NAWSA Subject File Congressional Union National Woman's Party National Woman's Party New Jersey Branch 709 Union Building Newark, N. J. Telephone Market 3117 National Executive Committee Chairman: Miss Alice Paul, N. J. Vice Chairman: Miss Anne Martin, Nev. Secretary: Miss Mabel Vernon, Nev. Treasurer: Miss Gertrude Crocker, Ill. Miss Gilson Gardner, D. C. Miss Lucy Burns, N. Y. Mrs. William Kent, Cal. Miss Doris Stevens, Neb. Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Del. Mrs. J. A. H. Hopkins, N. J. Mrs. Donald R Hooker, Md. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Pa. Mrs. John Winters Brannan, N. Y. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, N. Y. Miss Maud Younger, Cal. Chairman: Mrs. J. A. H. Hopkins, Morristown. Vice-Chairmen: Miss Julia S Hurlbut, Morristown. Mrs. William B. Boulton, Convent. Mrs. Frank A. Pattison, Colonia. Secretary: Mrs. Robert P. Finley, Merchantville. Treasurer: Mrs. R. M. Laird, Newark. Suffragist Chairman: Mrs. Abram J. Rose, Short Hills. OBJECT: To secure the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States. SEC. 1 The right of Citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. SEC. 2 Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of this article. National Headquarters Lafayette Square Washington, D. C. Mrs. F. W. Veghte, Roselle, N. J. April 23, 1917. Dear Madam:- At the Conventions of the National Woman's Party, and the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, held in Washington on March 1st, 1917, it was voted to merge the two organizations under the name of the "The National Woman's Party". Under this title, we feel we shall do even more effective work, and avoid much confusion. The aim remans the same: To secure the National Enfranchisement of Women. Our first duty is to raise a large fund to continue the work for the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. You realize, of course, that the entrance of our country into the Great War, will greatly affect our finances. Therefore, every true supporter of the Woman's Party, must feel an added obligation to give, and to raise, every penny she can AT ONCE. Never have the prospects been so bright. For the first time a woman is sitting in the House of Representatives, and has introduced our Amendment. This action has also been taken by a number of other Congressmen. Many members of the House have told us of their desire to see this bill pass. Four Senators have introduced the Amendment in the Senate, where it is now in the hands of the Senate Suffrage Committee. Now that our country is at War, men are beginning to realize as never before, the importance of recognizing women politically. At the Convention held by the Progressive Party in St. Louis last week, not only was an important suffrage plank incorporated in their platform, but a Committee was appointed to wait on the President, and urge immediate passage of the Amendment as a War measure. Russia and England are pointing the way toward the freedom of Women! Let not the United States be the last to take this great step towards a true Democracy! EVERY PENNY COUNTS! GIVE TODAY, AND GIVE OFTEN! Very truly yours, Allison Turnbull Hopkins New Jersey Chairman. [*File with C.U. data*] WRITE OR WIRE TODAY! To Chairmen of Senate Suffrage Committee and House Judiciary Committee, to the two United States Senators from New Jersey, and to the member of Congress from your own district urging each of them to vote for the Woman Suffrage Amendment now pending before the Senate and before the House of Representatives. TEXT OF THE FEDERAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of Sex." FORM OF LETTER "Dear Sir: As one of your constituents I write to urge you to vote for the Woman Suffrage Amendment, and I request that you not only vote for it but work for its immediate passage as a WAR MEASURE." Vary this form and give your own reasons for desiring them to vote for equal suffrage. Address Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. SENATOR A. A. JONES, (Chairman Senate Suffrage Committee) SENATOR JOSEPH S. FRELINGHUYSEN, R. SENATOR WILLIAM HUGHES, D. Address Representatives: House Office Building, Washington, D. C. REPRESENTATIVE EDWIN Y. WEBB, (Chairman Judiciary Committee) New Jersey Representatives: (These have expressed themselves as "Opposed" or "Non-Committal"--The others are "Favorable.") Dist. 1 WILLIAM J. BROWNING, R., Camden " 4 ELIJAH C. HUTCHINSON, R., Trenton " 5 JOHN H. CAPSTICK, R., Montville " 7 DOW H. DRUKKER, R., Passaic Dist. 8 EDWARD W. GRAY, R., Newark " 9 RICHARD W. PARKER, R., Newark " 10 FREDERICK R. LEHLBACH, R., Newark " 11 JOHN J. EAGAN, D., Weehawken NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY NEW JERSEY BRANCH 709 UNION BUILDING, NEWARK COPY. (Original in Mrs. Maud Wood Park's files) NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY FEB. 8 RELEASE SUNDAY AM PAPERS President Wilson will be burned in effigy in front of the executive mansion on the eve of the suffrage vote in the Senate. Members of the National Woman's Party at four o'clock Sunday afternoon will light their watchfires, but this time they intend to burn not the words alone, but the image of President Wilson. The image will be dropped into the flames by Miss Sue White, state chairman of the National Woman's Party for Tennessee. "We demand that President Wilson save the suffrage situation;" Alice Paul, chairman of the National Woman's Party, stated in announcing this demonstration today, "that he use his power as the leader of this country and of the party in control of legislation to secure the one vote which stands between American women and political freedom. "There is one half day left for the passage of the suffrage amendment. There is grave danger that the revenue bill will displace the suffrage measure on Monday afternoon and occupy the entire time of the Senate during the fifteen legislative days remaining. "In the face of this fact President Wilson is busily cabling the Senate on every subject except freedom for women. He has deliberately risked the failure of the amendment by permitting its delay and obstruction until this final moment. We hold him responsible for our threatened defeat, and we burn his effigy in token of our conviction that he has betrayed American women." The line of women holding banners on either side of the watchfire Sunday afternoon is expected to reach the full length of the White House grounds. Several of the state chairmen of the National Woman's Party are coming to take part in the demonstration. Many women who have not previously identified themselves with the demonstrations of the Woman's Party, recognizing the perilous situation of the amendment will join in the demand Sunday that President Wilson act immediately to save the amendment. The banners to be carried on Sunday read: "Only 15 legislative days are left for this Congress. "For more than a year the President's party has blocked suffrage in the Senate. It is blocking it today. "The President is responsible for the betrayal of American women. "Why does not the President insure the passage of the suffrage in the Senate tomorrow? Why does he not win from his party the one vote needed? Has he agreed to permit suffrage to again be pushed aside? "President Wilson is deceiving the world. He preaches democracy abroad and thwarts democracy here." Natl. Woman's Party Burning Pres Wilson in Effigy 1918 Congressional Union Merger with National Woman's Party Mar 1, 1917 PROGRAM - Thursday, March 1 9 P.M. - Reception at National Headquarters, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. by District of Columbia branch of Congressional Union, for Delegates and Members Attending Congressional Union and Woman's Party Conventions Chairman Committee on Arrangements, Mrs. George Odell Friday, March 2 10 A. M., 2.30 P.M., 8 P. M. - Business Sessions at National Headquarters, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. Saturday, March 3 10 A. M. and 2.30 P.M. - Business Sessions at National Headquarters, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. 7.30 P. M. - Dinner at National Headquarters, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. (Tickets at $2 may be obtained at Headquarters from Mrs. Wm. Kent, Chairman Committee on Arrangements.) Sunday, March 4 Deputation to White House Assemble at National Headquarters, Lafayette Square, 12 o'clock, 8 P. M. - Mass Meeting, National Theatre, Washington, D. C. (Seats from 25 Cents to $1 may be obtained from National Headquarters, Lafayette Square.) HOSPITALITY For information concerning hotels and boarding-houses write to Miss Edith Goode, hospitality chairman, Lafayette Square, Washington D. C. An effort will be made to supply free hospitality to delegates desiring it. REDUCED RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION Reduced rates to Washington for inaugurating week are offered over all roads. Information may be obtained from any local railroad office. TO ALL SUFFRAGISTS: We earnestly appeal for funds for the expense of the demonstration and convention. Help us to make the demand for political freedom for women overshadow all other questions at this time when a new Administration and Congress come into being. Money must be raised and raised at once if we are to take advantage of the great opportunity for pushing our movement which the inaugural week offers. Cheques should be sent to Miss Ella Riegel, National Headquarters, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. (Signed) ELLA RIEGEL, Finance Chairman for Convention and Demonstration NATIONAL CONVENTIONS OF Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage AND National Woman's Party - NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS "LITTLE WHITE HOUSE" LAFAYETTE SQUARE WASHINGTON. D. C. - MARCH 1, 2, 3, 4 1917 A Great Delegation of Voting Women Accompanied by Unenfranchised Women Will go to the White House SUNDAY, MARCH 4 Immediately after the President has taken to the oath of office to ask him to begin his second term with Action on the National Suffrage Amendment The Delegation will be led by Miss Anne Martin of Nevada and other Leading Women Voters Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont of New York; Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles of Delaware; and Mrs. J. A. H. Hopkins of New Jersey will act as spokesmen for the enfranchised women. COME IN THOUSANDS THAT THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS MAY RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH AS WELL AS THE JUSTICE OF THE DEMAND OF WOMEN FOR THEIR POLITICAL FREEDOM FILL in the following form and mail to Enrollment Chairman, Congressional Union Headquarters, 21 Madison Place, Lafayette Sq., Washington, D.C. I expect to take part in the deputation to the White House, Sunday, March 4. Name_ _ _ _ _ Address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Telephone _ _ _ _ _ Occupation _ _ _ _ _ Please met at 12 o'clock at Congressional Union Headquarters, 21 Madison Place, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. WE earnestly appeal for funds for the expenses of the demonstration and convention. Help us to make the demand for political freedom for women overshadow all other questions at this time when a new Administration and Congress come into being. Money must be raised, and raised at once, if we are to take advantage of the great opportunity for pushing our movement which the inaugural week offers. Cheques should be sent to Miss Ella Riegel, National Headquarters, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. (Signed) ELLA RIEGEL, Financial Chairman for Convention and Demonstration. CALL TO THE SECOND NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL UNION FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE THE second national convention of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage will be held at the national headquarters in Washington, March 1, 2, 3, and 4, 1917. Since we last met in convention the National Administration and Congress have been made aware as never before of the political power behind the demand for suffrage. Great strides have been made in the mobilization of women voters. A Woman's Party has been formed to utilize their political strength. The national conventions of all parties have recognized the principle of suffrage, and three parties have pledged their support to suffrage by Federal action. A presidential candidate of one of the two dominant parties has declared for the national suffrage amendment. Voting women, through the Woman's Party election campaign, have made the political freedom of women a national issue which all parties must now face. We ask you to meet with us at the beginning of the new administration to plan how we may best use this strategic situation so that suffrage shall dominate all other issues and the long struggle for woman's freedom be brought to an end. Alice Paul, N. J., Chairman Lucy Burns, N. Y., Vice-chairman Mabel Vernon, Nev., Secretary Alva E. Belmont, N. Y. Harriot Stanton Blatch, Kans. Eunice Dana Brannan, N. Y. Matilda Hall Gardner, D. C. Edith Houghton Hooker, Md. Elizabeth T. Kent, Cal. Dora Lewis, Penn. Anne Martin, Nev. Credentials For information concerning delegates write to Mrs. Helena Hill Weed, credentials chairman, Lafayette Square, Washington D.C. According to Article X of the Constitution: "Conventions may be attended by all members of the organization, but the voting members shall be one delegate for each fifty women members in any branch for whom the 25 cents dues have been paid. All officers and delegates of the Congressional Union shall be women." Amendments In accordance with Article XI of the national constitution reading: "This constitution may be amended by a majority vote at any convention of the association, provided that such amendment shall have been specified in the call for the meeting," the following amendments will be offered at the convention: In Article I insert the words "National Woman's Party" in place of the words "Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage." In Article III insert the words "Woman's Party" in place of the word "Union." In Article IV insert the words "Woman's Party" in place of the words "Congressional Union." In Article VI insert the words "Woman's Party" in place of the word "Union," and insert the word "secure" in place of the word "appoint" in lines 2 and 3. In Article VII insert a comma in place of a period after the word "congress" in line 2, and add the words "consisting of a president, two vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer, chairman of executive committee, and five directors," after the word "congress." In lines 2 and 3 strike out the sentence: "The chairman of the executive committee shall be chosen by the members of the committee." In line 6 insert the words "Woman's Party" in place of the word "Union." In Article VIII insert the words "Woman's Party" in place of the word "Union." In Article IX insert the words "Woman's Party" in place of the words "Congressional Union" in lines 1 and 3. In Article X insert the words "Woman's Party" in place of the words "Congressional Union." CALL TO THE SECOND NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY THE officers of the National Woman's Party, in accordance with the authority given them by the national convention when the party was organized in Chicago last June, issue this call to a convention to be held in Washington D. C., on March 1, 2, 3, and 4, at the same time and place as the convention of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. The National Woman's Party was organized for the sole purpose of securing the national enfranchisement of women through amendment to the United States Constitution. At a conference in Colorado Springs in August, it was decided to use our political power against that party which, having the power to aid, has instead persistently opposed the national suffrage amendment. A vigorous campaign was thereupon conducted in the twelve suffrage states with the result that the woman voter has become a recognized power in national elections, and national suffrage has become an issue of immediate importance. This convention is called to discuss immediate plans and the policy to be adopted that the national enfranchisement of women may be speedily obtained. All members of the Woman's Party are urged to meet at this time to determine what that policy shall be. Anne Martin, Nev., Chairman Phoebe Hearst, Cal., Vice-chairman Mabel Vernon, Nev., Secretary Margaret Long, Colo., Treasurer Alice Paul, N. J., Ex-officio Credentials For information about delegates write to Mrs. George Odell, Credentials Chairman, National Headquarters, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. It has been agreed that there shall be one delegate for every fifty members. National Woman's Party NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, LAFAYETTE SQUARE WASHINGTON, D. C. COLORS–Purple, White and Gold National Advisory Council Chairman, Mrs. John Rogers, Jr., N. Y. Secretary, Mrs. Geo. H. Day, Conn. Vice-Chairmen : Miss Susan P. Frost, S. C. Mrs. Edwin C. Grice, Pa. Mrs. Alden Potter, Minn. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, D. C. Miss Ella Abeel, Ill. Mrs. Frederick T. Ackerman, N. Y. Mrs. Robert Adamson, N. Y. Mrs. W. R. Alvord, Mich. Mrs. Charles E. Amidon, N. Dak. Miss Mary E. Bakewell, Pa. Mrs. M. R. Bankston, La. Mrs. Bion H. Barnett, Fla. Mrs. Cyrus Beard, Wyo. Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, Conn. Mrs. Orlow Black, Cal. Mrs. William P. Blauvelt, N. Y. Mrs. Howard P. Boyle, Ohio Mrs. Alfred H. Bright, Minn. Reverend Olympia Brown, Wis. Mrs. William G. Brown, W. Va. Mrs. Henry Bruere, N. Y. Mrs. Robert Bruere, N. Y. Miss Mary A. Burnham, Pa. Mrs. Dora Phelps Buell, Colo. Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon, Utah Mrs. John Carey, Ind. Mrs. Joseph Carey, Wyo. Mrs. Elinor Carlisle, Cal. Mrs. Thomas L. Chadbourne, N. Y. Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherdron, Utah Mrs. Ross A. Collins, Miss. Mrs. William L. Colt, N. Y. Miss Anna Constable, N. Y. Mrs. Vincent Cook, Ore. Mrs. Frank Cothren, N. Y. Mrs. R. P. Crump, Miss. Mrs. Lucius M. Cuthbert, Colo. Dr. Maria M. Dean, Mont. Miss Lavinia L. Dock, Pa. Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, N. Y. Mrs. Victor du Pont, Sr., N. Y. Miss Crystal Eastman, N. Y. Mrs. John C. Edwards, Mass. Mrs. Henry Ess, Mo. Mrs. J. Borden Estee, Vt. Mrs. Sara Bard Field, Cal. Mrs. Robert Patterson, Finley, N. J. Mrs. William Floyd, N. Y. Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, D. C. Mrs. J. Andre Fouilhoux, Ore. Mrs. T. Crozier French, Tenn. Mrs. Emma Maddox, Funck, Md. Mrs. Mary Garbutt, Cal. Mrs. Susan Lawrence Gehrman, Ill. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, N. Y. Mrs. Adolphus E. Graupner, Cal. Mrs. Jennie Law Hardy, Mich. Mrs. W. E. Hardy, Neb. Mrs. F. R. Hazard, N. Y. Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, N. Y. Mrs. George Hendrie, Mich. Mrs. Elon Huntington Hooker, N. Y. Mrs. Henry E. Hovey, N. H. Miss Sallie D. Hovey, N. H. Mrs. Frederick C. Howe, N. Y. Mrs. Inez Haynes Irwin, N. Y. Mrs. Agnes Jenks, R. I. Miss Adelaide Johnson, N. Y. Miss Marie Ernst Kennedy, Pa. Mrs. Charles Gilmore Kerley, N. Y. Dr. Cora Smith King, Wash. Miss Fola La Follette, N. Y. Miss Gail Laughlin, Cal. Mrs. Samuel A. Lindsay, Texas. Dr. Sarah H. Lockrey, Pa. Miss Marion May, N. Y. Mrs. Lillian M. McAdow, N. Y. Mrs. John E. McCall, Tenn. Miss Belle McGibeny, N. J. Miss Bernice McCoy, Idaho Mrs. Benton Mackaye, D. C. Miss Hazel Mackaye, Mass. Mrs. Ida Finney Mackrille, Cal. Mrs. Lionel S. Marks, Mass. Mrs. Marcus M. Marks, N. Y. Miss Julia Marlowe, N. Y. Miss Helen Marot, N. Y. Miss Edythe Wynne Matthison, Conn. Mrs. Cyrus Mead, Ohio Miss Vida Milholland, N. Y. Miss Katharine Morey, Mass. Mrs. John T. Morrison, Idaho Mrs. Henry Moskowitz, N. Y. Mrs. William Spencer Murray, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Nolan, Fla. Mrs. Fremont Older, Cal. Mrs. Marsden Perry, R. I. Mrs. Horton Pope, Colo. Mrs. Annie G. Porritt, Conn. Mrs W. H. Ridenbaugh, Idaho Mrs. James M. Rector, Ohio Mrs. Isaac Reese, Tenn. Miss Ella Riegel, Pa. Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Ill. Mrs. A. S. Rossin, N. Y. Mrs. Charles Edward Russell, D. C Mrs. Frederick Sanborn, Cal. Mrs. Townsend Scott, Md. Mrs. Samuel Shields, Tenn. Mrs. Eugene Shippen, Mich. Mrs. Austin Sperry, Cal. Mrs. May Wright Sewall, Ind. Mrs. Frances Thurber Seal, N. Y. [*Mrs. Sewall has sent registered letters to Alice P demanding that her name should be taken off.*] National Advisory Council--Con. Mrs. Albert Steinfeld, Ariz. Mrs. Julius Stone, Ohio. Miss Grace Strachan, N. Y. Mrs. David D. Terry, Ark. Mrs. Robert Gibbes Thomas, S. C. Mrs. W. I. Thomas, Ill. Miss Clara L. Thompson, Mo. Mrs. William B. Thompson, N. Y. Mrs. Shelley Tolhurst, Cal. Mrs. Samuel Untermeyer, N. Y. Mrs. J. P. Vollmer, Idaho Mrs. Hattie D. M. Wallis, Colo. Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, D. C. Mrs. Adeline Otero Warren, N. M. Mrs. James Whittemore, Mich. Dr. Marion Walker Williams, Ariz. Miss Fannie Witherspoon, Miss. Mrs. F. L. Woodward, Colo. Mrs. Pope Yeatman, Pa. Mrs. S. B. M. Young, Mont. Mrs. Fanny Bloomfield Zeisler, Ill. National Executive Committee Miss Alice Paul, N. J., Chairman Miss Mabel Vernon, Del., Secretary Miss Mary Gertrude Fendall, Md., Treas... Mrs. Robert Baker, D. C. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, N. Y. Mrs. John Winters Brannan, N.Y. Miss Lucy Burns, N. Y. Mrs. Gilson Gardner, D. C. Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn, Conn. Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Del. Mrs. Donald R. Hooker, Md. Mrs. Henry G. Leach, N. Y. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Pa. Miss Doris Stevens, Neb. Mrs. Richard Wainwright, D. C. Miss Maud Younger, Cal. Headquarters Maintenance Committee Mrs. William Kent, Cal., Chairman, [*I. H. H. Destroy,*] September 11, 1919 Dear Suffragist: Will you help end the suffrage struggle? It can be ended quickly. Only lack of funds stands in the way. Six years ago when we sent out our first call for money for the federal suffrage amendment, the outlook was dark. President Wilson was against it. The great political parties were against it. Political leaders were unwilling to be connected with it. It had not been discussed on the floor of Congress for over twenty years. It had not even been reported out of committee for nearly twenty years. Several hundred of the necessary votes in Congress were lacking. The majority of suffragists were engrossed in state referenda and did not think a federal amendment a practical possibility. Today, after a six years' campaign, President Wilson is a convert and has urged Congress to pass the amendment and legislatures to ratify it; the national parties are vying with each other in supporting it; the several hundred votes lacking in Congress have been won and the measure passed through both Houses; in more than a third of the necessary thirty-six states ratification is complete. –2– To accomplish this result, over half a million dollars has been spent on a nation-wide campaign. All who have contributed must feel, as they look back at the position of national suffrage six years ago, that the campaign has achieved its purpose – that what was given was not given in vain. We now appeal to you who have brought the work thus far, to finish what has been begun. The legislatures are ready to ratify in more than the requisite thirty-six states. Only the calling of special sessions is needed. The convening of these sessions depends on the campaign for such sessions, and the campaign depends upon the funds available. The hardest part of ratification is still before us. Unless a great deal of effort is put forth, we may be delayed for months over the last states as we were over the last two votes in the Senate. $100,000 would probably wind up ratification almost at once. IF EACH PERSON WHO RECEIVES THIS APPEAL WILL GIVE $5, THIS TOTAL WILL BE REACHED. WILL YOU GIVE YOUR SHARE? Do not put this letter aside without sending some contribution. Send it before the day is over and send the largest sum you can give. If you can send $1000, or $500, or $100, it will hasten the final victory. If you can do nothing more, send a few stamps to help pay for this appeal. This is the last general letter asking for funds for the federal amendment that we plan to send out. We ask you to make this final fund the largest that we have ever raised. The more that is subscribed, the sooner the campaign will be over and the time and money of suffragists freed for other objects. What each of us does now will have an influence in determining when the political freedom of American women shall finally be won. Very sincerely yours, Alice Paul National Chairman Make checks payable to Treasurer, National Woman's Party, 14 Jackson Place, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.