in order to
prove the absolute equality of woman with man she ought to present this
as an oration instead of reading it as an essay; so she labored many
weary hours to commit it to memory, pacing from one end of the house to
the other, and when these confines became too small rushing out into
the orchard, but all in vain. It was utterly impossible for her, then
or ever, to memorize the exact words of anything.

The lecture, occupying an entire evening, was given before a large
audience in Rand's Hall, Troy, and cordially received. At its close Mr.
L. Hazeltine of New York, president of the association, took Miss
Anthony by the hand, saying: "Madam, that was a splendid production and
well delivered. I could not have asked for a single thing different
either in matter or manner; but I would rather have followed my wife or
daughter to Greenwood cemetery than to have had her stand here before
this promiscuous audience and deliver that address." Superintendent
Randall, of the city schools of New York, over-hearing the
conversation, said: "Father Hazeltine, I fully agree with the first
part of your remark but dissent entirely from the latter. I should be
proud if I had a wife or daughter capable of either writing or reading
that paper as Miss Anthony has done." She was invited by the
Massachusetts teachers who were present to come to their State
convention at Springfield and give the address, which she did. It was
afterwards delivered at a number of teachers' institutes. Mary L. Booth
had written her:

I am glad that you will represent us at the Troy gathering. You
will bear with you the gratitude of very many teachers whose hearts
are swelling with repressed indignation at the injustice which you
expose, but who have not grown strong enough yet to give open
utterance to words which would jeopardize the positions on which
they depend for support. There is not a female principal in
Brooklyn or New York whose salary exceeds the half of that of the
male principals. Each female principal and assistant is required to
attend the normal school under penalty of loss of position, while
male teachers are excused from such attendance. There are plenty of
indignation meetings among us.

In August Miss Anthony planned a meeting at Saratoga and, as on a
previous occasion, every speaker failed her, nor could she find among
the visitors one who could help her out. As she was not in the habit of