Randolph Central School - Hilltop Yearbook (Randolph, NY)

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time. Her writing gave her a new interest in life. Later she married William Jackson and moved to Colorado. Her sympathy went out to the Indians because of the way the settlers treated them. She wrote Century of Dishonor and 'Romona which was considered her greatest work. Her sympathetic work with and for the Indians helped them to secure some of their rights. Mary Lyon was born in Massachusetts in 1797. The family was poor and it was a hard struggle to make a living on the farm after her father died. Mary was very ambitious and eager to learn. She would teach school and earn money to continue her education. At thirty-five Mary Lyon began the struggle to build an inexpensive woman's college. At this time people did not believe in higher education for women. But Mary Lyon would not be defeated. She went from house to house to collect money for her purpose. Thus it was that Mount Holyoke College. the first woman's college had its successful beginning. The value of Mary Lyon's influence over thousands of young women under her guidance could hardly be estimated. Clara Barton another New England girl began her career as a teacher at the age of fifteen She taught for years and only resigned when she lost her voice She could not bear to be idle and her slogan was Living is doing She was ln Washington vshen the Civil War broke out and dld all she could to help care for the sick and wounded She was in charge of an army wagon Clara Barton observed the good that the Red Cross dld in other countries she wished to establish one in the United States This was the beginning of the Red Cross vshose work is so important in war floods fires earthquakes epidemics and othex disasters Clara Barton spent many years in Red Cross service She died at the age of ninety with a llfe full of good deeds and service of others to her credit Anna Howard Shaws life was filled with the hardships of the pioneers She struggled to get an education and after teaching school for several years became a preacher Her family disapproved of this ambition However she persevered and preached for many years She also studied medlclne to enable her to give more help to the poor people of the Boston slums Later she met Susan B Anthony and became a great worker for womans suffrage Martha Van Rensselaer was born in Randolph New York and received hex education at Chamberlain Institute and Cornell University She taught ln many public schools was school commissioner at Cattaraugus County schools at one time She taught Home Economics at Cornell and became head of this department Miss Van Rensselaer worked for free education and also for womans suffrage Miss Canon and Flora Rose cooperated with her in this work Her lnfluence and practical ideas have added greatly to the usefulness of this course ln Home Economics Frances E Willard was born ln Churchville New York ln 1839 She became the secretary to the Womans Christian Temperance Union in 1874 and latex became president This office she held until her death In 1883 she founded the Worlds Clrlstian Temperance Union Miss Willard was also a worker for womans suffrage because this would permit women to vote against the liquor trade Jane Adams was brought up very strictly by a Quaker father She g ew up to have a strong sympathy for people lr poverty In 1888 Miss Adams established Hull House ln Chicago Illinois Her friends Ellen Gates Starr and Miss Julia Lathrop worked with her They began by teaching different kinds of hand work which had no place ln public schools Classes in woodwork basketry sewing and weaving were established Boys and girls clubs were formed and plenty of books and magazines were furnished them There were large dormitories where working girls could live at a low cost One of the new buildings added t Hull House was a gymnasium where swimming basket ball and dancing could be enjoyed Miss Adams once said Dont forget what Lincoln said God must love the common people he made so many of them Jane Adams won her influence with people by working with them Her life gives meaning to the saying that Labor is the In spite of the short time women have had the privilege of choosing a career in any field of work they are winning a place for themselves in every walk of life No longer is the mere fact of being a girl an obstacle to her choosing to become a lawyer a. doctor a preacher or even a politician We already have women senators representatives and governors No woman has yet became President of the United States When we review what these women have accomplished would you say that it is impossible' A -W,-,gg www 2- Win 3 .. 'asses-Q. , . . . ' . H . . . . ,, , ' I D . I I l 1 7 . ' ' , . . . . . , , . . , 1 . . . F.. I . . I , . A ' . . , - , . . . I I is . 1 I . ' . . ' . . 0 house that love lives in. , V 1 V l ' ' , . -I. . '36 . . , J.. 5 , V ..q,,.,-5. 3-:st Y, 4. 11,27 s. gg-kigslgjvz 1. .rf.jQ -- if g. -:.:- ,., QJQQAL- --,ha ,':::.il':'5 'f 5 A, -Wf51f75f'?:' , s M' '. ' ' ' f A' '

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follow hrm Dorng so I was led mto an elaborately furnished room hung wrtn rlch tapestry and wrth rrch thrck orlental rugs on the floor In a far corner I saw an Amerrcanrzed Chmaman srttlng at a desk I knew hrm to be Wee Tu Wee Tu seemed very polite and requested me rn hrs srng song way to accompany htm to the basement where he mformed me hrs men were employmg their varrous death tortures on their hated enemres Tooey on Youeys henchmen He sald that we were just on trme to see a specral torture whrch he had devlsed for Tooey on Youey who had been already captured I followed Wee Tu to the basement where a horrrble srght met my eyes There were prles of dead Chmamen who had already weakened under the dreadful tortures Jf Wee Tus men and srnce they ceased to scream were put to death lmmedrately and a new vrctrm was taken from the ranks of the unfortunate Chmamen When Wee Tu and I arrived the tcrturrng ceased and Wee Tu addressed the assembly He announced that hrs dear frlend Tooey on Youey who took such DICK e re of hrs wrfe whlle he was working hrs head off smugglrng oplum mto the states was about to recelve hrs reward Wrth thrs two huge negroes appeared wrth Tooey on Youey between them Tooey was tred by hls toes and thumbs to ropes suspended from the cetlmg Whrle he hung thus o1l was poured over hr naked body and he was pulled mto the a1r A frre was klndled m a plt below htm and soon he hung hugh above the flammg furnace Untrl thrs trme Tooey on Youey had acted very calm and collected but t seelng hrs fate he let out a terrrble scream and trred desperately to free hlmselt but to no avarl He was lowered slowly to the furnace and as 1t began to become hotter he screamed louder and the tormentors laughed and taunted hlm evrdently tnyoyrng It rmmensely Seerng so srckenrng a slght I began to feel drzzy and fell to the floor wlth a crash I recovered from my shock shook my head and looked about me was surprrsed to fmd that I was rn my own apartment rn Hong Kong I heard nolse from wrthout and threw back my bamboo shutter and gazed upon a srght much llke the one ln my dream except there was no Amerrcan grrl 1n the center of the blood thrrsty mass and the blood thrrsty mass was nothrng more than several Chxnese laundrymen arguing among themselves S amen gfefp ke gftsforq VVomen have much less opportunity to achrexe success rn the world than hav: rr-en Why Because all the rulers of the game were made by the men and for the men Womans place rs rn the home sald the lords of Creatlon whrch ruled her very defmrtely out of every other freld Because the teacher had a part ln the cducatnon of chrldren thus was the frrst ard for many years the only plac ln which woman dared to venture Perhaps this lS the reason why so many of our foremost women reformers authors and soclal workers have been at some tme rn their lrves teachers rn our QCIIOOIQ and colleges And yet wrth all the chances agarnst them even attemptmg a career outsrde the home there havf been many outstanding wom n who have contrrbuted then share rn the maklng rf history Harrret Beecher Stowe was New England born daughter of Lyman Beecher 1 mmrster of the gospel Later the famrly moved to Ohlo where her father taught ln a senrnary Here Harrlet Beecher heard many a heated argument for and agams lavery At thus time the Fugrtrve Slave Law permrtted southern planters to hunt down and return to slavery the r unfortunate colored people Thxs aroused Harrlets frerce antagonrsm She marrred Professor Stowe and returned to lNew England Harrret was '1 busy housewrfe mother schooltearher and wrote articles for papers nd magazmes Her deep feelmg agaxnst slavery msprred her to wrxte her greatest novel Uncle Toms Cabrn Thr book swept the country w1th enthusrasm makmg, rts author famous at home and abroad The hatred of slavery whrch the book caused made the C1Vll War mevrtable lNo one book IH our hrstory ever made as widespread a change rn the natron as Uncle Toms Cabrn by Harriet Beecher Stowe Helen Hunt Jackson was another daughter of New England Orphaned at an early age she was sent to a school 1n New York Marrled at twenty one to an army offlcer her home llfe was rdeally hapoy Then wrthm two years she lost both her husband and her lrttle son Her flrst poem Lrfted Over appeared at thrs . . , . . , - - . K , 4. . . V 1 . - - ' . .LL .' , , . ' . ' S I . . v . , . I I ' . . ' ' , ' , lt v - - -1 - - - ' - v ' ' '. ' . . , . ., , . . . , A t A I L- .. ' A. . , - . . . . . X 4 t 1 . Q W v. . I L . , Y i . ' 1 . Z S . . ' - V ' . . ' . ' .4 . . . t i ' s - . ' ' . . A , . , ' ' . ' Y v v I B. Y F, ' Y 4 I . ' . Zi. :I . - 5. V v S s., H .1 . .. . Q Y . . . . - iv . ' I . . . . D , . , ' V . . . H V . .- . , v , , - . . . ' . . v Q - ' . ' N .4 - -v . - t , -

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