principal streets, under which the whole procession passed. Of
the original members of the society,[300] some who during its
earlier years took an active part have removed elsewhere, and a
few have passed to the beyond. But the majority still remain, and
are earnest in their labors with the hope for a better day,
undampened by the delays and disappointments which attend every
step in progress.

There is a flourishing association at Cleveland called the Western
Reserve Club;[301] Mrs. Sarah M. Perkins and her highly educated
daughters, graduates of Vassar College, are among the leading
members. They hold regular meetings, have a course of lectures
every winter and are exerting a wide influence. The club consists
of thirty members, paying five dollars annually into the treasury.

The Painesville Equal Rights Society,[302] formed November 20,
1883, is one of the most flourishing county associations in the
State. It numbers 150 members, and it has organized many local
societies in the vicinity. The annual meeting of the State
society,[303] held at Painesville, May 11, 12, 13, 1885, with a
large representation of the most active friends present, by a
unanimous vote declared itself no longer auxiliary to the
American, and thereby secured the cooeperation of the Toledo,
South Newbury, and other independent local organizations of the
State.

We are indebted to Annie Laurie Quinby for the following account of
the founding of a hospital for women and children, and of some of
the difficulties women encountered in gaining admittance into the
medical colleges:

Mrs. Quinby says: In 1867, some Cincinnati ladies met at the
residence of Mrs. J. L. Roberts and organized a health
association, the object of which was to obtain and disseminate
knowledge in regard to the science of life and health. Mrs.
Leavett addressed the ladies on the importance of instituting a
medical school for women, stating a recent conversation she had
with Prof. Curtis, and suggesting that he be invited to lay his
views before them. A vote to that effect was passed, and in his
address Professor Curtis touched the following points:

Women have greater need than men of the knowledge of the
science of life, and can make more profitable use of it.
_First_: They need this knowledge. In a practice of