NAWSA     GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE     Winsor, Mary

Sat. July 19th 1913 —
Dear Miss Paul: (Mrs Rheta Childe Dorr):
I write in haste with pencil to
tell you we had a very successful
suffrage meeting last evening Fri July
18th on board this ship — "George Washington"
We had some little difficulty in getting it up owing to
indifference or opposition on the part of one of
the officials of the boat but the Captain's
kind permission smoothed away all
obstacles and the meeting [a] was held in the
largest salon, [al] from 3 to 400 persons
[pres] being present. Mr S.S. McClure
late of McClure's Magazine was kind
enough to act as Chairman and made an
excellent address in which he spoke with
sincere feeling of the horrors of the White Slave
Traffic and the necessity of putting the
vote into the hands of women in order to
protect young girls especially working girls
whom he characterized as "most defenseless"

I was the next speaker and related some of my
experiences with [the] [Penn ?] Politics from which
I had emerged an ardent suffragist.
Mr Meyer Lissner of California then
volunteered to speak and based his plea
[on the necessity] on justice to women.
[W] The Collection had to be taken for the benefit
of the sailors' widows & orphans as that is one
of the rules of the boat but I spoke
of the work of the Congressional Committee
urged every one present to sign the
petition (enclosed) and distributed [f] 
subscription blanks for The Suffragist.
[We reached a [??????]]  The audience was
a cosmopolitan one, containing many distinguished
persons.  I think I should mention that
we are greatly assisted in getting [up] the 
meeting by Mr. Frederick W. Taylor of Phila
the expert on business efficiency.
Wishing you all success. I am yours for 
the vote
Mary Windsor
P.S. If you can't print this in the Suffragist, send it
post-haste to the Womans Journal --

June 20" '44

MISS MARY WINSOR
THE WARWICK
LOCUST ST. AT 17TH
PHILADELPHIA, 3, PA.

My dear Mrs Peck:  Thank you so
much for your kind letter of 
June 14" and please tell Mrs
Catt how grateful I am to her
for the information about he 
I. W. S. A. in Spain.
The Versions of my poem amused
me very much and I am glad
you published it.  But here
is the original since you asked
for it.  I composed it in the
Nat. Woman's Party headquarters
and it appeared in several
newspapers, among them,

one of the Hearst papers.
Mr Arthur Brisbane inserted
it in his column, saying
that^ this poem had been composed
by Miss Mary Winsor of
Haverford, Penn s.. "We gladly
publish her sweet words."
You will remember that E. R.
was a determined "Anti," saying
that he would not entrust the
ballot to the feeble hands of
the female members of his
family!"  Dear me!  How
delightful the suffrage campaign
was and what happy times
we had.  Cordially yours,
Pardon bad pen!   Mary Winsor


Mr. Elihu Root on his return from a mission to
Russia was quoted as admiring the Women's Battalion of Death
and wishing that American women would form a similar battalion.

Women now must learn to shoot
And fight the war for Mr. Root.
When we to death shall march away
Mr. Root at home will stay.
When we lie bleeding on the ground
Mr. Root will be safe and sound.
O happy thought!  Let us slay and shoot
To make life safe for Elihu Root!

                              Mary Winsor

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