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.158 CENTENNIAL EECOEDS. Oh grand old Pilgrim heroes. Oh souls that were tried and true. With aU of our proud possessions We are humbled at thought of you. Men of such might and muscle. Women so brave and strong. Whose faith was fixed as the mountains. Through a night so dark and long. We know of your grim, grave errors. As husbands and as wives; Of the rigid bleak ideas That starved your dafly Uves; Of pent-up, curbed emotions, Of feeUngs crushed, suppressed. That God Avith the heart created In every human breast. We know of that Uttle remnant Of British tyranny. When you hunted Quakers and witehes, And swung them from a tree; Yet back to a holy motive. To Uve in the fear of God, To a purpose high, exalted. To walk where martyrs trod. We can trace your gravest errors. Your aim was fixed and sure; And e'en if your acts were fanatic. We know your hearts were pure. You Uved so near to heaven, You overreached your trust. And deemed yourselves creators. Forgetting you were but dust. But we with our broader visions. With our wider realm of thought, I often think would be better If we Uved as our fathers taught.
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 | 158 |
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 | TP485184 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 23 cm. |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | HV98 W6 W65 1876 |
Full Text | .158 CENTENNIAL EECOEDS. Oh grand old Pilgrim heroes. Oh souls that were tried and true. With aU of our proud possessions We are humbled at thought of you. Men of such might and muscle. Women so brave and strong. Whose faith was fixed as the mountains. Through a night so dark and long. We know of your grim, grave errors. As husbands and as wives; Of the rigid bleak ideas That starved your dafly Uves; Of pent-up, curbed emotions, Of feeUngs crushed, suppressed. That God Avith the heart created In every human breast. We know of that Uttle remnant Of British tyranny. When you hunted Quakers and witehes, And swung them from a tree; Yet back to a holy motive. To Uve in the fear of God, To a purpose high, exalted. To walk where martyrs trod. We can trace your gravest errors. Your aim was fixed and sure; And e'en if your acts were fanatic. We know your hearts were pure. You Uved so near to heaven, You overreached your trust. And deemed yourselves creators. Forgetting you were but dust. But we with our broader visions. With our wider realm of thought, I often think would be better If we Uved as our fathers taught. |
Type | Text |