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r CENTENNIAL EECOEDS. 105 MES. THOEP S AVOEDS OF ACCEPTANCE. "Women of Beloit: — AUow me to congratulate you upon the success Avith which the centennial enterprise is meeting, as organized and sustained by you. You are tiie first to receive the official recognition of the Women's State Centennial Exec¬ utive Committee of Wisconsin. You have organized the first centennial club out¬ side the capital city, thus endorsing and setting the seal of your approval upon this agreeable social feature of our work, which is distinctively Wisconsin in its origin. The prestige of your sanction wUl go far toward securing a state adoption, as weU as the national approval. I would also congratulate you that you have the honor to be represented by an able and efficient chairman, whose generous and discreet enthusiasm in this as in every cause whose interests she espouses, is sympathetically contagious. The women of the state committee are proud to know and to afliUate ^vith such women as have here represented tliemseh'es. It seems to me a matter of general congratulation that the women of Wisconsin may join hands and unite hearts in the labors preparatory to our grand centennial jubflee, from which we shall come forth better equipped for Ufe's duties and destiines. We have reason to expect that the coming generation wUl open up new fields of labor and accompUshment for women; fields in which the barriers of ignorance and prejudice shall have been swept away by the incoming tide of a liigher civfli- zation. Upon its bosom tvoman shall be more graciously and tenderly borne to her appointed place. Problems in her Ufe and experience inexpUcable, from her present standpoint, avUI there come to the Ught of a more intelUgent solution. We have to wateh and to wait, while we also work. Our statesmen did not pilan to Uberate the slave when our men went forth to the battle field. Yielding to the fearful necessities of a war which God permitted, that He might open an avenue of escape to the oppressed and grant absolution to the oppressor, they did not even discern the finger of destiny pointing Avith unerring certainty to this great national culnnnation. They saw only, as they were forced step by step to higher levels, the Ught winch freedom was faintly shedding from the distant horizon of peace. As women we see and feel, just what, Ave know not. We think we dimly discern the daAvning Ught of a better day for our chfldren and our chUdren's children, and we lay hold upon the inA'isible with a faith commensurate Avith our love and desire for them. We haU this golden opportunity; we Usten to the voice of tins united appeal with quickened sensibflities, expecting from its results a guaranty for the futm-e of womanhood. We honor ourselves, our famflies and our posterity, in honoring the centennial anniversary of our beloA'ed country. We cannot labor inspired by its sentiments, Avithout being the better and the happier for it, We
Object Description
Page Title | Centennial records of the women of Wisconsin |
Author | Butler, Anna B. (Anna Bates), d.1892; Bascom, Emma C. (Emma Curtiss), 1828- ; Kerr, Katharine F. (Katharine Fuller Brown), d. 1890 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | Atwood and Culver |
Source Creation Date | 1876 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Digital Identifier | TP485000 |
Description | As the 100th anniversary of the American Revolution approached, a U. S. Centennial Commission was organized with one representative from each state and territory to plan a celebration. The result was the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, held in Philadelphia. Women in each state, as well as men, were invited to contribute, and this book records one way that Wisconsin women participated. The volume, edited by Anna B. Butler, Emma C. Bascom, and Katharine F. Kerr, describes the charitable and philanthropic work done over the previous 50 years by Wisconsin women, including articles on the early history of the Wisconsin Institution for Blind in Janesville, Milwaukee College, the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Madison, and many other social service institutions. It also describes how women across the state celebrated the centennial of the Declaration of Independence and the beginning of the new country. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Centennial Records of the Women of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.: Atwood and Culver, 1876). Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1696 |
Document Number | TP485 |
Size | viii, 223 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1696 |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | HV98 W6 W65 1876 |
County | Brown County; Dane County; Grant County; Milwaukee County; Outagamie County; Racine County; Rock County; Walworth County; Winnebago County; |
City | Green Bay; Madison; Sinsinawa; Milwaukee; Appleton; Racine; Beloit; Janesville; Milton; Delavan; Lake Geneva; Oshkosh; |
State/Province | Wisconsin |
Gender | female; |
Sub-Topic | The Founding of Social Institutions; The Women's Suffrage Movement; |
Event Date | 1876 |
Event Years | 1876 |
Recreation | Associations, institutions, etc.; Organizations; |
Service Industries | Public welfare; |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | 105 |
Author | Butler, Anna B. (Anna Bates), d.1892; Bascom, Emma C. (Emma Curtiss), 1828- ; Kerr, Katharine F. (Katharine Fuller Brown), d. 1890 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | Atwood and Culver |
Source Creation Date | 1876 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Digital Identifier | TP485131 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 23 cm. |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | HV98 W6 W65 1876 |
Full Text | r CENTENNIAL EECOEDS. 105 MES. THOEP S AVOEDS OF ACCEPTANCE. "Women of Beloit: — AUow me to congratulate you upon the success Avith which the centennial enterprise is meeting, as organized and sustained by you. You are tiie first to receive the official recognition of the Women's State Centennial Exec¬ utive Committee of Wisconsin. You have organized the first centennial club out¬ side the capital city, thus endorsing and setting the seal of your approval upon this agreeable social feature of our work, which is distinctively Wisconsin in its origin. The prestige of your sanction wUl go far toward securing a state adoption, as weU as the national approval. I would also congratulate you that you have the honor to be represented by an able and efficient chairman, whose generous and discreet enthusiasm in this as in every cause whose interests she espouses, is sympathetically contagious. The women of the state committee are proud to know and to afliUate ^vith such women as have here represented tliemseh'es. It seems to me a matter of general congratulation that the women of Wisconsin may join hands and unite hearts in the labors preparatory to our grand centennial jubflee, from which we shall come forth better equipped for Ufe's duties and destiines. We have reason to expect that the coming generation wUl open up new fields of labor and accompUshment for women; fields in which the barriers of ignorance and prejudice shall have been swept away by the incoming tide of a liigher civfli- zation. Upon its bosom tvoman shall be more graciously and tenderly borne to her appointed place. Problems in her Ufe and experience inexpUcable, from her present standpoint, avUI there come to the Ught of a more intelUgent solution. We have to wateh and to wait, while we also work. Our statesmen did not pilan to Uberate the slave when our men went forth to the battle field. Yielding to the fearful necessities of a war which God permitted, that He might open an avenue of escape to the oppressed and grant absolution to the oppressor, they did not even discern the finger of destiny pointing Avith unerring certainty to this great national culnnnation. They saw only, as they were forced step by step to higher levels, the Ught winch freedom was faintly shedding from the distant horizon of peace. As women we see and feel, just what, Ave know not. We think we dimly discern the daAvning Ught of a better day for our chfldren and our chUdren's children, and we lay hold upon the inA'isible with a faith commensurate Avith our love and desire for them. We haU this golden opportunity; we Usten to the voice of tins united appeal with quickened sensibflities, expecting from its results a guaranty for the futm-e of womanhood. We honor ourselves, our famflies and our posterity, in honoring the centennial anniversary of our beloA'ed country. We cannot labor inspired by its sentiments, Avithout being the better and the happier for it, We |
Type | Text |