fect in the tickets used in some of the
precincts. Mrs. Holmes sustained the suffrage work in
Nebraska through the two following years as chairman of the
executive committee, was elected in 1884 to the office of
president of the State Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
and reelected in 1885 to the same position.

Mrs. Orpha C. Dinsmoor of Omaha, as chairman of the
executive committee during the first year (Mrs. De Long
having resigned), contributed largely to the most successful
conventions of the campaign. One of the most notable
lectures given in the State was hers in reply to Chancellor
Fairfield of the Nebraska University, on "Work and Wages."
As it was known that the chancellor held the ground that
woman should not be paid equally with man, even for the same
work and the same skill, the Lincoln Woman Suffrage
Association invited him to give his lecture on that subject,
and Mrs. Dinsmoor to answer him on the following evening.
Mrs. Dinsmoor is well known for her interest in education
and scientific charity, and has, by appointment of the
governor of the State, represented Nebraska at the National
Conference of Charities and Corrections at its last two
annual meetings. She is now the president of the Nebraska
Woman's Board of Associated Charities.

Mrs. Barbara J. Thompson, of English birth, was one of the
leading spirits of the Thayer County Society, and was active
in holding meetings and organizing committees. Her principal
service was by her ready pen, which furnished articles for a
large number of papers. It is pleasant to reflect that one
woman who worked so earnestly for the rights of citizenship
in Nebraska has obtained them in her new home at Tacoma,
Washington Territory.

Mrs. Gertrude McDowell of Fairbury lent her wit and wisdom
to many conventions, was ready with her pen, and secured a
thorough canvass in Jefferson county. She was the third
president of the State Association.

Mrs. Mollie K. Maule of Fairmont laid by her law studies to
serve on the executive board of the State Association. In
company with Mrs. Susie Fifield and others, sh