Show woi WOMANS MANS WOMEN SHOWING HONOR TO THE PILGRIM MOTHERS taking to a useful irad fad A ww homana collese C alexe settlement Sett lenient nights eights of working W or kiz wo women ten Tennes sees wo woman atty attorney work tu in new kew orleans for some time it has been a favorite idea with many of us to have a celebration at which the deeds of the tha pioneer women of new england should be vaunted as the deeds of the pioneer meu men of new england have been set forth by the two great societies of new york arid and brooklyn for years the sons of the pilgrims have gathered to do honor to their forefathers it is ia high time that the daughters of the pilgrims should rather gather to do honor to the foremother fore mothe rs at these masculine feasts it has been the custom for men to assemble at great tables eating of good things drinking wine and then later making speeches in which they eulogized the achievements of their auces ancestors tors never a word of the ance stresses never a hint of what women suffered never a note of gratitude for their aid nor of tenderness for foi their memory sometimes the wives and daughters of the men present have been permitted to look on at the tha dinner sitting hungry and silent in a gallery while the men enjoyed the good things on the tables and then waxed eloquent in praise of their sex but never has a woman had an equal share in tho the entertainment tain ment now the tha time has come when we propose to do honor to the pilgrim mothers we intend to spread our feast and whence when we have partaken partaker par taken of it ov over er our tea or coffee we will have speeches in in eulogy of the great deeds of the pioneer women of the land among those to make addresses are mrs elizabeth cady stanton mrs isabella beecher hooker hoo ker rev anna H shaw mrs charlotte emerson E marsou brown mrs carrie carria lane chapman mrs jennio jennie M lozier and mrs mary A chapman it may be asked why we havo have our d dinner in on dec 23 instead of on the the usually accepted day of the landing 0 of f the pilgrims for the very ex excellent cellen t reason that the landing was not made until the the journal of william bradford who came out on the mayflower and was afterward the famous governor of massachusetts recount with particularity the events of each d day aa on the there was a recon noi A party went ashore from the mayflower in a small boat but ra returned to the ship the was stormy the wave tossed vessel lay off shore and the only event of importance mentioned is that a woman on the tha ship chip was delivered of a son dead born bom the real land landing iril that is the going ashore of many persons some of whom remained was made on the the day of the landing has long been in dispute 1113 b between Z twe en the different societies th the brooklyn society celebrates the as being the first day of going ashore while the new york society has long held its festival on the a day memorable as we have seen only for the an anguish aguish of tho womac new 2 ork cor comans womans Wo mans journal |