Show r queen isabella at the last monthly meeting of tile womans comans Wo mans suffrage rao ra o association of ogden held beld in the tile fifth ward institute tho tile y following interesting paper was read by 4 kate S II illiard queen isabella born april 1451 nt at madrigal old Oa castile stile spa spain i n castile with BO so staunch a mind that tho the ki knights ecclesiastics and representatives of state held beld themselves with so fL fearless arloss a mind towards their sovereign that no matter how direct his decent lio lie could only reign by their will giving tho the oath of allegiance in these ring ringing ng words through their cortez wo who arc are each of us its as good as you and anti more inore powerful promise obedience to your government if you maintain our rights and liberties not otherwise it iva was 8 of this CIA tile that was born of john the second and isabella of portugal that peerless sovereign with all the royal makings of a queen as ola of a woman elsabe isabella a of castile reared b by her widowed mother in the seclusion ot orthe the little town arevalo Arc valo bho bile was is spared red the lie flattery that is the tile curso curse of P princes in s and screened from the pernicious io U i influence luence nf of a court she sho was taught a strict code of morality and a love and deference tor for religion that her mother knew could alono alone save her from the evil of the times at tho the ago age of 13 she site was recalled to the palace place by her brother where sho she made herself conspicuous by tho tile P purity rat I 1 of I 1 her ter life and tho tile exalted motives ti es vy by which alio was g actuated ett 11 henry e nry proved r 0 unco unworthy 1 of the tile throne a and n was X deposed i loc ed is isabella 1 eyll ws proff proffered erod tile crown even entreated to accept it but she refu refused tied asserting that tt while it ile her ter brother lived no one had a r right to the crown but offered to assist brin him in reforming abuses the tile result of her resolution was an all amnesty henry was restored to the throne lier her succession t to 0 the crown and the settlement usual to the heir apparent secured to lier her by the unanimous ous voice voice of the cortez with this privilege lego that silo marev marry as she desired her ifer choice was her kinsman ferdinand of arragon king of sicily ferdinand at this time wais was yeara years of age isabella a year older sli artly after their marriage henry died and ana isabella was proclaimed queen her iler clear sightedness made lier her keep in lier her own lia fiand n d all the essential rights of sovereignty in her dominion of 16 castile stile assuring ferdinand that it was more nominal than real as their interests could not bo be divided while the tives of the crown would be pro preserved served to their successor even if this were a daughter from first to last ferdinands own plans were filled out by lier her iris wisdom doni and energy at at the alya ti kiino I 1 no columbus was urging liis his claim on the sovereigns spain was plunged in war with the tile moora and they were too deeply engaged in the tile war and too poor to tor pay py much attention to him but isabel las las sympathies were with him and elie she promised him help as soon as it was pose possible ible while she site was the life and soul of the ni war ar against tile moors in which she personally took part wearing armor which is still preserved in 31 madrid adrid she site was opposed to tile cruelty shown to the conquered people c and if she site gave lier her consent to the expulsion of the jews from castile and a reluctant consent to the inquisition it was from a conviction that the safety of the catholic faith demanded tins tills sacrifice of lier her private feelings it was during this war that she site established large tents supplied plied with every possible comfort tor or the wounded who were attended by lier ter own physicians and which were wore called tile queens hospitals this is the first instance on record of alleviating the horrors of war when the alhambra was taken instead of destroying the town and killin killing the tile people as afie the moore amoore did tho tile citi cities es they conquered she silo took it in the name of 01 christ and arid the three principal i i I 1 bosq mosques ties were consecrated as C christian fr churches these acts and many others prove her to have been merciful and arid t tender ender it was true of tier her that her em empire re W was s it in tile hearts of lier her people ile she lia biad d endeared herself lier to them by lier her worn womanly anly sympathy but when they saw her d directing national coun counsels sOls sharing i fatigue and danger their d devotion evodio n was more than loyalty it was min mingled led with a chivalrous veneration that woman alone ills inspires into this womans comans life columbus came we know the rest liow how bile pawned lier her jewels and gave every encouragement coura gement althou it opposed b by ferdinand who with the majority looked on columbus scheme as ft a vagary of a navigators imagination her ifer religious enthusiasm in the prospect of bringing the unknown nation into the light of christianity was dampened by lier her confessor but lier her instinctive conviction that had been in lier her mind from her first interview with columbus reas reassert sert oi ol itself and as is queen of castile alone she site promised and gave him hin aid as far as she silo could and received rece received ivea him as an equal on his ills return wo know lier her sorrow when lie was imprisoned by liis his enemies on an order purporting to come from front herself and arid ferdinand and how lie was released when it was made known to her her ifer name lias has always been connected with columbus and yet in this columbian m year how seldom wo we hear 01 her all the honor and glory for him arid and none to the woman who made it possible to carry earry out his plans it Is hardly just mst so thought a band of clever women in chicago alio when tile worlds fair was proposed as a tribute to the memory of columbus resolved that the tile wamen women of the world should lionor isabella so they formed an all association known as the queen isabella association cia tion with tile avowed purpose of erecting a it statue in tile city in which the fair was to bo be held of queen isabella and building a pavilion to bo be as an inter international natio r ial club house and arid assembly hall for women at tile time of the fair to bo be known as the queen isabella pavilion thecia aliey la have met with BO much success that harriet brict Il hosmer osmer the american sculptress is is now at work on oil tile statue to be unveiled at the tile opening of the fair and the building will be completed at that time tito association asked for space on the grounds but tor for some reason were refused but nothing daunted they secured grou ground 11 blust just outside tile fair grounds and those 0 of us who go to chic chicago a go next year ir will see liow how of america amen ca itai have 0 honored lio queen isabella |