followed Sherman's army
in its march to the sea, was present and cheered all with her
stirring words of the work of women in the war.[486] Her
introduction was followed with applause and the earnest attention
to her remarks showed in what high esteem she is held. She said
that half the work of the war was done by women, but she made no
complaint, indeed no mention, of the fact that these women had
never been pensioned.

As it may add force to some facts already stated to have them
repeated by one in authority, we give the following letter from
the secretary of the Kansas Historical Society:

KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY Topeka, Nov. 26, 1885

MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y.:

_My Dear Friend_:--In answer to your request for information
upon certain points bearing upon the subject of woman
suffrage in Kansas, I give the following:

The women avail themselves quite generally of their
privilege of voting at the annual and special school
district meetings, at which district officers are elected,
and all questions of taxes and expenditures are voted on and
settled. Women are, in many instances, elected members of
the board of school directors, and thus are charged with the
duty of employing teachers, with the supervision of the
schools, and with the general management of the affairs of
the district. Women vote on the question of the issue of
school district bonds, and thus they take part in deciding
whether new school houses shall be built and the property of
the districts be pledged for the future payment of the cost
of the same.

In the chartered cities women do not generally vote for
school officers although, under the constitution, it is
believed they have the right to do so, and in one or more
instances I am informed they have done so, without the right
being contested. In cities, school officers are elected at
general elections for other city officers, for which women
are not permitted to vote, and as they cannot vote for all
they generally do not choose to vote for any. Women do not
vote for either city, county, or State superintendents, and
it is not considered that