Self; the right of individual conscience, individual citizenship,
individual development, man and woman need the same preparation
for time and eternity -- Lucy Stone pleads for the rights of
women, for justice and fair play, for the feminine as well as the
masculine influence in Government -- Mrs. Hooker speaks -- Senate
Committee addressed by Carrie Chapman Catt, and other noted women
-- Miss Shaw on an Appeal to Deaf Ears; time will come when ears
will be unstopped, voice of the people is voice of God, but voice
of the whole people never has been heard -- Miss Anthony
compliments Senator Hoar -- Committee report in favor by Senators
Hoar, John B. Allen, Francis E. Warren; Vance and George dissent.

CHAPTER XIII.

NATIONAL-AMERICAN CONVENTION OF 1893 202-220

Washington _Evening News_ pays a compliment to the Association --
Memorial service for George William Curtis, John G. Whittier and
others -- Frederick Douglass speaks of other days -- Miss Shaw on
Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Rev. Anna Oliver -- Miss Anthony
tells what has been gained in fourscore years -- Woman
Independent only when She Can Support and Protect Herself -- The
Girl of the Future -- Opinions of Governors of States on Woman
Suffrage -- Last Message from Lucy Stone -- U. S. Commissioner of
Labor, Carroll D. Wright, on the Industrial Emancipation of Women
-- Miss Anthony on publishing a paper -- Discussion on Sunday
Observance -- Resolutions -- Miss Anthony opposes national
conventions outside of Washington -- Majority votes for alternate
meetings elsewhere -- Bishop John F. Hurst in favor of Woman
Suffrage.

CHAPTER XIV.

NATIONAL-AMERICAN CONVENTION OF 1894 221-235

Interesting picture of convention in _Woman's Journal_ -- Miss
Anthony describes forty years' wandering in the wilderness --
Colorado women present her with flag -- She declares the suffrage
association knows no section, no party, no creed -- Memorial
service for Lucy Stone and other distinguished members, with
addresses by Mrs. Howe, Mr. Foulke, Mr. Blackwell and others --
Many interesting speeches -- Miss Shaw's anecdotes -- Her Sunday
sermon, "Let no man take thy crown;" this was written to the
church and includes woman, responsibility should be placed on
women to steady them in the use of power -- L