I have neither husband, father, nor son; I am responsible for my own taxes; am amenable to all the laws of the State; must pay the penalty of my own crimes if I commit any; hence I have the right, according to the principles of our government, to representation, and so long as I am not permitted to vote in person, I have a right to do so by proxy; hence I hire men to vote my principles.'" These two sisters, Mrs.Worden and Mrs.Seward, daughters of Judge Miller, an influential man, were women of culture and remarkable natural intelligence, and interested in all progressive ideas.

They had rare common sense and independence of character, great simplicity of manner, and were wholly indifferent to the little arts of the toilet.
I was often told by fashionable women that they objected to the woman's rights movement because of the publicity of a convention, the immodesty of speaking from a platform, and the trial of seeing one's name in the papers.

Several ladies made such remarks to me one day, as a bevy of us were sitting together in one of the fashionable hotels in Newport.

We were holding a convention there at that time, and some of them had been present at one of the sessions.

"Really," said I, "ladies, you surprise me; our conventions are not as public as the ballroom where I saw you all dancing last night.