lent in
their opposition to the rights of women, because she disliked to make
their children blush for them, but Miss Anthony wrote:

History ought to be true, and the men and women who at the time
enjoyed the glory of opposing us ought to be known to posterity
even if it is to their children's sorrow; just as those who
suffered the torments of ridicule and hatred then, now enjoy the
rewards, and their children and grandchildren glory in their
ancestors. Robert Dale Owen's daughter, in writing up the Indiana
Constitutional Convention and her father's opponents, withheld
their names from sympathy for their children. I have told her, that
as she now rejoices in what was then considered her father's
reproach, so she should let the children of those men hang their
heads now for what then was their father's pride. Isn't that fair?
Garrison used to say, "Where there is a sin, there must be a
sinner." When people understand that their descendants and all
Israel will know of their deeds, a hundred years hence, maybe they
will learn to be and do better.

I am a genuine believer in the doctrine of letting the seed bear
its fruit on the sower's own ground. For us not to give the names
of our opponents, but only of those who were wise and good, not
only would not be true history, but would rob the book of one-half
its interest. If all persons felt that their children must suffer
for their wrong-doings, they would be more cautious, but the belief
that all their ill record is to be hidden out of sight helps them
to go on reckless of truth and justice. It is not in malice or
with a desire to make any one suffer, but to be true to history
that every name should stand and be judged as the facts merit.

Miss Anthony in reality seldom carried out this theory, but usually
desired that personal failings should not be recorded and handed down to
posterity. She scarcely could be persuaded to allow the bare facts in
many instances to be stated lest surviving relatives should be hurt
thereby.

Without knowing where the money was to be obtained for publishing the
History but determined that it should be done, Miss Anthony pushed on
the work. The steel engravings cost $126 apiece and where women were
unable or unwilling to pay for their own, she herself assumed the
responsibility. To Mrs. Nichols she wrote: "I shall hav