,471 men and 12,093 women teachers.
The average monthly salary of the men is $44.48; of the women, $35.35.

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Michigan may truly be called the founder of Woman's Clubs, as the
first one for purely literary culture of which we have any record was
formed in Kalamazoo, in 1852, by Mrs. Stone, to whom the women of the
State are deeply indebted in many ways. At present (1902) there are
133 in the General Federation with a membership of about 10,000, and a
number are not federated. This State also leads all others in the
number of women's club houses, ten of the leading clubs possessing
their own. There are two of these in Grand Rapids--the St. Cecilia
(musical) costing $53,000, and the Ladies' Literary costing $30,000,
both containing fine libraries, large audience rooms and ever