Some of the men who threw the brickbats were there to make public confession and to apologize for the brutal deed.
In the minds of a few persons of rare intellectual and logical endowment, democracy has always implied the equality of the sexes.

From the time of the French Revolution there have been advocates of this doctrine.

As early as 1820, Frances Wright, a young woman in Scotland having knowledge of the Western republic founded upon the professed principles of liberty and equality, came to America for the express purpose of pleading the cause of equal rights for women.

To the general public her doctrine seemed revolutionary, threatening the very foundations of religion and morality.

In the midst of opposition and persecution she proclaimed views respecting the rights and duties of women which today are generally accepted as axiomatic.
The women who attended the meetings for the organization of the American Anti-Slavery Society were not suffragists, nor had they espoused any special theories respecting the position of women.