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Martha Anneke Lanne

Alhambra, Calif. March 14, 1930.

Why Mathilde Fransiska Anneke should be nominated
for the National Roll of Honor,

Because she stood up for Woman's Rights at an early
age, when it took courage, capability and insight to do so
and very few woman had any progressive ideas. Her work,
starting in her home Westphalia, Germany, where she published
a paper in behalf of Woman's Rights in 1847, continued in our
United States after coming over with her husband as fugitives
in 1849, again published a Woman's Rights paper, spoke at
conventions, for instance at Broadway Tabernacle, a conven-
(handing writing on the lfe says "Veronique and")
tion of historic value, September 1853 when women were in-
sulted by mobs and protected by Wendell Phillips. Here she
was also nominated as Vice President (Lucretia Mott, President)
together with the best women and men of the time. (See
"History of Women Suffrage" by Stanton, Anthony, Gage). Took
part in conventions at New York City, Washington D.C.
(where she spoke in English, with some foreign accent to
be sure, but yet compared in her earnestness of feeling and
rendition of speech to the great Louis Kossuth) Milwaukee,
etc. became an esteemed and intimate friend of our best
forerunners in the cause Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Wendell Phillips, W. Lloyd Carrison,
Gerrit Smith and others. Went as delegate to conventions
numerous times.

On the 4th of June 1904 in her opening address of the
International Congress in Berlin for Woman's Rights, Susan
B. Anthony spoke of "a courageous Westphalian woman, who
had fought as a faithful co-worker, year after year, side
by side with her for the achievement of Woman's Rights, and
whose work doubtless we have to thank for what had been
gained in America in this direction. This woman's name
was Mathilde Fransiska Anneke."

Born in 1817 in Westphalia, Germany, died in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, 1884, where she conducted a school for young girls
for eighteen years until one year before her death. Many
scholars in different parts of our globe still live, honor-
ing her memory and loving her for the good she instilled into
them and help make their lives beautiful and happy.