To those noble and courageous women of England and America who are trying to demonstrate to the world that Civilization cannot reach the supreme heights of progress without giving freedom to the mental, spiritual and physical energies of women, and that government will always lack a vital element in its functions, so long as women are deprived of equal participation in its operations - THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - But life shall on and upward go; Th' eternal step of Progress beats To that great anthem, calm and slow, Which God repeats. - Whittier. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
