usly
through both visible and invisible channels, moulding the thought
and action of the community. The meetings of this association
were regularly reported by the daily press, with more or less
justice, according as the reporter present, or the newspaper
which reported the proceedings, was more or less friendly.

A letter published in _The Revolution_ of June 10, 1869,
indicates the practical work of our association:

The first skirmish along the line of the suffrage army in
Ohio has been fought, and the friends of reformation may
well rejoice at the result. In this city there has existed
for a long time a library association to which women were
admitted as members, but in the control or management of
which they had no voice. Under the pressure of influences
set in motion by your visit, it was resolved that this relic
of the past should be swept away, that women should be
represented in the management as well as in the membership
of the association. At the late election six directors were
to be chosen among other officers, and Miss Anna C.
Mott,[298] Mrs. M. W. Bond and Mrs. M. J. Barker were
candidates upon a ticket called the Equal Rights Ticket,
headed by Mr. A. W. Gleason, for president. The dangerous
proposition, not only of allowing women to vote, but of
giving them offices, was a bombshell in the camp of
conservatism, and every influence that could be, was brought
to bear against this ticket. After an exciting contest, the
result showed that notwithstanding a powerful and
influential opposition, the ticket was elected by a vote of
from 186 to 220 out of 327 votes. This result has been all
the more grateful, because in the opposition were to be
found many of the most wealthy and respected citizens of
Toledo.

As an index of the interest the women manifested in that
election, three-fourths of them voted. It was interesting to
notice the firmness with which the women walked up to the
ballot-box. No trembling was perceptible. They carried the
ballot with ease, deposited it with coolness, watched to see
that no fraud was perpetrated, and then departed as
noiselessly as they