"Article 6th. I give and bequeath to Wendell Phillips of said Boston, Lucy Stone, formerly of Brookfield, Mass., now the wife of Henry Blackwell of New York, and Susan B. Anthony of Rochester, N.Y., their successors and assigns, five thousand dollars, not for their own use, but in trust, nevertheless, to be expended by them, without any responsibility to any one, at their discretion, in such sums, at such times, and in such places, as they may deem fit, to secure the passage of laws granting women, whether married or unmarried, the right to vote; to hold office; to hold, manage, and devise property; and all other civil rights enjoyed by men; and for the preparation and circulation of books, the delivery of lectures, and such other means as they may judge best. |
Susan B. Anthony
Horace
Gray's Opinion:
'It is
quite clear that the bequest in trust to be expended "to secure the
passage of laws granting women, whether married or unmarried, the right
to vote, to hold office, to hold, manage and devise property, and all
other civil rights enjoyed by men," cannot be sustained as a charity. |