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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 6 0 Browse Search
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899 5 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 3 1 Browse Search
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865 1 1 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 1 1 Browse Search
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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 13: concerning clubs 1867-1871; aet. 48-52 (search)
erses in church. They did not prove nearly as good as I had hoped.... Made three beds, to help Bridget, who had the washing alone. Read a difficult chapter in Fichte. , Studied and worried as usual,--Fichte and Greek... . Have not been strenuous enough about the Cretan Fair.... Any lack of strenuousness about the Cretan Fair was amply atoned for. An Appeal was published, written by her and signed by Julia Ward Howe, Emily Talbot, Sarah E. Lawrence, Caroline A. Mudge, and Abby W. May. What shall we say? They are a great way off, but they are starving and perishing, as none in our midst can starve and perish, and we Americans are among the few persons to whom they can look for help. In this cry for aid we hear the voice of both parents. The response was cordial and generous. The fair was held in Easter Week, at the Boston Music Hall, and recalled on a smaller scale the glories of the war-time fairs. Of the great labor of preparation, the Journal gives a livel
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 17: the woman's cause 1868-1910 (search)
s the suffragists worked for fifty-five years before they succeeded in getting a law making mothers equal guardians of their minor children with the fathers. In Colorado, when the women were enfranchised, the next legislature passed such a bill. Of the movement by which women won a right to have a voice in the education of their children, she says: The proposal to render women eligible for service on the School Board was met at first with derision and with serious disapproval. The late Abby W. May had much to do with the early consideration of this measure, and the work which finally resulted in its adoption had its first beginning in the parlors of the New England Woman's Club, where special meetings were held in its behalf. The extension of the school suffrage to women followed, after much work on the part of men and of women. These meetings, she said once, speaking before the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, show, among other things, the character of those who beli
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Index (search)
Martin, Mrs., II, 170. Martineau, James, II, 159, 161, 348. Marzials, Mr., II, 167. Massachusetts, I, 129, 168, 195, 249; II, 358. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I, 297; II, 77, 80. Massachusetts Legislature, I, 168, 220, 344, 366, 368; II, 405. Massachusetts Press Club, II, 259. Massachusetts State Federation of Wo-men's Clubs, I, 294; II, 379. Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Associa-tion, I, 369. Matsys, Quentin, II, 11. Maupassant, Guy de, II, 164. May, Abby W., I, 287, 368; II, 141, 142. Mayor des Planches, Count, II, 302, 303. Mechanics' Fair, II, 162. Mechlenberg, Herr von, II, 18. Medal of Honor Legion, II, 279. Mediterranean, I, 381. Mendota, I, 380. Mer de Glace, II, 20. Merritt, Anna Lea, II, 165. Mesday, Herr, II, 172. Messiah, II, 8, 78. Metaphysical Club, II, 118. Mexican Band, II, 100, 103, 105. Mexican War, I, 129. Middletown, R. I., I, 9. Milan, I, 93; II, 26. Mill, J. S., I, 304; II,