CALL FOR A MEETING OF THE LOYAL WOMEN OF THE NATION
In this crisis of our Country’s destiny, it is the duty of every citizen to consider the peculiar blessings of a republican form of government, and decide what sacrifices of life and wealth are demanded for its defense and preservation.
The policy of the war, our whole future life, depends on a universal, clearly defined idea of the end proposed, and the immense advantage to be secured to ourselves and all mankind, by its accomplishment…………We have heard many complaints of the lack of enthusiasm among Northern women; but, when a mother lays her son on the altar of her country, she asks an object equal to the sacrifice. ………Work is worship only when a noble purpose fills the soul…………To this end, we ask the loyal Women of the Nation to meet in New York, on Thursday the 14th of May next. Let the \Women of the every State be largely represented, both by person and by letter……….ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
(Liberator, April 17, 1863, pg 3)
