Each female principal and assistant is required to attend the normal school under penalty of loss of position, while male teachers are excused from such attendance.

There are plenty of indignation meetings among us.
In August Miss Anthony planned a meeting at Saratoga and, as on a previous occasion, every speaker failed her, nor could she find among the visitors one who could help her out.

As she was not in the habit of giving up what she undertook, she went through the meeting alone, making the speeches herself.

Her faithful friend Judge Hay[22] came to her rescue with a donation of $20 and she was just able to pay expenses.
The public was not in a mood for woman's conventions.

The presidential campaign was at its height, with three tickets in the field, and the troubles in Kansas were approaching a crisis.