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and was brought about by the work of Mrs. Margaret Campbell of Iowa—another wonderful woman of pioneer suffrage days.

"With Mrs. Colby conversion meant work and she entered, heart and soul, into the campaign, giving freely of her time, talents and money. She possessed what seemed boundless energy and was intensely active in any work she undertook. However, it was said of her that her home was always well cared for. She was an excellent housekeeper and gave her personal attention to many household details.

"Mother was a guest, with others, in her home in Beatrice during a suffrage convention there, and she said Mrs. Colby was up early in the morning, sweeping porches and helping put things to rights, in the house and out, at the same time being the one chiefly responsible for the success of the convention and doing, in connection with that, the work of several ordinary women.

"She was impatient with what she termed 'the struggle with dirt and for something to eat,' but she entered into the struggle valiantly and came off conqueror, at least as far as her own home was concerned.

" 'Buoyant life' expresses, perhaps, better than anything else the thing she embodied and radiated. She seemed never to tire, but to be always hopeful, happy and 'fit' for the work that needed to be done.