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CHAPTER III

THE WOMAN'S TRIBUNE

We have already spoken of the founding* of the Woman's Tribune. This fine and interesting paper Mrs. Colby carried on for twenty-five years wholly by her own efforts. It took the prize at the Paris Exposition in 1900 for its neatness and workman-like appearance, and it filled an important place in the history of the cause, being for a time the recognized organ of the National Woman's Suffrage Association of which Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was then president.

In 1888 at the time of the great International Council of Women in Washington, Mrs. Colby published the Woman's Tribune daily during the week of the council, and continued it through the Woman's Suffrage Convention the following week. It is probably the first instance of a daily woman's paper being published by a woman. She managed it with great enterprise and skill, giving every day a full account of the proceedings of the council, and reproducing all the speeches. This was greatly appreciated by all. It was really a wonderful achievement, and marked a great epoch in the development of the suffrage movement.