I urged him to propose an amendment to Article II, Section 3, of the State Constitution, striking out the word "male," which limits the suffrage to men.

But, while he fully agreed with all I had to say on the political equality of women, he had not the courage to make himself the laughing-stock of the convention.

Whenever I cornered him on this point, manlike he turned the conversation to the painters and carpenters.

However, these conversations had the effect of bringing him into the first woman's convention, where he did us good service.
In Seneca Falls my life was comparatively solitary, and the change from Boston was somewhat depressing.

There, all my immediate friends were reformers, I had near neighbors, a new home with all the modern conveniences, and well-trained servants.