Society; Ottumwa speech on Reconstruction; an unpleasant night; address
to colored people at Leavenworth; Republicans object to a mention of
Woman Suffrage; Miss Anthony learns of motion for Amendment to Federal
Constitution to disfranchise on account of Sex, and immediately starts
eastward; confers with Mrs. Stanton and they issue appeal to women of
country to protest against proposed Fourteenth Amendment; Miss Anthony
holds meetings at Concord, Westchester and many other places; N.Y.
Independent supports women's demands.


CHAPTER XVI.

THE NEGRO'S HOUR. (1866.), 255-270

Reconstruction period; Anti-Slavery Society declines coalition with
Woman's Rights Society; Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton issue strong call
for the reassembling in New York of Woman's Rights forces; Robert
Purvis and Anna Dickinson approve; convention meets in Dr. Cheever's
church; Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton present ringing Address to
Congress; Miss Anthony's speech for union of the two organizations;
Equal Rights Association formed; controversy of Phillips, Tilton,
Anthony, Stanton in Standard office; Standard's offer of space
rejected; Miss Anthony's speech at Equal Rights meeting in Albany;
abusive article from N.Y. World; mass meetings held and petitions
circulated to have women included in Fourteenth Amendment; Republicans
refuse to recognize their claims; Democrats favor them to defeat the
negroes; Miss Anthony complains of Standard's treatment; words from
friends and foes.