The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: An Awful Hush, 1895 to 1906

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by  Ann D. Gordon

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An Awful Hush
1895 to 1906
• Ann D. Gordon, editor •
Michael David Cohen, assistant editor
Sara Rzeszutek Haviland, assistant editor
Andy Bowers, editorial assistant
Katharine Lee, editorial assistant
rutgers university press
new brunswick, new jersey
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902.
[Selections. 1997]
The selected papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony /
Ann D. Gordon, editor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: v. 6. An awful hush, 1895 to 1906
isbn 0-8135-2320-6 (alk. paper)
1. Feminists—United States—Archives. 2. Suffragists—United States—
Archives. 3. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815 –1902—Archives. 4. Anthony,
Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820–1906—Archives. 5. Feminism—United
States—History—19th century—Sources. 6. Women—Suffrage—United
States—History—19th century—Sources. i. Anthony, Susan B. (Susan
Brownell), 1820– 1906. ii. Gordon, Ann D. (Ann Dexter) iii. Miller,
Tamara Gaskell. iv. Title.
hq1410.a25 1997
016.30542—dc21 97-5666
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Publication of this volume was assisted by a grant from the National
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Upper left, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, c. 1900 Photographer unknown. Courtesy
of Coline Jenkins/Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust. Lower right, Susan B. Anthony,
February 1905. Photograph by Grace A. Woodworth, Rochester, New York. Nega-
tive 1394b. Archives of the Seneca Falls Historical Society, N.Y.
To the memory of
Sally Ride
1951–2012
She embodied woman’s rights and inspired us all.
“Methinks I hear some say, surely you will not contend for
equality here. Yes, we must not give an inch lest you claim
an ell, . . .”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848

• Contents
Illustrations xvii
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction xxv
Editorial Practice xxxiii
Abbreviations xxxix
1. • 19–20 December 1895 Diary of SBA 1
2. • 21 December 1895 ECS to Pilgrim Mothers’ Dinner 3
3. • 21–22 December 1895 Diary of SBA 5
4. • 14 January 1896 SBA to Frances E. Willard 7
5. • 18 January 1896 Frances E. Willard to SBA 9
6. • 24 January 1896 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 10
7. • 28 January 1896 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 13
8. • 28 January 1896 Remarks of SBA to National-American
Woman Suffrage Association 14
9. • c. 31 January 1896 Interview with SBA by Nellie Bly 24
10. • 5 February 1896 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 41
11. • 10 February 1896 SBA to Clara Bewick Colby 44
12. • 10 February 1896 SBA to ECS 47
13. • 29 February 1896 ECS to Editors, Critic 48
14. • 4 March 1896 Grace Channing-Stetson to ECS 51
15. • 11–12 March 1896 Diary of SBA 54
16. • 13 March 1896 Remarks by SBA to Meeting in Los
Angeles 55
17. • 13–14 March 1896 Diary of SBA 57
18. • c. 17 March 1896 Interview of SBA 59
19. • 20 March 1896 SBA to Mary McHenry Keith 60
20. • April? 1896 SBA to ECS 61
21. • 9 April 1896 SBA to Lillie Devereux Blake 63
22. • 1–2 May 1896 Diary of SBA 66
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23. • 3 May 1896 Lecture by SBA at A.M.E. Zion
Church 68
24. • 3–4 May 1896 Diary of SBA 70
25. • 14 June 1896 Theodore W. Stanton to ECS 71
26. • 24 June 1896 Harriot Stanton Blatch to ECS 74
27. • 3 July 1896 SBA to Harriot Stanton Blatch 75
28. • 24 July 1896 ECS to Theodore W. Stanton 76
29. • 26 July 1896 SBA to Clara Bewick Colby 78
30. • 1 August 1896 Article by SBA: Woman Suffrage Must Be
Non-Partisan 81
31. • 1 August 1896 SBA to Jessie Anthony 83
32. • 4 August 1896 SBA to Jenkin Lloyd Jones 84
33. • 11 August 1896 SBA to Clara Bewick Colby 85
34. • 15 August 1896 ECS to Charles P. Somerby 89
35. • 20 August 1896 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 90
36. • 26 August 1896 Article by ECS: Specially Inspired
Men 92
37. • 29 August 1896 SBA to Jessie Anthony 94
38. • 8 September 1896 SBA to ECS 95
39. • 8 September 1896 ECS to William McKinley 98
40. • 19 September 1896 SBA to ECS 101
41. • before 20 September 1896 ECS to Editor, New York Journal 103
42. • 22 September 1896 Mary S. Anthony to ECS 104
43. • 30 September 1896 SBA to Mary S. Anthony 105
44. • 16 October 1896 Interview of SBA 107
45. • 1–3 December 1896 Diary of SBA 109
46. • 4 December 1896 Remarks by SBA to National Council of
Women 111
47. • 5 December 1896 Article by ECS: The Woman’s Bible 113
48. • 24 December 1896 SBA to Lillie Devereux Blake 115
49. • 4 January 1897 SBA to Caroline Bartlett Crane 117
50. • c. 8 January 1897 SBA to ECS 118
51. • 29 January 1897 Meeting of National-American Woman
Suffrage Association 119
52. • 13 February 1897 ECS to SBA 124
53. • 21 February 1897 Remarks by SBA to Cuban Hospital Relief
Association 127
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54. • 26 February 1897 SBA to Rachel Foster Avery 128
55. • 12 March 1897 SBA to Elizabeth Smith Miller 132
56. • 27 March 1897 Theodore Tilton to ECS 134
57. • 8 April 1897 SBA to Frances E. Willard 135
58. • 2 May 1897 Article by ECS: Recalled by the Grant
Pageant 137
59. • 9 May 1897 SBA to Lydia Coonley Ward 140
60. • 26 May 1897 SBA to Daniel R. Anthony 141
61. • June 1897 Article by ECS: Reading the Bible in the
Public Schools 143
62. • 30 June 1897 ECS to Margaret Bryan Shelby 150
63. • 29 July 1897 Speech by SBA to Berkshire County
Historical Society 151
64. • 23 August 1897 SBA to Elizabeth Smith Miller 158
65. • 7 September 1897 SBA to ECS 160
66. • 8 September 1897 SBA to Anna H. Shaw 161
67. • c. 21 September 1897 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby, with
enclosures 168
68. • 28 September 1897 Isabel Howland to SBA 168
69. • 5 October 1897 SBA to Isabel Howland 170
70. • 10 October 1897 Isabel Howland to SBA 172
71. • 20 October 1897 Verse by ECS for daughter’s birthday 173
72. • 29 October 1897 ECS to Harriot Stanton Blatch 174
73. • November 1897 Article by ECS: Two Valuable Gifts 174
74. • 16 November 1897 Mary S. Anthony to SBA 176
75. • 26 November 1897 ECS to Elizabeth Root 177
76. • 1 December 1897 SBA to ECS 179
77. • 27 December 1897 ECS to Lucinda Hinsdale Stone 181
78. • 29 December 1897 John Swinton to ECS 182
79. • 1 January 1898 ECS to SBA 183
80. • 18 January 1898 SBA to Rachel Foster Avery 184
81. • 26 January 1898 ECS to Theodore W. Stanton 185
82. • 26 January 1898 Frances E. Willard to SBA 186
83. • 14 February 1898 Remarks by SBA to National-American
Woman Suffrage Association 188
84. • 14 February 1898 Address by ECS: Our Defeats and Our
Triumphs 190
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85. • 17? February 1898 Helen Appo Cook to SBA 203
86. • 28 February 1898 ECS to Editors, Woman’s Journal 206
87. • 8 March 1898 ECS to Olivia Bigelow Hall 209
88. • 25 April 1898 SBA to Jane Lathrop Stanford 210
89. • 9 May 1898 ECS to Marietta Holley 213
90. • 11 May 1898 SBA to Business Committee 213
91. • 17 May 1898 ECS to Wendell P. Garrison 216
92. • 21 May 1898 Article by ECS: War or Peace 218
93. • 24 May 1898 Florence Kelley to ECS 222
94. • 27 May 1898 SBA to Business Committee 224
95. • 30 May 1898 SBA to Elizabeth Smith Miller 235
96. • 14 June 1898 Robert K. Beach to SBA 238
97. • 9 July 1898 Article by ECS: Bible as a Moral
Guide 239
98. • 30 July 1898 ECS to Clara Bewick Colby 241
99. • 10 September 1898 Article by ECS: Woman’s Position in the
Bible 243
100. • 4 October 1898 ECS to Victoria Woodhull Martin 244
101. • 7 October 1898 Remarks by SBA to meeting on
coeducation 246
102. • 14 October 1898 Marietta Holley to ECS 247
103. • 14 October 1898 Robert G. Ingersoll to ECS 248
104. • 30 October 1898 SBA to Emmeline Woodward Wells 249
105. • 2 December 1898 SBA to ECS 250
106. • c. 4 December 1898 ECS to SBA 253
107. • 7 December 1898 SBA to Ida Husted Harper 253
108. • 17 December 1898 SBA to Clara Bewick Colby 256
109. • c. 23 December 1898 SBA to Anna H. Shaw 257
110. • 1 January 1899 Diary of SBA 259
111. • 2 January 1899 SBA et al. to House Committee on
Elections 259
112. • 2–6 January 1899 Diary of SBA 261
113. • 7 January 1899 SBA to Robert R. Hitt 263
114. • 7–13 January 1899 Diary of SBA 264
115. • 14 January 1899 ECS and SBA: Open Letter to Thomas B.
Reed 268
116. • 14 January 1899 Diary of SBA 269
117. • 15 January 1899 Appeal: Petition for Women of Hawaii 270