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370 & 3. See notes above at c. 4 March 1899. The committee named at the general convention of 1898 to rewrite rules of marriage and divorce in the Protestant Episcopal church issued its report on 14 November 1900. It proposed to prohibit marriage in the church to divorced persons and bar remarried persons from the sacraments. (New York Times, 15 November 1900; Journal of the Bishops Clergy and Laity Assembled in General Convention in the City of San Francisco on the First Wednesday in October A.D. 1901 [N.p., 1902], 568–70.) 4. 1 Cor. 14:34–35, Eph. 5:22–23, 1 Tim. 2:11–13, and 1 Cor. 11:8–9. 5. On the quotations from Canon Kingsley and Lord Brougham, see notes above at 14 February 1898. ••••••••• 169 • SBA to Carrie Chapman Catt Rochester, N.Y., Dec. 28, 1900 Dear Mrs Catt Yours of 26th is here this a.m. I do not nknowp what to say about Dr Wood— 1 The trip you lay out for her seems good on paper—but when you remember she is not known—that no one who is not know can draw an audience in small—back-wood towns no larger than in the most cultivated parts—it look like paying money out of whole cloth—and getting very little for it! I don’t know but you know alive women in Arkansaw & Tenessee—but I think Miss nCuninghamp 2 the President of Arkansaw— will do just nothing to get up an audience— Mrs Meriwet[her] 3 is just the same—but Mrs Selden 4 is the pres. in Tenessee now—may be she will do something— I should feel it a great deal better to keep the woman pegging away in Iowa—even it was wholly out of pocket— I believe in working where there is hope—of getting an amendment!! $75— a month—above travelling expenses—is pay for a first class woman—one who is known—and she should be put under a good manager who would arrange meetings for her—open the way—so that her time would not be wasted. in Where is Miss Hay to be? 5 Couldn’t she make a successful tour in Iowa— It doesn’t matter whether they hold the nConstitutionalp Convention or not—they want an amendment submitted —so in either case they want to keep the state alive—& that can be done only by holding meetings at every available point—and at every county seat— 6 To withdraw help from Iowa—to work in a wholly new field—is a poor policy—so it seems to me— But, now, that you have sent Dr Wood to 29 november 1900 ^ 371 Iowa Oklahoma—I should let her work there till it was of no use—& then work her way back to Iowa—stopping at one or two places in Arkansaw & Tenesee—& give Miss Clay as much as she will give her person[al] attention to— It is of no use to send a woman alone to work her way—as we used to do—when w[e] didn’t expect anything from the meetings—above just the expenses!! To pay $75. over and above expenses—we cannot afford it—except in rare cases when we have meetings planned & worked up beforehand— As I have said before, Miss Hay knowing the ground so well could arrange meetings through Iowa—beginning with a County Convention—or first she go to one place—& Dr Wood to another—& then come together in a county Convention—first stir up a county—in nwithp separate meetings—then focus them in at the county— Could not some of the Iowa women join in this work—then three or four meetings—according to the number of speakers could be held—and so a good & thorough work done!! [struck out, through first question mark] There are all nthirty ofp the state Legislatures— Should we not do something—to get some expression from them? nWhat your plan? Was it to get them to pass a resolution [sideways in margin to end of question] favoring a 16th amend[ment]p I want to begin something National in character—and let the states manage their own little affairs—like organizing— they have come to depend on the national society to do their organizing work— We should stop it—and make them feel that they must earn the gift of help—by doing so much nforp themselves first— I wouldn’t go into a state that hadn...

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