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The Story of a Pioneer-Part45_Anna Howard Shaw(1847-1919)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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opposition against us was growing stronger as our



opponents realized what triumphant woman suf-

frage would mean to the underworld, the grafters,



and the whited sepulchers in public office. But in

1910 we were cheered by our Washington victory,



followed the next year by the winning of California.

Then, with our splendid banner year of 1912 came



the winning of three states--Arizona, Kansas, and

Oregon--preceded by a campaign so full of vim and



interest that it must have its brief chronicle here.

To begin, we conducted in 1912 the largest num-



ber of campaigns we had ever undertaken, working

in six states in which constitutionalamendments



were pending--Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon,

Arizona, and Kansas. Personally, I began my work



in Ohio in August, with the modestaspiration of

speaking in each of the principal towns in every one



of these states. In Michigan I had the invaluable

assistance of Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, of Philadelphia,



and I visited at this time the region of my old home,

greatly changed since the days of my girlhood, and



talked to the old friends and neighbors who had

turned out in force to welcome me. They showed



their further interest in the most satisfactory way,

by carrying the amendment in their part of the



state.

At least four and five speeches a day were expected,



and as usual we traveled in every sort of conveyance,

from freight-cars to eighty horse-power French auto-



mobiles. In Eau Clair, Wisconsin, I spoke at the

races immediately after the passing of a procession



of cattle. At the end of the procession rode a wom-

an in an ox-cart, to represent pioneer days. She



wore a calico gown and a sunbonnet, and drove her

ox-team with genuine skill; and the last touch to



the picture she made was furnished by the presence

of a beautiful biplane which whirred lightly in the



air above her. The obviouscomparison was too

good to ignore, so I told my hearers that their women



to-day were still riding in ox-teams while the men

soared in the air, and that women's work in the



world's service could be properly done only when

they too were allowed to fly.



In Oregon we were joined by Miss Lucy Anthony.

There, at Pendleton, I spoke during the great



``round up,'' holding the meeting at night on the

street, in which thousands of horsemen--cowboys,



Indians, and ranchmen--were riding up and down,

blowing horns, shouting, and singing. It seemed



impossible to interest an audience under such con-

ditions, but evidently the men liked variety, for



when we began to speak they quieted down and

closed around us until we had an audience that filled



the streets in every direction and as far as our voices

could reach. Never have we had more courteous or



enthusiastic listeners than those wild and happy

horsemen. Best of all, they not only cheered our



sentiments, but they followed up their cheers with

their votes. I spoke from an automobile, and when



I had finished one of the cowboys rode close to me

and asked for my New York address. ``You will



hear from me later,'' he said, when he had made a

note of it. In time I received a great linen banner,



on which he had made a superb pen-and-ink sketch

of himself and his horse, and in every corner sketches



of scenes in the different states where women voted,

together with drawings of all the details of cowboy



equipment. Over these were drawn the words:

WOMAN SUFFRAGE--WE ARE ALL FOR IT.



The banner hangs to-day in the National Head-

quarters.



In California Mr. Edwards presented me with the

money to purchase the diamond in Miss Anthony's






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