MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE

WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.

A GENERAL, POLITICAL, LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY FROM 1774, TO 1881.

BY

HARRIET H. ROBINSON.

The woman's hour has struck. "WARRINGTON."

SECOND EDITION.

BOSTON:

ROBERTS BROTHERS.

1883.

996527A

Copyright, 1881,

BY

ROBERTS BROTHERS.

I.

II.

GENERAL HISTORY-EARLY INFLUENCES

TEN GREAT CONVENTIONS. 1850-1860

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III. THE MACHINERY OF CONVENTIONS 1860-1881

IV.

V.

LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.

VI. RESULTS OF THIRTY YEARS OF AGITATION

A.

APPENDIX.

"OBSERVATIONS ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN"

B. THE WORLD'S ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION

C. THE LOWELL OFFERING AND ITS WRITERS

D. THE FIRST NATIONAL CONVENTION

E.

HARRIOT K. HUNT'S PROTEST

F. WOMEN'S MEETINGS HELD BY MRS. Caroline

K.

L.

MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL SUFFRAGE LAW

THREE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL

COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS AGAINST THE

RIGHTS OF THE WOMEN OF THE STATE

M. LUCY DOWNING AND HARVARD COLLEGE

N. THE ISLE OF MAN

ADDENDA

INDEX

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THE YOUNG WOMEN OF MASSACHUSETTS

WHO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THE LABORS OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED IN THESE PAGES

I Dedicate this Book

WITH THE HOPE THAT SINCE THEY FIND THE PATH SO WELL OPENED TO THEM FOR BETTER EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ADVANTAGES, THEY

MAY BEAR IN MIND HOW MUCH

THE WOMAN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT

HAS DONE TO CLEAR THE WAY.