Show Forget Self in A Great Grea Cause Br Dr DALE D LE CARNEGIE In 1828 a 8 school teacher In New York read of a convention that was to be beheld beheld held at Seneca Falls FaUs New York She resolved to attend the con con- The convention con had bad to todo todo do with a shocking shacking subject the right of women to vote The country school teacher was was stirred by the speeches of 01 the great orators of the day day day- both men and Women She wish wish- wished wished ed intensely that she could do something for women's rights When the convention was over she went up to the chairwoman and said I believe deeply and earnestly in what you said Com mand mend me Ill I'll do anything I can for the cause All right said the woman go out and make speeches This young country school schoolteacher schoolteacher teacher was Susan B Anthony But when she was told to go out and make speeches she was terrified She was wa shy she had never spoken in public Ill do anything else she said I cant can't make speeches But that is what we need most of all said the chair woman Susan B Anthony went home and thought it over She had a 8 cause something she he believed in But she could not get up on her feet and talk Finally she made herself do exactly that But it took two years before she was bold enough to make the plunge She went to a teachers meeting and when the opportunity came bounced d up on her feet fe t and told tolo told the chairman she wanted to tomake make a speech He stared d at her herin in aS astonishment i if f Was the woman mad Women did not make speeches in public at at teachers meeting The chairman threw the ques ques- question ques- ques question tion open to discussion and end It took Just 40 minutes for the matter to be decided Hot de de- debates bates between those for and those against Finally it was decided de de- de decIded that Susan B Anthony could c uld speak Now when the very moment came and all aU eyes were on her ber she got to her feet feet stammered stuttered started to sit elt down Then the she thought about how Important imp the sub sub- subJect was that she wanted mouth to talk end about opened her mouth and andl l l Words began to flow now out of it it When she sat down she was actually applauded Well that woman became the most famous woman speaker s aker in inthe inthe the United States She became so famous she went to and made speeches there Queen Victoria Invited her hei to have tea wIth her Susan B Anthony spoke for 58 years in all aU the longest speaking peaking career for a personal persona caused cause anyone ii h 11 this country has bas ever had bad r She overcame ber of peaking In hi public because she thought ought about the greatness of her cause completely forgot herself She had something im tin to say and she waded Into Into it and said said id it magnificently magnil |