Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 May 3 (pt. 2)
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Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 May 3 (pt. 2)
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The Filson Historical Society Special Collections
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Mss BJ L894
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an effort was made to elect a 2nd Vice-President of Kentucky Equal Rights Asso. to represent our Asso. in the State Executive Board. Mrs. Avery, and Mrs Johnson were named for that office, but each before nominations declined to serve. The question was postponed until a later day. Miss Clay to be notified to that effect.
An article was read from the Southern Journal on “Woman's Property Rights,” by Mrs. Josephine K. Henry: -After which a motion was made and carried, that we should circulate a petition in behalf of that cause.
The literacy exercises consisted of an original article by Mrs. Johnson, written in answer to a recent lecture in this city by Bishop Vincent.
The writer maintained that anything and everything comes within a woman's sphere which God has given her capacity to do and circumstances seem to require her to do, or seem to point to as the best thing for her to do.
That every human being, man or woman, has the right to choose what he or she shall do; and if they fail, each must go to the wall alike. That there should
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an effort was made to elect a 2nd Vice-President of Kentucky Equal Rights Asso. to represent our Asso. in the State Executive Board. Mrs. Avery, and Mrs Johnson were named for that office, but each before nominations declined to serve. The question was postponed until a later day. Miss Clay to be notified to that effect.
An article was read from the Southern Journal on “Woman's Property Rights,” by Mrs. Josephine K. Henry: -After which a motion was made and carried, that we should circulate a petition in behalf of that cause.
The literacy exercises consisted of an original article by Mrs. Johnson, written in answer to a recent lecture in this city by Bishop Vincent.
The writer maintained that anything and everything comes within a woman's sphere which God has given her capacity to do and circumstances seem to require her to do, or seem to point to as the best thing for her to do.
That every human being, man or woman, has the right to choose what he or she shall do; and if they fail, each must go to the wall alike. That there should
(cont'd on next page)
Citation
Louisville Equal Rights Association, “Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 May 3 (pt. 2),” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 23, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/840.