5;
Hoar in favor, 109;
vote in Senate, 110; 112;
authority to enfranchise women, 118;
duty to submit suff. amend., 163;
favorable sentiment, 181;
way to manage a bill in, 218;
needs watching, 365;
work of Nat'l. Ass'n. for 16th amend., 367;
appeals to for 16th amend. to enfranch. women, 445;
for rights of women in new possessions, 446;
amusing debate on admis. of Wy., 998 et seq.
_See_ Amendments and Debates.

CONGRESSES OF WOMEN,
World's Fair, 232, 609;
in San Fr., 253, 479, 481;
Atlanta expos., 263;
London in '99, 352-3;
in Los Angeles, 495;
in Ore., 892-3.

CONSTITUTION, NATIONAL,
more rigid than in other countries, xv,
gives women right to vote, Chapter I;
first appearance of "male," 2;
attempt of women to vote under 14th amend., 3 et seq.;
amend. for Federal Suff. for women, 7;
authority over suff., 8 et seq.;
provides for amending, 100;
vote on wom. suff. amend., 110;
rights of women under, 115;
Mrs. Stanton on its violation in case of women, 138;
fails to protect black men, 153;
Mrs. Blake's argument for wom. suff. under its provisions, 374-5.

CONSTITUTIONS, STATE,
all framed by men; different peculiarities, xv et seq.;
all barred women from suff., 2;
Utah and Wy. included wom. suff. in first, 949, 1003.
_See_ State chapters under _Suffrage_.

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. _See_ Conventions.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. _See_ Law.

CONTRACTS. _See Laws_ in each State chapter.

CONVENTIONS,
American Suff. Assn., from '84 to '88, 406-428;
early convs. in Phila., 423.
--National Suffrage Ass'n., first one ever called, xiii;
earliest ones, 14;
res. for Int'l. Suff. Conv., 25;
changed attitude of press toward, 57;
first suff. meeting held in Washt'n., 70;
conv. for '88, 137;
complimented by Washt'n. _Star_, 173;
convs. before the war, 205;
alternate ones taken out of Washt'n., Miss Anthony's protest, 218;
the other side, 219;
descript. of '94, 221;
Miss Anthony's method of presiding, 238;
descript. of '95, 236;
of '97, 271.
See Chapters II-XXI.

CONVENTIONS,
work for wom. suff. in political and other conventions, Chap. XXIII.
_See_ State chapters.

CONVENTIONS, Nat'l. Political,
first appeal of women for suff., 435;
appeals in 1900, 440 et seq.
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