charismaticda's nature in speaking about the andts of native americans, indian nation elected her a member of their nation. it was certainly an honor for matilda to be honored by the mohawk nation. but now they had an outspoken leader for their interest in maintaining their own sovereignty. we call this the women's rights room in honor of what matilda worked for so passionately her whole life. one of her passage was editing her newspaper -- one of her passions was editing her newspaper. we have a copy from 1878. this is of interest because this is where we see her editorial on native americans and what she called indian citizenship. she spoke out in favor of native american sovereignty. when we think about that great celebration in philadelphia to mark the 100th anniversary of our declaration of independence, we find out that matilda and many other of her friends and peers in the fight for women's economy -- equality petitions the u.s. government. they actually wrote several articles of impeachment of the u.s. government for items such as "no taxation without representation." women could w