ow the need of the
very influence they exclude. Could all the girls desiring an
education in and around Rochester, Geneva,[209] Clinton and
Schenectady, enter these institutions, the added funds and
enthusiasm they would thus receive would soon bring them renewed
life and vigor.

Peter Cooper and Catharine Beecher's efforts for the working
classes of women were equally praiseworthy. Miss Beecher formed
"The American Woman's Educational Association," for the purpose of
establishing schools all over the country for training girls in the
rudiments of learning and practical work. The Cooper Institute,
founded in 1854, by Peter Cooper, has been invaluable in its
benefits to the poorer classes of girls, in giving them advantages
in the arts and sciences, in evening as well as day classes. Here
both boys and girls have free admission into all departments,
including its valuable reading-room and library. It had long been a
cherished desire of Mr. Cooper to found an institution to be
devoted forever to the union of art and science in their
application to the useful purposes of life. The School of Design is
specially for women.

The Ladies Art Association of New York was founded in 1867, now
numbering over one hundred members. One of the most important
things accomplished by this society has been the preparation of
thoroughly educated teachers, many of whom are now filling
positions in Southern and Western colleges.

NEW YORK, June 3, 1869.

EDITORS OF THE REVOLUTION: Inclosed please find the report of a
meeting of New York ladies to consider the important subject of
woman's education. The within slip will show that this is a
movement quite as earnest and pronounced as the woman suffrage
agitation of the day, and more in consonance with prevailing
public opinion. We trust that you will aid the effort by
inserting the report and resolutions into your columns, and add
at least a brief editorial notice.

Very respectfully, MRS. MARSHALL O. ROBERTS.

IMPORTANT MEETING OF NEW YORK LADIES.--WOMAN'S EDUCATION.--On
Monday, the 31st of May, a large number of influential ladies
gathered at Dr. Taylor's, corner Sixth avenue and Thirty-eighth
street, in response to the call of the secretary of The American
Woman's Educational Association. A meeting was organized, Mrs.
Marshall O. Roberts presiding, and