▁for ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁d rain ▁on ▁resources ▁that ▁were ▁needed ▁elsewhere . ▁ ▁Women ' s ▁rights ▁activ ists ▁generally ▁had ▁been ▁strong ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁the ▁abol ition ist ▁movement ▁and ▁had ▁also ▁dep ended ▁heavily ▁on ▁its ▁resources . ▁ ▁Those ▁who ▁dist anced ▁themselves ▁from ▁abol ition ist ▁and ▁Republican ▁leadership ▁during ▁this ▁period , ▁however , ▁found ▁themselves ▁increasing ly ▁cut ▁off ▁from ▁abol ition ist ▁resources ▁and ▁sometimes ▁the ▁target ▁of ▁out right ▁host ility ▁from ▁Republic ans . ▁St anton , ▁Anthony ▁and ▁their ▁al lies ▁felt ▁bet rayed ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁critic ize ▁the ▁Republican ▁Party ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁abol ition ist ▁leadership . ▁Olymp ia ▁Brown , ▁an ▁al ly ▁who ▁played ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁NE WS A ' s ▁creation , ▁critic ized ▁abol ition ist ▁leaders ▁by ▁name ▁and ▁said , ▁" We ▁must ▁look ▁for ▁our ▁support ▁to ▁new ▁men ". ▁St anton ▁and ▁Anthony ▁greatly ▁infl amed ▁feelings ▁by ▁accepting ▁help ▁from ▁George ▁Francis ▁Train , ▁a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁women ' s ▁rights ▁who ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁wealth y ▁Dem ocrat ▁and ▁an ▁out sp oken ▁rac ist . ▁Other ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁activ ists , ▁however , ▁continued ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁abol ition ist ▁leadership ▁and ▁the ▁Republican ▁Party ▁to ▁varying ▁degrees . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Pl anning ▁committee ▁▁ ▁Olymp ia ▁Brown , ▁who ▁had ▁recently ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁ord ained ▁woman ▁minister s , ▁initi ated ▁the ▁proposal