NAWSA Subject File CONN. WOMAN SUFFRAGE Assoc- Corresp. PRESIDENT CONNECTICUT WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION MISS KATHARINE LUDINGTON CHAIRMAN STATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE MRS. SAMUEL RUSSELL, JR. CHAIRMEN PUBLICITY COMMITTEE MISS MARY BULKLEY CHAIRMEN COUNTY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE HARTFORD--MRS. WILLIAM H. DEMING NEW HAVEN--MRS. T. S. McDERMOTT FAIRFIELD--MRS EMERSON NEWELL NEW LONDON--MRS. GEORGE MAYNARD MINOR LITCHFIELD-- MRS. A. S. G. TAYLOR WINDHAM--MRS. FRANCIS U. JOHNSTONE MIDDLESEX--MRS. O. W. NOBLE TOLLAND--MRS. FANNIE DIXON WELCH CHAIRMAN SPEAKERS' COMMITTEE MRS. HARRY TYLER SMITH CHAIRMEN FINANCE COMMITTEE MISS MABEL C. WASHBURN HARTFORD Hon. Hugh M. Alcorn Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop Mrs. C. H. Bissell Miss Mary Taylor Blauvelt Mr. Frank Cheney, Jr. Mrs. Charles P. Cooley Miss Caroline M. Hewins Col. Charles M. Jarvis Judge William M. Maltbie Dr. Ernest de F. Miel Major Emerson G. Taylor Judge Joseph P. Tuttle Mrs. Antoinette E. Wood NEW HAVEN Mrs. T. Whitney Blake Miss Phebe Blakeslee Mrs. John P. Elton Hon. David E. Fitzgerald Miss Elizabeth Hooker Mrs. Arther W. Malley Prof. William Lyon Phelps Prof. E. Hershey Sneath Mr. Rudolph Steinert Mr. Carlos F. Stoddard Dr. William F. Verdi NEW LONDON Mrs. William B. Birge Mrs. H. C. Bunner Mr. James Dana Coit Judge John C. Geary Miss Louise C. Howe Judge Frederick P. Lattimer Dr. Benjamin P. Marshall Miss Mary G. Shannon Mrs. A. C. Tyler Hon. Thomas M. Waller FAIRFIELD Judge John R. Booth Mr. Julian Curtiss Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn Major Emerson Newell Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees Mrs. Samuel C. Shaw Hon. Samuel C. Shaw Mrs. James Stokes Mrs. John Adams Thayer Hon. Clifford B. Wilson WINDHAM Mr. J. G. Byrne Mrs. J. M. Gager Hon. G. Harold Gilpatric Miss Charlotte Grosvenor Mr. Francis Upton Johnstone Rev. William Beach Olmsted Mrs. Sydney Paine Judge Milton A. Shumway Mr. Charles L. Torrey Miss Dorothy Weir Miss Florence D. Wiley LITCHFIELD Mr. W. W. Bierce Mr. John G. Brinsmade Mrs. Henry Hornbostel Dr. William S. Hulbert Mrs. Arthur Knox Mrs. Frank B. Munn Mr. W. W. Norton Mrs. George Quincy Porter Mr. Thomas Constantine Purdy Mrs. Orville H. Ripley Mr. Thomas F. Ryan Mrs. Christabel Safford Mr. A. S. G. Taylor MIDDLESEX Mrs. F. A. Bradeen Mr. Charles B. Carlson Hon. Charles E. Clark Mrs. William Couch Mr. F. R. Goodrich Mr. E. Kent Hubbard Mrs. William Ladd Mrs. Whitney Porter Mr. Robert Rice Dr. William Arnold Shanklin Mrs. F. S. Smith Hon. Charles E. Torkelson TOLLAND Mrs. A. H. Benton Rev. B. F. Case Mr. Joseph N. Clark Mr. George Forster Mrs. Walter Haven Mrs. E. B. Kibbe Mrs. George James Mansfield Miss Pendleton Hon. Lyman Tingler Mr. Edward M. Yeomans CONNECTICUT CAMPAIGN FOR $100,000 JUNE 9th - 16th, 1919 To help in the development of true Americanism through training in good citizenship, and for the interests of Woman Suffrage in the State. AMERICA IS GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE THE WOMEN MUST GIVE AMERICA AN INTELLIGENT VOTE Mrs. Samuel Russel, Jr., Campaign Chairman, Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, 55 Pratt Street, Hartford, Conn. Equal Suffrage Will Give Connecticut 350,000 New Votes GOAL: - One Hundred Thousand Dollars. WHEN? - June 9th to 16th, 1919. WHERE? - In every City and Town in the State of Connecticut. WHY? - To help in the Development of True Americanism through Training in Good Citizenship and for the Interests of Woman Suffrage in the State. _____________ No government is so responsive to the thoughts and desires of the people as a democracy. Its greatness is an informed and enlightened citizenship - its weakness the un-informed. The value of a vote to the State depends upon an understanding of the aims and purposes of our Government. ____________ We must develop patriotic women with a high sense of civic responsibility. The World War has linked us so closely to the lands across the seas that the good and bad come swiftly to us. The mighty forces playing upon the hearts and minds of the peoples of Europe make vitally important a knowledge of the orderly processes by which desired changes may be brought about. If democracy is worth the blood we have spilt for it and we mean actually to make it a reality, we need to make every man and woman a good citizen. The war revealed the fact that an appalling proportion of the electorate is illiterate. Connecticut must, for her own welfare, render certain services to her people with the coming of complete suffrage. This cannot be done without money. The quantity of votes will be greatly increased. What about the quality? The price of true democracy is a clear understanding of civic responsibility in each individual. ______________ Thirty-eight per cent. of the women of Connecticut are of native parentage; twenty-four per cent. are of foreign or mixed parentage; thirty-eight per cent. are foreign born. No state, before it acquired full suffrage, has ever undertaken Citizenship work in so detailed and comprehensive a manner. The money will be used to make our women valuable factors in good government. The Association is planning to carry out this program efficiently. Our good Citizenship work is generally recognized as a valuable part of the work of reconstruction. The Association plans to have a Legislative Information Bureau; also a Department of Data on all civic matters. The people of Connecticut are under obligation to the Association at the present time for past work in awakening Connecticut women to a sense of their civic relationship. Since the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association has worked through the long years for full franchise, they now feel keenly their responsibility that the vote which the women give back to the State shall be an intelligent vote. Conscientious Citizenship builds good government. This responsibility should be shared by all patriots. HELP US BUILD! When Full Suffrage Arrives, Connecticut Must Be Ready! $100,000 From Connecticut in Seven Days for Advancing Good Citizenship and in the Interest of Woman Suffrage Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Campaign Headquarters 55 Pratt Street, Hartford, Conn. AMERICA IS GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE--- THE WOMEN MUST GIVE AMERICA AN INTELLIGENT VOTE Telephone: Charter { 6217 9344 PRESIDENT -- Miss Katharine Ludington STATE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN --- Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. Speakers Chairman -- Mrs. Harry Tyler Smith. Publicity Chairman -- Miss Mary Bulkley Finance Chairman -- Miss Mabel C. Washburn County Campaign Chairmen Hartford: --- Mrs. William H. Deming New Haven: --- Mrs. T. S. McDermott Fairfield: ---Mrs. Emerson Newell New London: --- Mrs. George Maynard Minor Litchfield: ---Mrs. A. S. G. Taylor Windham: ---Mrs. Francis Upton Johnstone Middlesex: ---Mrs. O. W. Noble Tolland: ---Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch June 13, 1919. Dear Fellow Worker: The campaign for $100,000 launched by our association for the promotion of good citizenship secured $10,000 the first two days, and according to reports coming in today its progress is fairly satisfactory. We appreciate greatly the splendid work you are doing and the difficulties you are racing, but we must speed up. Worthy causes must not suffer at critical moments because war conditions have made it necessary for our people to give on a large scale. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT OVER 300,000 WOMEN WILL BE VOTERS BY 1920. IN THIS CRITICAL PERIOD THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BEFORE THE STATE AT THE MOMENT IS THE PROPER PREPARATION OF THIS NEW VOTE AS QUICKLY AND FULLY AS POSSIBLE. Our campaign must succeed, and it will, if we have your fullest support and that of all others who are vitally interested. The women of Connecticut have proved that they are good citizens by their wonderful war work and it is felt that the men as well as the women of the state will express their confidence in them by subscribing the reasonable amount of money asked for without delay. If you are working daily and have already made a generous contribution, congratulations! If you have not been working, we are sure we can count on your subscription and your work during the closing days of the campaign. We are enclosing three subscription cards, asking you to take these additional cards Saturday and Sunday and have them filled out with the largest possible contributions. Please mail them to us at 55 Pratt Street, and the gifts will be credited to your town. The time is short. We are counting heavily on you to help to your limit, and then we hope you may have a restful vacation. Sincerely yours, Katharine Ludington State President Julia W. Russell State Campaign Chairman. TELEPHONE: Charter 6217 Bushnell 769 HARTFORD, CONN. 55 Pratt St. June 16, 1919 TO: Town Chairmen, FROM: Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., The state campaign for $100,000.00 launched by our association for the promotion of good citizenship and for the interests of our organization according to indications had secured at an early hour this afternoon about $30,000.00. This amount may be materially increased to-day. Since the need for the full amount is imperative and since requests have come in from many of our workers asking for further time in order that they may reach their quotas, it has been determined officially by the state campaign committee to continue the campaign through the present week. The goal can be reached. Norfolk, Old Lyme, West Hartford and Bozrah reported their full quotas before two o'clock to-day, and many others will, of course, rapidly follow. Will you not keep your workers on the job this week until you "go over the top"? While interest is keen, the campaign must be vigorously pressed. The money can be gotten now. We are expecting splendid things from Mr. McAdoo's great rally in Bridgeport to-day, and Mr. Vanderlip's address in Hartford Wednesday. Plans are well made to take full advantage of these occasions. A letter was sent out Friday and Saturday to our entire mailing list consisting of about 4000 suffrage sympathizers and workers, suggesting that their subscription be sent in to state headquarters and that three friends be solicited with blanks enclosed. This letter is already taking effect and subscriptions are beginning to come in. If you have received one of these letters it should in no way supplant instructions from your county chairman. Any money which comes in through it from you district, of course, will be credited to you. Can we count on you to help us push hard for the next few days in order to reach the goal? $100,000 From Connecticut in Seven Days for Advancing Good Citizenship and in the Interest of Woman Suffrage Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Campaign Headquarters 55 Pratt Street, Hartford, Conn. AMERICA IS GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE--- THE WOMEN MUST GIVE AMERICA AN INTELLIGENT VOTE Telephone: Charter 6217 9344 President—Miss Katharine Ludington State Campaign Chairman—Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. Speakers Chairman—Mrs. Harry Tyler Smith Publicity Chairman—Miss Mary Bulkley Finance Chairman—Miss Mabel C. Washburn County Campaign Chairmen Hartford:—Mrs. William H. Deming New Haven:—Mrs. T. S. McDermott Fairfield:—Mrs. Emerson Newell New London:—Mrs. George Maynard Minor Litchfield:—Mrs. A. S. G. Taylor Windham:—Mrs. Francis Upton Johnstone Middlesex:—Mrs. O. W. Noble Tolland:—Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch June 19, 1919. From: Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., To: Town Chairmen, Since Monday we have been working quietly throughout the state. Though town reports are coming in slowly, the probability of our being in a position to make a very acceptable statement Monday is good. At the mass meeting at Foot Guard Hall in Hartford last night splendid addresses were given by Mr. Vanderlip and Mrs. Raymond Brown, and $1395.75 was subscribed during the meeting. There are three additional requests we wish to make: 1. Please send the names to us of any remaining possible givers who should be approached by Miss Ludington or other representative from state headquarters. 2. Arrange to have your various workers reach other prospective givers who may not yet have been covered because of the small number of workers. This may be done by personal letter. Enclosed herewith is a sample letter which is bringing daily returns to headquarters. 3. Kindly mail to state headquarters, Sunday, June 22nd, a brief statement covering your total amount to date;- (cash, pledges, or in sight): and also any word you may have regarding the remainder of your quota if it is not yet reached. The same brief statement should also be sent to your county chairman. The men of three towns in Fairfield county have been arranged to underwrite their complete quotas. Commendations of our good citizenship plans are reaching us from unexpected sources and we are making many new friends for the Association, as well as securing money for this necessary work. Again please accept congratulations for what you have done and appreciation of your willingness to continue these addditional days. Enc. $100,000 From Connecticut in Seven Days for Advancing Good Citizenship and in the Interest of Woman Suffrage Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Campaign Headquarters 55 Pratt Street, Hartford, Conn. AMERICA IS GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE--- THE WOMEN MUST GIVE AMERICA AN INTELLIGENT VOTE Telephone: Charter 6217 9344 President—Miss Katharine Ludington State Campaign Chairman—Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. Speakers Chairman—Mrs. Harry Tyler Smith Publicity Chairman—Miss Mary Bulkley Finance Chairman—Miss Mabel C. Washburn County Campaign Chairmen Hartford:—Mrs. William H. Deming New Haven:—Mrs. T. S. McDermott Fairfield:—Mrs. Emerson Newell New London:—Mrs. George Maynard Minor Litchfield:—Mrs. A. S. G. Taylor Windham:—Mrs. Francis Upton Johnstone Middlesex:—Mrs. O. W. Noble Tolland:—Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch June 16, 1919. [*sample*] It is quite possible that over 300,000 women in this state will be voters by 1920. In this critical period the most important thing before the state is the proper preparation of this new vote as quickly and as fully as possible. Worthy causes must not suffer because war conditions have made it necessary for our people to give on a large scale. America is giving women the vote; the women must give back to America an intelligent vote. The campaign for $100,000.00 launched by our association for the promotion of good citizenship has secured about $25,000.00 in the first five days. Because of requests coming in from many towns asking for an extension of time, in order that they may reach their quota, it has been officially determined by the campaign committee to extend the time through the week. We are enclosing folder of information and a subscription card. If you have not already been called upon I am sure you will be glad of an opportunity to contribute to this important and necessary work. Checks should be drawn to the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, and may be sent to headquarters, 55 Pratt St., Hartford, and the gift will be credited to your town. Cordially thanking you for your interest, I am, Sincerely yours, Encs. STATE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN. $100,000 From Connecticut in Seven Days for Advancing Good Citizenship and in the Interest of Woman Suffrage Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Campaign Headquarters 55 Pratt Street, Hartford, Conn. AMERICA IS GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE--- THE WOMEN MUST GIVE AMERICA AN INTELLIGENT VOTE Telephone: Charter 6217 9344 President—Miss Katharine Ludington State Campaign Chairman—Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. Speakers Chairman—Mrs. Harry Tyler Smith Publicity Chairman—Miss Mary Bulkley Finance Chairman—Miss Mabel C. Washburn County Campaign Chairmen Hartford:—Mrs. William H. Deming New Haven:—Mrs. T. S. McDermott Fairfield:—Mrs. Emerson Newell New London:—Mrs. George Maynard Minor Litchfield:—Mrs. A. S. G. Taylor Windham:—Mrs. Francis Upton Johnstone Middlesex:—Mrs. O. W. Noble Tolland:—Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch June 19, 1919. From: Miss Ludington, To: Town Chairmen, After a few days' absence from state headquarters because of illness in the family, I was very glad to return Tuesday night and share in the important rally at Foot Guard Hall last evening. Since conferring with Mrs. Russell and the other campaign leaders, I am really pleased with the results of the campaign. There is more money in the treasury than ever before in our history. However, because the citizenship work is so essential, I am anxious to press the appeal to gain the full amount of money necessary to carry out our program according to carefully laid plans. Personally, I am just beginning to reach some of the larger givers, and shall be glad to continue until all of those to whom I may have a special approach have been covered. I am sure that the whole state will realize its indebtedness to us, as we put into operation our timely program. Many larger gifts should now be added to the fund and we shall do our part here as I am convinced you will in your community. Our united effort for these extra tasks is imperative in order to make sure that our great cause shall not suffer because war conditions have made it necessary for us to give on a large scale. Patriotism expressed in time of peace is a test of sincerity, perhaps greater than in days of war. $100,000 From Connecticut in Seven Days for Advancing Good Citizenship and in the Interest of Woman Suffrage Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Campaign Headquarters 55 Pratt Street, Hartford, Conn. AMERICA IS GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE--- THE WOMEN MUST GIVE AMERICA AN INTELLIGENT VOTE Telephone: Charter 6217 9344 President—Miss Katharine Ludington State Campaign Chairman—Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. Speakers Chairman—Mrs. Harry Tyler Smith Publicity Chairman—Miss Mary Bulkley Finance Chairman—Miss Mabel C. Washburn County Campaign Chairmen Hartford:—Mrs. William H. Deming New Haven:—Mrs. T. S. McDermott Fairfield:—Mrs. Emerson Newell New London:—Mrs. George Maynard Minor Litchfield:—Mrs. A. S. G. Taylor Windham:—Mrs. Francis Upton Johnstone Middlesex:—Mrs. O. W. Noble Tolland:—Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch [first collumn] Citizen's Committee Hartford Hon. Hugh M. Alcorn Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop Mrs. C. H. Bissell Miss Mary Taylor Blauvelt Senator Arthur E. Bowers Mr. Frank Cheney Mrs. Charles P. Cooley Miss Caroline M. Hewins Col. Charles M. Jarvis Judge William M. Maltbie Dr. Ernest de F. Miel Major Emerson G. Taylor Judge Joseph P. Tuttle Mrs. Antoinette E. Wood New Haven Mrs. T. Whitney Blake Miss Phebe Blakeslee Mrs. John P. Elton Hon. David E. FitzGerald Miss Elizabeth Hooker Mrs. Arthur W. Malley Prof. William Lyon Phelps Prof. E. Hershey Sneath Mr. Rudolph Steinert Mr. Carlos F. Stoddard Dr. William F. Verdi New London Mrs. William B. Birge Mrs. H. C. Bunner Mr. Jumes Dana Coit Judge John C. Geary Miss Louise C. Howe Judge Frederick P. Lattimer Dr. Benjamin P. Marshall Miss Mary C. Shannon Mrs. A. C. Tyler Hon. Thomas M. Waller Fairfield Judge John R. Booth Mr. Julian Curtiss Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn Major Emerson Newell Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees Mrs. Samuel C. Shaw Hon. Samuel C. Shaw Mrs. James Stokes Mrs. John Adams Thayer Hon. Clifford B. Wilson [second column] June 6, 1919. I am glad to be able to tell you that all subscription cards at this office have now been mailed and are, therefore, either in your hands, or on the way. Additional blank cards have been sent as well as some of the campaign folders. More folders will be forwarded. Publicity has been sent out regularly to all papers in the state. In some sections everything has been printed, in others comparatively little. I suggest that you confer with your publicity chairmen and arrange for a personal interview with your local editors. It is desired that local touches of interest be added to the publicity which reaches you from headquarters. Ministers of all churches of the state have been asked to speak on "Women and the Present Age". The topic is timely and we are hoping that many of them will speak at least briefly upon this theme. If particularly appropriate words are spoken, would suggest that you arrange for use in your local press. We should like to have sent in to us daily the names of those who give $50., or more, during the campaign, and the amounts. Indications from the various sections of the state are that enthusiasm is growing. With best wishes, Cordially yours, State Campaign Chairman. [third column] Citizen's Committee Windham Mrs. J. G. Byrne Mrs. J. M. Gager Hon. G. Harold Gilpatric Miss Charlotte Grosvenor Mr. Francis Upton Johnstone Rev. William Beach Olmsted Mrs. Sydney Paine Judge Milton A. Shumway Mr. Charles L. Torrey Miss Dorothy Weir Miss Florence D. Wiley Litchfield Mr. W. W. Bierce Mr. John G. Brinsmade Mrs. John L. Buel Mrs. Henry Hornbostel Dr. Wm. S. Hulbert Mrs. Arthur Knox Mrs. Frank B. Munn Mr. W. W. Horton Mrs. George Quincy Porter Mr. Thomas Constantine Purdy Mrs. Orville H. Ripley Mr. Thomas F. Ryan Mrs. Christabel Stafford Mr. A. S. G. Taylor Middlesex Mrs. F. A. Bradeen Mr. Chas. B. Carlson Hon. Chas. E. Clark Mrs. Wm. Couch Mr. F. R. Goodrich Mr. E. Kent Hubbard Mrs. William Ladd Mrs. Whitney Porter Mr. Robert Rice Dr.. William Arnold Shanklin Mrs. F. S. Smith Hon. Chas. K. Torkelson Tolland Mrs. A. H. Benton Rev. B. F. Case Mr. Joseph N. Clark Mr. George Forster Mrs. Walter Haven Mrs. E. B. Kibbe Mrs. George James Mansfield Miss Pendleton Hon. Lyman Tingier Mr. Edward M. Yeomans SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCAL CAMPAIGN. 1. Secure the support of the man who has headed previous drives if possible. 2. Secure support of local legislators and other prominent men. 3. Arrange for workers meeting Friday June 6th from 4 to 5. Have someone pour tea. Invite some man to speak to the workers. Make sure that every detail of the campaign is understood. 4. Arrange for campaign teas from 4 to 5 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and the final Monday. Captains, generals and workers should attend these teas, and full reports of all subscriptions should be made. 5. The township chairmen through the county chairmen should report all totals to the state headquarters immediately after each campaign tea. 6. All ministers of the state have been asked to speak at least briefly on Sunday, June 8th, on the subject; "WOMEN AND THE PRESENT AGE." Back up this request by personal invitation to your pastor. REMEMBER that the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association is the only organization in the state which is prepared to throw its force immediately into the task of education the women of our state for the new citizenship. If you see the need of help along these lines surely others do, and they should be ready and willing to contribute to the support and continuance of this organization. $100,000 from Connecticut in Seven Days for Advancing Good Citizenship and in the Interest of Woman Suffrage Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Campaign Headquarters 55 Pratt Street, Hartford, Conn. America is Giving Women the Vote --- The Women Must Give America AN Intelligent Vote Telephone: Charter {6217 9344 President - Miss Katharine Ludington Speakers Chairman - Mrs. Harry Tyler Smith State Campaign Chairman - Mrs. Samuel Russell Jr. Publicity Chairman - Miss Mary Bulkley Finance Chairman - Miss Mabel C. Washburn County Campaign Chairmen Hartford:- Mrs. William H. Deming New London:- Mrs. George Maynard Minor Middlesex:- Mrs. O. W. Noble New Haven:- Mrs. T. S. McDermott Litchfield:- Mrs. A. S. G. Taylor Fairfield:- Mrs. Emerson Newell Windham:- Mrs. Francis Upton Johnstone Tollan:- Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch June 26, 1919. To: Town and County Chairmen, From: Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., After a conference at Headquarters with the directors of the campaign it has been decided to round it up in the following way: Unless any locality wishes to continue it, the organized "drive" is closed -- contributions, however, are continuing to come in to Headquarters, and Miss Ludington, who has been prevented by her sister's illness from doing much that she would like to have done, is now systematically taking up the list of possible larger givers. The sum so far reached, about $33,000., does not represent anything final and is merely a milestone on the road toward a much larger fund. Our campaign is gaining us much praise from the officers of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and from suffragists in other states. It has been a long step toward the civic awakening which is the object of our work. It has won us many new friends and a large amount of publicity at a time when, in view of ratification of the Federal Suffrage Amendment, publicity is highly important. And last, but not least, we shall have, when all outstanding obligations are met, a larger sum of money than we have ever before had in our treasury, to secure ratification of the Federal Amendment and enter on the inspiring work of preparing the women of the state for the vote that is coming to them soon. I need not again express my appreciation of you co-operation in this campaign. Telephone: Hartford, Conn. Charter 6217 55 Pratt St. Bushnell 769 June 12,1919 To: Town Chairmen, From: Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., We are still handicapped by incomplete returns. We know that it is a very difficult task for the county chairmen to secure reports from all sections of their counties, but failure upon the part of some counties to give us anything like a complete report has handicapped our work, However, we are glad to report that to-day's campaign teas assure us that the sum of $ has been received to-day, making the grand total $ We have now reached the most critical stage of the campaign. Those who are easily discouraged have dropped out; opposition has developed in my quarters; the favorite excuses not to give are being presented to our workers. However, those in direction of the campaign believe that it will succeed and are strengthening our forces as follows: Two experienced campaigners have been added to Hartford County,- two in New Haven and two in Bridgeport. Very selected lists of big givers have been worked out in the three large cities in the state. But in order to reach our goal Monday evening, the following things must be done: first, we must have a daily report from all of the county chairmen; second, the chairmen must get in touch with the generals, and the generals with the captains, and the captains with the workers, and encourage them to keep at their task until the campaign is over Monday night; third, there must be no talk of continuing the campaign after the 16th. If conditions shall arise upon the 16th making it necessary to invite those who are able to continue for two or three days, notice will be sent to you at once, but the campaign is to close June 16th. Kindly keep all your workers going with this in mind and make Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday the biggest days of the drive. Fourth, we must all believe that this campaign is going to succeed. It is like a snow-ball beginning at the top of the mountain. Since the returns up-to-date are what they are, we can reasonably expect to reach our goal. This tendency to increase is shown in the fact that Hartford has raised more than three times as much to-day and yesterday. This natural increase will be found everywhere providing we all pull together and believe in the success of our cause. $100,000 From Connecticut in Seven Days For Advancing Good Citizenship and in the Interest of Woman Suffrage Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Campaign Headquarters 55 Pratt Street Hartford, Conn. AMERICA IS GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE --- THE WOMEN MUST GIVE AMERICA AN INTELLIGENT VOTE Telephone Charter 6217 9344 Citizen's Committee HARTFORD Hon. Hugh M. Alcorn Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop Mrs. C.H. Bissell Miss Mary Taylor Blauvelt Senator Arthur E. Bowers Mr. Frank Cheney Mrs. Charles P. Cooley Miss Caroline M. Hewins Col. Charles M. Jarvis Judge William M. Maltbie Dr. Ernest de F. Miel Major Emerson G. Taylor Judge Joseph P. Tuttle Mrs. Antoinette E. Wood NEW HAVEN Mrs. T. Whitney Blake Miss Phebe Blakeslee Mrs. John P. Elton Hon. David E. FitzGerald Miss Elizabeth Hooker Mrs. Arthur W. Malley Prof. William Lyon Phelps Prof. E. Hershey Sneath Mr. Rudolph Steinert Mr. Carlos F. Stoddard Dr. William F. Verdi NEW LONDON Mrs. William B. Birge Mrs. H.C. Bunner Mr. James Dana Coit Judge John C. Geary Miss Louise C.Howe Judge Frederick P. Lattimer Dr. Benjamin P. Marshall Miss Mary C. Shannon Mrs. A.C. Tyler Hon. Thomas M. Waller FAIRIFIELD Judge John R. Booth Mr. Julian Curtiss Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn Major Emerson Newell Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees Mrs. Samuel C. Shaw Mrs. James Stokes Mrs. John Adams Thayer Hon.Clifford B. Wilson WINDHAM Mr. J.G. Byrne Mrs. J.M. Gager Hon. G. Harold Gilpatric Miss Charlotte Grosvenor Mr. Francis Upton Johnstone Rev. William Beach Olmsted Mrs. Sydney Paine Judge Milton A. Shumway Mr. Charles L. Torrey Miss Dorothy Weir Miss Florence D. Wiley LITCHFIELD Mr. W.W. Bierce Mr. John G. Brinsmade Mrs. John L. Buel Mrs. Henry Hornbostel Dr. Wm. S. Hulbert Mrs. Arthur Knox Mrs. Frank B. Munn Mr. W.W. Horton Mrs. George Quincy Porter Mr. Thomas Constantine Purdy Mrs. Orville H. Ripley Mr. Thomas F. Ryan Mrs. Christabel Stafford Mr. A.S.G. Taylor MIDDLESEX Mrs. F.A. Bradeen Mr. Chas. B. Carlson Hon. Chas. E. Clark Mrs. Wm. Couch Mr. F.R. Goodrich Mr. E. Kent Hubbard Mrs. William Ladd Mrs. Whitney Porter Mr. Robert Rice Dr. William Arnold Shanklin Mrs. F.S. Smith Hon. Chas. K. Torkelson TOLLAND Mrs. A.H. Benton Rev. B.F. Case Mr. Joseph N. Clark Mr. George Forster Mrs. Walter Haven Mrs. E.B. Kibbe Mrs. George James Mansfield Miss Pendleton Hon. Lyman Tingier Mr. Edward M. Yeomans President - Miss Katharine Ludington State Campaign Chairman - Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. Speakers Chairman - Mrs. Harry Tyler Smith Finance Chairman - Miss Mabel C. Washburn Publicity Chairman - Miss Mary Bulkley County Campaign Chairmen Hartford: - Mrs. William H. Deming New London: - Mrs. George Maynard Minor Middlesex: - Mrs. O.W. Noble New Haven: - Mrs. T.S. McDermott Litchfield: - Mrs. A.S.G. Taylor Fairfield: - Mrs. Emerson Newell Windham: - Mrs. Francis Upton Johnstone Tolland: - Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch June 7, 1919 TO TOWN CHAIRMAN FROM MRS. SAMUEL RUSSELL, JR. For your convenience in emergency, a small supply of folders, blank subscription cards and envelopes are being sent to your county chairman. Because of the nature of the solicitation cards, it is suggested that in conference with your captains and workers, additional cards be prepared by you to cover local prospective givers omitted in your list. These should be ready for use by the middle of the week. There are surely many promising givers whose names you will know or can secure through directory or telephone book. Many splendid endorsements of our plan to raise $100,000 have been pouring in from leaders in business, church and state. Among those coming in yesterday were words from President Hadley of Yale, Thomas W. Russell of Hartford, Zequial Stoddard of New Haven, Robert H. Phyfe, Jr. of Middletown, Anson Phelps Stokes, secretary of Yale, Rabbi Mann of New Haven, Prof. Wm. Lyon Phelps, etc. The latter said: "The passage of the Federal Suffrage Amendment by the Senate makes suffrage inevitable in the near future. It is, therefore, the duty of every American woman and girl to prepare herself as intelligently and comprehensively as possible for the vote. I heartily endorse the educational program of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Organization." Reports this morning from many of our workers' preliminary conferences yesterday, indicate that our organization is about ready for the drive which begins Monday morning. Yours for a week of hard work and real success. $100,000 From Connecticut in Seven Days for Advancing Good Citizenship and in the Interest of Woman Suffrage Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Campaign Headquarters 55 Pratt Street, Hartford, Conn. AMERICA IS GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE--- THE WOMEN MUST GIVE AMERICA AN INTELLIGENT VOTE Telephone: Charter 6217 9344 President—Miss Katharine Ludington State Campaign Chairman—Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. Speakers Chairman—Mrs. Harry Tyler Smith Publicity Chairman—Miss Mary Bulkley Finance Chairman—Miss Mabel C. Washburn County Campaign Chairmen Hartford:—Mrs. William H. Deming New Haven:—Mrs. T. S. McDermott Fairfield:—Mrs. Emerson Newell New London:—Mrs. George Maynard Minor Litchfield:—Mrs. A. S. G. Taylor Windham:—Mrs. Francis Upton Johnstone Middlesex:—Mrs. O. W. Noble Tolland:—Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch Citizen's Committee Hartford Hon. Hugh M. Alcorn Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop Mrs. C. H. Bissell Miss Mary Taylor Blauvelt Senator Arthur E. Bowers Mr. Frank Cheney Mrs. Charles P. Cooley Miss Caroline M. Hewins Col. Charles M. Jarvis Judge William M. Maltbie Dr. Ernest de F. Miel Major Emerson G. Taylor Judge Joseph P. Tuttle Mrs. Antoinette E. Wood New Haven Mrs. T. Whitney Blake Miss Phebe Blakeslee Mrs. John P. Elton Hon. David E. FitzGerald Miss Elizabeth Hooker Mrs. Arthur W. Malley Prof. William Lyon Phelps Prof. E. Hershey Sneath Mr. Rudolph Steinert Mr. Carlos F. Stoddard Dr. William F. Verdi New London Mrs. William B. Birge Mrs. H. C. Bunner Mr. Jumes Dana Coit Judge John C. Geary Miss Louise C. Howe Judge Frederick P. Lattimer Dr. Benjamin P. Marshall Miss Mary C. Shannon Mrs. A. C. Tyler Hon. Thomas M. Waller Fairfield Judge John R. Booth Mr. Julian Curtiss Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn Major Emerson Newell Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees Mrs. Samuel C. Shaw Hon. Samuel C. Shaw Mrs. James Stokes Mrs. John Adams Thayer Hon. Clifford B. Wilson June 9, 1919. To: Town Chairman From: Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. Beginning with Tuesday, June 10th, and on each succeeding day of the campaign, daily reports should be made to your county chairman giving the amount of money subscribed. It is necessary for the success of t he campaign that towns report to their county chairman the total amount received daily, whether it is large or small. Without the knowledge which comes from these reports it is impossible to tell where we are, and what steps are next necessary. Through the county chairman and state headquarters reports will be tabulated and used for publicity purposes in the daily papers. Wednesday's papers must carry the news of Tuesday, and please be sure that your report is included. Town chairmen should telephone their reports to their county chairmen not later than five o'clock daily. After Tuesday two figures should appear in the daily reports; first, the total for the day, and second, the total for the town campaign to date. Mr. Frank Vanderlip is to add prestige to our campaign by speaking in Hartford, and it is quite probable that Mr. McAdoo will appear in one of our other cities. Remember, the first days are always the hardest. I wish it were possible for me to attend your first campaign tea. Citizen's Committee Windham Mrs. J. G. Byrne Mrs. J. M. Gager Hon. G. Harold Gilpatric Miss Charlotte Grosvenor Mr. Francis Upton Johnstone Rev. William Beach Olmsted Mrs. Sydney Paine Judge Milton A. Shumway Mr. Charles L. Torrey Miss Dorothy Weir Miss Florence D. Wiley Litchfield Mr. W. W. Bierce Mr. John G. Brinsmade Mrs. John L. Buel Mrs. Henry Hornbostel Dr. Wm. S. Hulbert Mrs. Arthur Knox Mrs. Frank B. Munn Mr. W. W. Horton Mrs. George Quincy Porter Mr. Thomas Constantine Purdy Mrs. Orville H. Ripley Mr. Thomas F. Ryan Mrs. Christabel Stafford Mr. A. S. G. Taylor Middlesex Mrs. F. A. Bradeen Mr. Chas. B. Carlson Hon. Chas. E. Clark Mrs. Wm. Couch Mr. F. R. Goodrich Mr. E. Kent Hubbard Mrs. William Ladd Mrs. Whitney Porter Mr. Robert Rice Dr.. William Arnold Shanklin Mrs. F. S. Smith Hon. Chas. K. Torkelson Tolland Mrs. A. H. Benton Rev. B. F. Case Mr. Joseph N. Clark Mr. George Forster Mrs. Walter Haven Mrs. E. B. Kibbe Mrs. George James Mansfield Miss Pendleton Hon. Lyman Tingier Mr. Edward M. Yeomans 55 Pratt Street Telephone Charter 6217 Bushnell 769 Hartford, Conn. June 10, 1919. To: Town Chairmen, From: Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., Partial returns for the first day gives the state campaign total as $5,000+ This does not include all of the first day's returns. We are doing as we want you to do; sending on promptly a report of what we have. I would advise again the preparation by you of additional cards of promising prospects. Many men and women interested and ready to give may otherwise be overlooked, and the use of the cards makes the approach more orderly and natural. Large gifts are exceedingly welcome, but encourage your workers to keep after the small gifts also. The fact that a man or woman has not been pro-suffrage is not a reason for not asking for a subscription. You are offering to them an opportunity to help in an important and necessary work relating to the welfare of the state. One of the senators who has opposed the movement up to the present moment said: "while I frankly do not believe the time is ripe for woman suffrage in Connecticut, I cordially endorse the preparations of the state Woman Suffrage Association to train and enlighten the electorate by courses in citizenship. This work of education goes to the bottom of the difficulty and should be strongly supported". An opposing representative said: "Since suffrage is coming it is extremely important to train and educate women to be able to use the ballot intelligently. Nothing but an enlightened vote can guarantee us against the bomb outrages and anarchistic plots which have outraged the United States." The good news came five minutes ago that Illinois and Wisconsin have ratified, passing into history, therefore, as the first states to ratify the Federal Suffrage Amendment. I know that you will present these statements at your teas. We wish it were possible for someone from headquarters to be present each day. TELEPHONE: Charter 6217 Bushnell 769 HARTFORD, CONN. 55 Pratt St. June 11, 1919. TO: Town Chairmen, F ROM: Mrs. Samuel Russel, Jr., Partial returns made at to-day's campaign teas indicate that $5,000 was received today, making the total report to date $10,000. Michigan has followed Illinois and Wisconsin in ratifying the Federal Suffrage Amendment and it is generally conceded that the other states will follow with rapidity. We, therefore, must emphasize the fact that this citizenship work is immediate and imperative. It is quite possible that Connecticut women may vote next year. In this critical period it is doubly important that the great new vote in Connecticut be prepared as quickly and fully as possible. We are greatly pleased that former Secretary of the Treasury, William McAdoo, and Frank A. Vanderlip of the National City Bank have joined our force of speakers. These men have sent word that they are deeply interested in the citizenship program and are coming at the earliest date their engagements permit. Mr. Vanderlip is prevented by previous engagements from coming to Connecticut prior to June 16th. However, it is thought a fitting climax to the campaign to have him speak on Wednesday evening at Foot Guard Hall, Hartford. Mr. McAdoo speaks in Bridgeport in the ballroom of the Hotel Stratfield, Monday, June 16th, at five o'clock. CARD OF INVITATION PRESENTED TO JUNE 1919 AMOUNT $ CASH ENCLOSED $ In order to help in the development of true Americanism through training in good citizenship and to advance the interests of Woman Suffrage in the State, and in consideration of other subscriptions, I hereby agree to contribute to the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association the sum of ... Dollars, p ayable at once ( ) or in monthly payments ( SIGNED.... Place X in ( ) to indicate manner of payment. Make all checks payable to the Treasurer of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association. Released on Receipt. From Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., Chairman Campaign Committee for $100,000 for Citizenship Work and other public services, under the auspices of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, State Headquarters, 55 Pratt St., Hartford, Conn. ----- Former Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo and Frank A. Vanderlip who has just resigned as president of the National City Bank, New York, have joined the force of speakers who are helping the statewide fund campaign that is being conducted from June 9 to June 16 to raise by public subscriptions in Connecticut $100,000 for an educational program to help better prepare the 350,000 women of voting age in the state for the ballot, Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., the State Campaign Chairman, announced. Both Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Vanderlip sent words they are deeply interested in the campaign, and the Citizenship program, and are coming to Connecticut on the earliest dates their engagements permit. Mr. McAdoo will speak in Bridgeport on Monday, June 16, at 5 o'clock. The meeting will be in the ball-room of the Stratfield Hotel. Mr. Vanderlip will speak in Hartford at Foot Guard Hall. As previous engagements prevent his coming to Hartford prior to June 16, it is thought a fitting climax to the campaign to have him speak on Wednesday evening, June 18. The first Campaign Teas at which reports of subscriptions obtained by the volunteer workers were made were held throughout the state Tuesday (June 10), and speakers were heard at a number of meetings. Dr. Allan MacRossie, twice Red Cross Commissioner to Europe, spoke at the campaign headquarters in New Haven, and Captain Frank Hanscom, chaplain with the American Expeditionary Forces, spoke in Hartford. Early reports from the workers indicate that the men are subscribing as generously as the women, Mrs. Russell said. "Some of our workers are having amusing experiences with men who are supposed to be conservatives, "Mrs. Russell said. "They offer 'reasons' why women don't need the ballot, but admit the need for citizenship work now that the ballot is on the way and wind up by subscribing just as freely as those who have always been pronounced suffragists." From Mrs. Russell, Jr., Chairman Campaign Committee for $100,000 for Citizenship Work and other public services, under the auspices of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, State Headquarters, 55 Pratt St., Hartford, Conn. Released on Receipt. -------------------- United States Senator George P. McLean of Connecticut, who voted against the Federal Suffrage Amendment, commenting on the $100,000 fund campaign in Connecticut for citizenship work and other services in connection with the coming full enfranchisement, said: "I must consistently favor any effort that will induce them (the women of America) to take an intelligent and active interest in politics and public questions." Senator McLean's statement was contained in a letter of June 10 to Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., of Middletown, Conn., Chairman of the Campaign Committee conducting the fund campaign. The letter follows: UNITED STATES SENATE Washington June 10, 1919. "Dear Mrs. Russell: "I have yours of the 6th requesting my views with regard to your proposal to raise $100,000 to help in the development of true Americanism and good citizenship and for the interest of Woman Suffrage in the State. "In as much as I have opposed granting suffrage to the women largely because of my belief that only a small portion of the women of America desire to assume the responsibilities of the ballot, I must consistently favor any effort that will induce them to take an intelligent and active interest in politics and public questions. "I sincerely hope that what some of them insist is a blessed privilege will not prove to be an unnecessary and irksome burden to be generally forgotten or intentionally ignored. "It's a trite thing to say that the future of democracy depends upon an intelligent ballot. Some twenty years ago in my message to the General Assembly, I urged the vital importance of teaching the duties and responsibilities of citizenship in the public schools. My advice in this regard was applauded and printed and promptly forgotten I wish you better success with your plan. "You will probably find the women very apt pupils when they don't play hooky and, seriously, I hope they will not disappoint you but will demonstrate that I have been mistaken in my fear they they would look upon the ballot as a privilege to be neglected at pleasure rather than a solemn obligation to be wisely and faithfully performed. "Very sincerely yours, (Signed) "GEO. P. McLEAN." mmmmmmm Anna Howard Shaw Memorial of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Headquarters 1606 Finance Building, Philadelphia, PA. Executive Committee Mrs. John O. Miller, Chairman Mrs. J. Claude Bedford Dr. Ellen C. Potter Mrs. James Starr, Jr. Mrs. F. Louis Slade Prof. Susan M. Kingsbury Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers [*Advisory Committee Miss Jane Addams Hon. Henry T. Allen Miss Lucy E. Anthony Dr. S. Josephine Baker Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford Mrs. Frances E. Burns Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Dr. Katherine Bement Davis Mrs. George A. Dunning Mrs. Joseph Frauenthal Miss Anna A. Gordon Bishop John W. Hamilton Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard Dr. Mary B. Jewett Mrs. W. A. Johnston Hon. Franklin K. Lane Miss Julia Lathrop Mrs. Charles M. Lea Mrs. Henry P. Lincoln Hon. Frank O. Lowden Mrs. Frederick J. Manning Mrs. J. Willis Martin Mrs. Medill McCormick Mrs. W. McNab Miller Miss Ethel Moore Mrs. Philip North Moore Mrs. Beverly Mumford Mrs. Maud Wood Park Mrs. George A. Pirersol Mrs. Gifford Pinchot Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr. Hon. William C. Sproul Dean Lucy Ward Stebbins Hon. William Howard Taft Miss M. Carey Thomas Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany Dr. Martha Tracy Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton Dr. Emmeline B. Wells Miss Maude Wetmore] September Thirteenth 1921 Mr dear Miss Danielson: I have asked both Mrs. Johnstone and Miss Dorothy Weir to be chairman of Windham County. Both have refused. What is the next move? You know your county so much better than I do, and I do wish you would reconsider your resignation. You really are the proper person for the county. We had a very successful tea on Ratification Day in Fairfield County and also a Dahlia Show last Saturday at Westport where we made some money. Miss Weir said she would send a contribution, so I have asked her to send it directly to the state treasurer, Mrs. W. W. Norton. Please do help me out on your county. Please keep it. With all cordial regards and sympathy, Sincerely yours [?] Thompson Seton Miss Rosamond Danielson Putnam, Conn. Anna Howards Shaw Memorial of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Headquarters 1606 Finance Building, Philadelphia, PA. Executive Committee Mrs. John O. Miller, Chairman Mrs. J. Claude Bedford Dr. Ellen C. Potter Mrs. James Starr, Jr. Mrs. F. Louis Slade Prof. Susan M. Kingsbury Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers [*Advisory Committee Miss Jane Addams Hon. Henry T. Allen Miss Lucy E. Anthony Dr. S. Josephine Baker Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford Mrs. Frances E. Burns Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Dr. Katherine Bement Davis Mrs. George A. Dunning Mrs. Joseph Frauenthal Miss Anna A. Gordon Bishop John W. Hamilton Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard Dr. Mary B. Jewett Mrs. W. A. Johnston Hon. Franklin K. Lane Miss Julia Lathrop Mrs. Charles M. Lea Mrs. Henry P. Lincoln Hon. Frank O. Lowden Mrs. Frederick J. Manning Mrs. J. Willis Martin Mrs. Medill McCormick Mrs. W. McNab Miller Miss Ethel Moore Mrs. Philip North Moore Mrs. Beverly Mumford Mrs. Maud Wood Park Mrs. George A. Pirersol Mrs. Gifford Pinchot Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr. Hon. William C. Sproul Dean Lucy Ward Stebbins Hon. William Howard Taft Miss M. Carey Thomas Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany Dr. Martha Tracy Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton Dr. Emmeline B. Wells Miss Maude Wetmore] Greenwich, Conn. August 12th, 1921 [?] Mrs. Johnson ? phone ? [?] Miss Rosamond Danielson Putnam, Conn. My dear Miss Danielson: Thank you very much for the check of fifty dollars for the Anna Howard Shaw Fund, which I am sending on to the treasurer. You will get a receipt in due time. I am exceeding sorry that you feel you should resign the chairman ship of Windham County, as I have always looked to you as the real leader of that county; and I am particularly sorry for the reason, and hope that your mother will very speedily recover. I shall write to the various ladies you have suggested, but please do not resign the chairmanship until I have been able to appoint your successor, when I shall notify you. With all cordial good wishes, [?] Thompson Seton Chairman for Connecticut. S/D ? activists from the ?? Aug 26 already planned in the near in counties Anna Howard Shaw Memorial A meeting of the Anna Howard Shaw Memorial was held at the home of the chairman, Mrs. Ernest Thompson Setson, at Greenwich, Conn. on Monday, July 18th, 1921. Those present were as follows: Mrs. A. E. Scranton Taylor Mrs. E. B. Curtiss Mrs. W. E. Deming Mrs. W. P. Couch Mrs. W. W. Norton Miss Mary Alice Jones Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton Regrets were received from: Miss Rosamond Danielson Miss Edna Tyler Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch Mrs. E. B. Smith Miss Katherine Ludington Mrs. H. W. Roger Miss Julis Hinaman Mrs. Mortimer C. Keeler Miss Emily Whitney Mrs. E. B. Chase Mrs. W. T. Hincks After informal discussion before and after luncheon the meeting was formally called to order at 2:45, Mrs. Seton in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting on June 25, 1920, were read and approved. The Treasurer reported that there was held at Headquarters as per notice received from 1606 Finance Building, Philadelphia, $169.60, the balance of $435.81 with the Robbins Burral Trust Company at Lakeville, Conn., total $605.41. Report accepted. In addition, the chair stated that a ruling from National Headquarters provided that the $3500 which had been collected and pledged by Mrs. Newell, Chairman of Fairfield Co., for the Bryn Endowment Fund would be credited on the Connecticut quota. Upon request form Mrs. Norton, the Chair stated that Connecticut's quota was $25,000, to be raised before February 14, 1922, the birthday of Anna Howard Shaw, and that the counties had been appropriated as follows: Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven, each $8,000 New London 3,000 Middlesex and Litchfield, each 2,000 Tolland and Windham, each 500 Mrs. Taylor reported as Chairman of the Traveling Treasure Chest and Tree Planting, that her several efforts in the summer of 1920 resulted in the hostesses for six garden parties one by one finding it impossible to arrange for same, and that she had finally found where to get the treelings. She took the chest from Mrs. William T. Hincks of Bridgeport, where Mrs. Seton had deposited it after a meeting held in Fairfield County on behalf of the chest. There are but six articles in the chest, now in the possession of Mrs. Taylor, and contributions are strongly urged. It was suggested that whenever an effort is being made to secure money a request also be made for a contribution to the A. H. S. Memorial Meeting, July 18, 1921 Page 2 Traveling Treasure Chest. (Report was accepted). Mrs. E. B. Curtiss agreed to ask Mrs. Joseph Marien of Westport, also Mrs. Henry Plant if they would be willing to open their houses and grounds for a garden party. She also accepted the appointment of Vice-Chairman of Fairfield County, and Acting Chairman during Mrs. Newell's absence, and agreed to do what she could toward the organization, asking Mrs. William Hall, Mrs. J. V. Smith, Mrs. Irving Chase and Mrs. Charles G. Sanford to be chairman of a committee in their several towns. She also agreed to ask for contribution from Miss Annie Burt Jennings and Mrs. John Fay and Mrs. Frederick Bedford of Green's Farms. Mrs. Taylor agreed to give a garden party at her home , in September, and to ascertain if Miss Sidney Thompson would be available for entertainments. Mrs. William E. Deming, Chairman of Hartford County, undertook to ask Mrs. Herbert Knox if she would consent to open her house for a garden party. A motion authorizing Mrs. Taylor to negotiate with Miss Sidney Thompson was made and carried. Another suggestion was a poster collection. A collection of War Posters [????] be obtained at the same time as contributions for the Traveling Chest or at the time of the garden parties. It was suggested that Mrs. William Austin of Norwich be asked to be chairman of New London County, and Miss Caroline Dudley of New Haven County. Miss Mary Alice jones of Middletown was appointed by the Chairman, Assistant to Miss Julia Hinaman on the State Publicity Committee. A motion was made and carried to print 2,000 folders in the form of a pledge card, with a perforation on the upper part to contain an attractive lay-out of why one should wish to contribute to the Memorial fund; the material to be furnished by Miss Jones to Mrs. Seton, who will get out the cards, the bill to be paid by the State Treasurer. Mrs. Deming moved that the Chairman send a circular letter to the presidents of the principal state woman's organizations, requesting that a chairman be appointed to raise funds for the Shaw Memorial, and agreed to send a list of such to the Chairman. (Motion carried). In this connection Mrs. Taylor suggested some speakers to have available to address meetings. Mrs. Deming and Miss Jones agreed to respond to such calls. Motion made by Mrs. Couch, seconded by Mrs. Curtiss that the two dates, of the suffrage ratification in August, and the birthday of Anna Howard Shaw, February 14th, be set aside for special effort on the part of all workers in the organization to secure funds for the Memorial. (Carried) It was agreed that as soon as possible in the autumn Miss Hinaman and Miss Jones and any other publicly chairman that have been appointed were to organize a publicity campaign in the New York and Boston papers. Mrs. Taylor was suggested that if we could start some publicity on "What is Preventative Medicine" and make a real live story of the great value of his chain it might be of assistance toward understanding the aim of the Memorial. Meeting adjourned at 4:20, Daylight Saving Time. ANNA HOWARD SHAW MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS 1606 FINANCE BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ADVISORY COMMITTEE MISS JANE ADDAMS HON. HENRY T. ALLEN MISS LUCY E. ANTHONY DR. S. JOSEPHINE BAKER MRS. JOSEPH T. BOWEN MRS. MARY C. C. BRADFORD MRS. FRANCES E. BURNS MRS CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT DR. KATHARINE BEMENT DAVIS MRS. GEORGE A. DUNNING MRS. JOSEPH FRAUENTHAL MISS ANNA A. GORDON BISHOP JOHN W. HAMILTON DR. GRACE RAYMOND HEBARD DR. MARY B. JEWETT MRS. W. A. JOHNSTON HON. FRANKLIN K. LANE MISS JULIA LATHROP MRS. CHARLES M. LEA MRS. HENRY P. LINCOLN HON. FRANK O. LOWDEN MRS. FREDERICK J. MANNING MRS. J. WILLIS MARTIN MRS. MEDILL McCORMICK MRS. W. McNAB MILLER MISS ETHEL MOORE MRS. PHILIP NORTH MOORE MRS. BEVERLY MUMFORD MRS. MAUD WOOD PARK MRS. GEORGE A. PIERSOL MRS. GIFFORD PINCHOT HON. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR. HON. WILLIAM C. SPROUL DEAN LUCY WARD STEBBINS HON. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT MISS M. CAREY THOMAS MRS. CHARLES L. TIFFANY DR. MARTHA TRACY MRS. BARCLAY H. WARBURTON DR. EMMELINE B. WELLS MISS MAUDE WETMORE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MRS. JOHN O. MILLER, CHAIRMAN MRS. J. CLAUDE BEDFORD DR. ELLEN C. POTTER MRS. JAMES STARR, JR. MRS. F. LOUIS SLADE PROF. SUSAN M. KINGSBURY MRS. HENRY WADE ROGERS Greenwich, Conn., 31st July, 1921. Miss Rosamond Danielson, Chairman, Windham Co., Putnam, Conn. My dear Miss Danielson, I am very sorry that you could not come to the meeting, but I hope that you have received a copy of the minutes. I am asking all of the chairmen to do something in accordance with the action taken at that time. The suffrage ratification date is August 26th. Do you think you could possibly get up a meeting, or a party or something in Putnam and perhaps other towns in Windham County? Mrs. Couch is planning some activities for Middlesex County for that date, and I hope to get out a folder which will help, in the course of a week now. How many would you like? Sincerely yours, [?] Thompson [?] - 2 - LIST OF LEAGUES IN WINDHAM COUNTY Union-Ashford E.F.L. Brooklyn E.F.L. Danielson E.F.L. Eastford E.F.L. Thompson E.F.L. Plainfield E.F.L. Woodstock Suffrage Committee Mrs. Harvey N. Lawson Mrs. Sidney Bard Miss Grace Spaulding, 1st V[?]Pres. Mrs. H. H. Converse Miss Grace Granger Mrs. John C. Gallup Mrs. Fosdick Harrison, Chairman Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Headquarters: 55-57 Pratt Street, Hartford Telephone Charter 6217 Executive Committee Miss Katharine Ludington President 55-57 Pratt St.. Hartford Mrs. Hiram Percy Maxim Corresponding Secretary 276 North Whitney St. Hartford Miss Mabel C. Washburn Treasurer 55-57 Pratt St.. Hartford Mrs. T. S. McDermott Auditor New Haven Mrs. Grace Thompson Seton Vice-President Greenwich Mrs. Wm. H. Deming Recording Secretary Hartford Mrs. Marion Nicholl Rawson Auditor Sound Beach Miss Mary Bulkley Chairman Hartford County Hartford Mrs. Willis Austin Chairman New London County Norwich Miss Rosamond Danielson Chairman Windham County Putnam Miss Mary D. Webster Chairman Middlesex County Middletown Mrs. Henry H. Townshend Chairman New Haven County New Haven Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees Chairman Fairfield County Greenwich Mrs. A. E. Scranton Taylor Chairman Litchfield County Norfolk Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch Chairman Tolland County Columbia Copy of letter sent. To the league presidents: Sept. 26, 1919. The Annual Convention of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association will be held this year early in November, probably in Bridgeport. May I call your attention to the following clause in the Constitution? "By-LAW II. Section 1. Local societies may become auxiliary to the State Association by paying annually into its treasury the sum of 25 cent for each paid-up membership of such society. Section 2. Each local society affiliated with the State Association shall be entitled to the following number of delegates in the State Convention: five delegates by virtue of auxiliaryship and one additional delegate for every ten members and major fraction thereof." If you have not yet paid these dues will you please do so as soon as possible? They are due October 1st. The Convention this year will be one of unusual interest. The change in the political situation, owing to the passage of the Federal Suffrage Amendment, and the increasing demand for the training of women as voting citizens, as the time for full enfranchisement seems a reality of the near future, make desirable some important changes in our state organization. In consequence of this your executive board is preparing to present to you some proposed changes in the Constitution. A draft of this changed Constitution will be sent out next week to all the League members whose names are filed at our State Headquarters. It has been impossible, in spite of all our efforts, for us to keep the lists of the membership of all the Leagues up-to-date. Will you kindly send us a correct list of your officers and members by October 1st? You will certainly wish to send a large delegation to the convention and to have your members well informed as to the subjects under consideration. Begging you to give this matter your immediate attention, I am, Very sincerely yours, Treasurer. Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association HEADQUARTERS: 55-57 PRATT STREET, HARTFORD TELEPHONE CHARTER 6217 RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. WILLIAM C. CHENEY, SOUTH MANCHESTER CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. WILLIAM H. DEMING, HARTFORD TREASURER MISS MABEL C. WASHBURN, HARTFORD POLITICAL LEADERS MRS. T. S. MCDERMOTT, NEW HAVEN MRS. HIRAM PERCY MAXIM, HARTFORD MRS. A. HYDE COLE, EAST NORWALK MRS. WILLIS AUSTIN, NORWICH MRS. SAMUEL S. COOPER, SALISBURY AUDITORS MISS EMILY WHITNEY, NEW HAVEN MRS. RUTH MCINTIRE DADOURIAN, HARTFORD PRESIDENT MISS KATHARINE LUDINGTON, OLD LYME VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. GRACE THOMPSON SETON, GREENWICH MRS. C. E. A. WINSLOW, NEW HAVEN MRS. HARRISON B. FREEMAN, HARTFORD CHAIRMEN OF COUNTIES MISS MARY BULKLEY, HARTFORD MRS. HENRY H. TOWNSHEND, NEW HAVEN MISS EDNA TYLER, NEW LONDON MISS CAROLINE RUUTZ-REES, GREENWICH MISS ROSAMOND DANIELSON, PUTNAM MRS. A. E. SCRANTON TAYLOR, NORFOLK MRS. WILLIAM P. COUCH, CROMWELL MRS. FANNIE DIXON WELCH, COLUMBIA January 14, 1920. Dear Miss Danielson; Here is the cream of the information on hand to date as to the Chicago Convention. Miss Ludington hopes that you will surely secure a delegate or two from your county. It will certainly be a unique occasion! Hoping to see you next week, I am, Very sincerely yours, Mabel C. Washburn Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association HEADQUARTERS: 55-57 PRATT STREET, HARTFORD TELEPHONE CHARTER 6217 RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. WILLIAM C. CHENEY, SOUTH MANCHESTER CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. WILLIAM H. DEMING, HARTFORD TREASURER MISS MABEL C. WASHBURN, HARTFORD POLITICAL LEADERS MRS. T. S. MCDERMOTT, NEW HAVEN MRS. HIRAM PERCY MAXIM, HARTFORD MRS. A. HYDE COLE, EAST NORWALK MRS. WILLIS AUSTIN, NORWICH MRS. SAMUEL S. COOPER, SALISBURY AUDITORS MISS EMILY WHITNEY, NEW HAVEN MRS. RUTH MCINTIRE DADOURIAN, HARTFORD PRESIDENT MISS KATHARINE LUDINGTON, OLD LYME VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. GRACE THOMPSON SETON, GREENWICH MRS. C. E. A. WINSLOW, NEW HAVEN MRS. HARRISON B. FREEMAN, HARTFORD CHAIRMEN OF COUNTIES HARTFORD COUNTY MISS MARY BULKLEY, HARTFORD NEW HAVEN COUNTY MRS. HENRY H. TOWNSHEND, NEW HAVEN NEW LONDON COUNTY MISS EDNA TYLER, NEW LONDON FAIRFIELD COUNTY MISS CAROLINE RUUTZ-REES, GREENWICH WINDHAM COUNTY MISS ROSAMOND DANIELSON, PUTNAM LITCHFIELD COUNTY MRS. A. E. SCRANTON TAYLOR, NORFOLK MIDDLESEX COUNTY MRS. WILLIAM P. COUCH, CROMWELL TOLLAND COUNTY MRS. FANNIE DIXON WELCH, COLUMBIA May 12, 1920 My dear Miss Danielson; Thank you for your account. Waterbury and another place have set the noble example of sending the surplus of their collections to the state treasury and I do think that that is but fair, as that treasury is expected to meet any deficiency which may arise anywhere. Do you need your ten dollars very badly? We hope that the apparent failure of the week covers some gains. Very sincerely yours, Mabel C. Washburn Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association HEADQUARTERS: 55-57 PRATT STREET, HARTFORD TELEPHONE CHARTER 6217 RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. WILLIAM C. CHENEY, SOUTH MANCHESTER CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. WILLIAM H. DEMING, HARTFORD TREASURER MISS MABEL C. WASHBURN, HARTFORD POLITICAL LEADERS MRS. T. S. MCDERMOTT, NEW HAVEN MRS. HIRAM PERCY MAXIM, HARTFORD MRS. A. HYDE COLE, EAST NORWALK MRS. WILLIS AUSTIN, NORWICH MRS. SAMUEL S. COOPER, SALISBURY AUDITORS MISS EMILY WHITNEY, NEW HAVEN MRS. RUTH MCINTIRE DADOURIAN, HARTFORD PRESIDENT MISS KATHARINE LUDINGTON, OLD LYME VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. GRACE THOMPSON SETON, GREENWICH MRS. C. E. A. WINSLOW, NEW HAVEN MRS. HARRISON B. FREEMAN, HARTFORD CHAIRMEN OF COUNTIES MISS MARY BULKLEY, HARTFORD MRS. HENRY H. TOWNSHEND, NEW HAVEN MISS EDNA TYLER, NEW LONDON MISS CAROLINE RUUTZ-REES, GREENWICH MISS ROSAMOND DANIELSON, PUTNAM MRS. A. E. SCRANTON TAYLOR, NORFOLK MRS. WILLIAM P. COUCH, CROMWELL MRS. FANNIE DIXON WELCH, COLUMBIA January 7, 1920. My dear Miss Danielson; I have ascertained that our little state is entitled to 15 delegates to the National Convention in Chicago, Feb.12- 18, inclusive. Also to 15 alternates, and besides, our president and a member for Conn. on the National Council. We shall, therefore, be quite safe in trying to secure at least two women from each of our eight counties. Will you endeavor to get two from Windham County and send their names as soon as possible to Head quarters, as reservations should be made early. Is it not grand about Kentucky! Don't you want to go and celebrate? Very sincerely yours, Mabel C. Washburn P.S. I was so sorry that Mrs. Fletcher was not at our finance committee meeting, yesterday. I have done nothing about Woodstock, expecting to learn particulars from her. National Woman's Party National Headquarters, Lafayette Square Washington, D. C. COLORS - Purple, White and Gold National Executive Committee Miss Alice Paul, N. J. Chairman Miss Mabel Vernon, Del., Secretary Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Pa., Treasurer 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. Miss Doris Stevens, Neb. Mrs. Richard Wainwright, D. C. Miss Maud Younger, Cal. Headquarters Maintenance Committee Mrs. William Kent, Cal., Chairman July 7, 1920 Dear Suffragist: Just when all seemed lost in the fight for our disenfranchisement, another chance has come. With the announcement of a special session of the Tennessee legislature on August 9th, following the opinion by the Attorney General that Tennessee can act on ratification this year, we again have a chance to win the one state still needed. The opponents of suffrage are already massing their strength in Tennessee, as they did in Delaware. Unless funds are immediately raised to make possible a thorough campaign in Tennessee, suffrage may lose in this state as it did in Delaware. Tennessee offers the only opportunity, according to the present outlook, to win the last needed state before the elections. If this opportunity is lost, millions of women will probably be debarred from voting this November. Can you give or raise any money to ensure victory in Tennessee? Ten thousand dollars at least is needed. If every woman who receives this appeal were to send $5 this total would be raised. If you can give more than $5 it will make victory more certain. If you can give $500 or $1000, it will make victory still more certain. Now that suffrage has been passed by Congress and ratified by thirty-five states, we must not lose the thirty-sixth state! If each one of use will stand steadfastly by this campaign, with all the money and service at our command, we shall carry Tennessee. Will you take your share in the fight? I enclose a letter from our Tennessee chairman, which you may be interested in seeing. Sincerely yours, [*Alice Paul*] National Chairman, SEND CHEQUES TO TREASURER OF NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY, LAFAYETTE SQUARE, WASHINGTON, D. C. July 3, 1920 My dear Miss Paul: The more I look into the Tennessee situation, the more I realize that we face a terrible fight. The anti-suffragists have already begun work, appealing, as the always do in Southern campaigns, to deeply seated prejudices and pouring vitriol into old wounds. We are being fought persistently, through daily editorials and antagonistic news policies, by two of the most important daily papers, and numerous smaller ones are following their lead. The geography of the state is also against us. Many of the counties in the mountains and hills of the eastern and middle sections are almost inaccessible, with no railroad facilities and bad dirt roads. The state is three or four hundred miles long and a hundred wide. There are ninety-seven counties and one hundred and thirty-two members of the legislature. We can not count upon the same support that we received from the presidential suffrage bill. The Republican support which was given to the measure may be withheld now in order to prevent the Democrats from obtaining credit for the last state. Moreover, in the presidential suffrage campaign, we did not have to contend against the states rights agitation. The presidential bill received only a bare majority so that the lose of any Republican votes or of any votes because of states rights opposition, would cost us ratification unless we gained new votes. It will require fifteen organizers to cover the state in the month that we have for the campaign. Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis should have two organizers each, and another should be stationed in the extreme north-eastern counties to divide her time between Bristol and Johnson City. Then there should be six more for the country counties of the eastern, middle and western divisions. These are the conditions. I only wish that it were possible for Tennessee to finance the campaign to make herself the thirty-sixth state, but with so much at stake of moment to women of other states, I can not, as State Chairman, assume the responsibility of raising the money here for such an intensive and difficult campaign. We must have such a campaign, however, if we are to win. Sincerely yours, (Signed) Sue S. White, Tennessee Chairman. 1. The name of this Association shall be the Connecticut League of Independent Republican Women. 2. The object of the League shall be to extend and organize, throughout the State, the political interest of women of Republican sympathies, while leaving them entirely free to vote or to use their influence for or against the election of any special candidate. 3. Any woman in the State of Connecticut, of twenty years or over, who is in accord with the principles of the League is eligible for membership. 4. Those joining the League the first year shall be considered Charter members, on the payment of five dollars. Supporting members shall pay five dollars a year; Active Members, one dollar a year. Enrolled Members pay no dues and have no vote. NAMES AND DUES MAY BE SENT TO MRS. W. S. BROWN 362 LAUREL ST. HARTFORD DE WINTON LAKE AVENUE GREENWICH CONNECTICUT 30th April 1920. Miss Rosamond Danielson, Putnam, Conn. My dear Miss Danielson, Will you accept the chairmanship for Windham County for the Anna Howard Shaw Memorial? I must ask you to wire your acceptance to me at Greenwich, Connecticut. As you have doubtless learned directly, or through the report of the association, or the press, the National American Woman Suffrage Association at its Victory Convention held in Chicago February 12 to 18, 1920, voted to establish an Anna Howard Shaw Memorial under the following terms: "That the National American Woman Suffrage Association establish an official joint memorial to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw - at Bryn Mawr College a foundation in Politics and at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania a foundation in Preventive Medicine as a fitting continuation of her life work; and that a committee be appointed to carry out the work by appealing to women throughout the country and that this committee be incorporated and assume the financial responsibility." Mrs. John O. Miller was appointed chairman of the committee and at that time Dr. Ellen C. Potter and Mrs. F. Louis Slade were appointed to the committee by Mrs. Catt. Since then Mrs. J. Claude Bedford, Professor Susan M. Kingsbury, Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers and Mrs. James Starr have been added to the committee. Mrs. Bedford has been made vice chairman of the committee, Dr. Potter, secretary, and Mrs. Starr, temporary treasurer. The committee has been organized and is in the process of securing a list of representative people as an advisory committee. The plan for the Memorial involved organization by the various states, and I have accepted the Chairmanship of the Committee for the State of Connecticut. Your continued support of suffrage for women and your loyal devotion to our great leader, Dr. Shaw, prompts me to hope that you will agree with me that this is one of the privileged moments of one's life - to interest the women of our Nation in establishing a living Memorial to one who gave her life, her strength, her enthusiasm, and her powers to the cause of securing for women the right to franchise. -2- DE WINTON LAKE AVENUE GREENWICH CONNECTICUT The committee believes that this moment of complete ratification is indeed the time to establish this Victory Memorial in honor of our beloved leader and that it should serve not only to commemorate the accomplishment of her life work but to arouse among all her former constituents a consciousness of responsibility for the best use of the franchise through our newly formed League of Women Voters. The committee has decided to send to the papers a statement of its plans for the Memorial to be released immediately upon complete ratification in order to secure the advantage of wide publicly which will come with that great moment. This event seems to the committee so important that it has pushed its organization with rapidity. Herefore phase were acceptance I do indeed trust that you will serve as chairman of your County. In case you find it absolutely impossible to do so, will you not assume responsibility for securing a competent chairman for this piece of work in your County? Very sincerely yours, Grace Thompson Seton Chairman of Connecticut. Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association HEADQUARTERS: 55-57 PRATT STREET, HARTFORD TELEPHONE CHARTER 6217 RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. WILLIAM C. CHENEY, SOUTH MANCHESTER CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. WILLIAM H. DEMING, HARTFORD TREASURER MISS MABEL C. WASHBURN, HARTFORD POLITICAL LEADERS MRS. T. S. MCDERMOTT, NEW HAVEN MRS. HIRAM PERCY MAXIM, HARTFORD MRS. A. HYDE COLE, EAST NORWALK MRS. WILLIS AUSTIN, NORWICH MRS. SAMUEL S. COOPER, SALISBURY AUTIDORS MISS EMILY WHITNEY, NEW HAVEN MRS. RUTH MCINTIRE DADOURIAN, HARTFORD PRESIDENT MISS KATHARINE LUDINGTON, OLD LYME VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. GRACE THOMPSON SETON, GREENWICH MRS. C. E. A. WINSLOW, NEW HAVEN MRS. HARRISON B. FREEMAN, HARTFORD CHAIRMEN OF COUNTIES HARTFORD COUNTY MISS BARY BULKLEY, HARTFORD NEW HAVEN COUNTY MRS. HENRY H. TOWNSHEND, NEW HAVEN NEW LONDON COUNTY MISS EONA TYLER, NEW LONDON FAIRFIELD COUNTY MISS CAROLINE RUUTZ-REES, GREENWICH WINDHAM COUNTY MISS ROSAMOND DANIELSON, PUTNAM LITCHFIELD COUNTY MRS. A. E. SCRANTON TAYLOR, NORFOLK MIDDLESEX COUNTY MRS. WILLIAM P. COUCH, CROMWELL TOLLAND COUNTY MRS. FANNIE DIXON WELCH, COLUMBIA March 3, 1920. Miss Rosamond Danielson, R. D. #2, Putnam, Conn. My dear Miss Danielson: The plans for the Hartford County Citizenship Institute are developing beautifully. Our dates are March 24, 25, and 26. And since this is to be a model for the other county institutes which we plan to hold in May, we hope the country chairmen will come and bring some of their good workers with them. The school for the organizers which will be held from 9 to 11:30 daily will be open to a selected group of possible volunteer teachers whom the chairmen from other counties wish to send. The training itself we have to give to our own organizers, but, no doubt, these volunteer teachers would receive great benefit. We are going to have a very good program with some very good speakers, and hope to make some arrangements for hospitality for anyone who wanted to come, but hesitated because of the expense. You will receive a fuller announcement later. With very best wishes always, Sincerely, Nancy M. [Schoo??????] Director of Citizenship. NMS/D C O P Y Danielson, Connecticut. March 26, 1919. Miss Rosamond Danielson Putnam, Connecticut. Dear Madam: The question you ask is whether an act of the legislature of this state permitting women to vote for presidential electors is constitutional. The Federal constitution has clearly defined how presidential electors may be appointed. Section one of Article second of the federal constitution provides, "Each State shall appoint in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress." The federal constitution having provided the manner in which electors shall be appointed, the state constitution in any of its provisions has no bearing whatever upon the question. The power of the legislature is full and complete to direct the manner in which electors may be appointed, and, this power cannot be taken away otherwise than by amendment to the constitution which confers such power. Any manner of appointing presidential electors which the legislature may direct, for the making such appointment is legal, and constitutional. The legislature may itself appoint the electors: it may, delegate the appointment to the Supreme Court: it may delegate the appointment to an elector elected, to choose a presidential elector: as, has been done. Therefore, there can be no constitutional objection that should have any weight if the legislature should see fit to confer upon women the right to vote for presidential electors. Indeed, the legislature might be within the limits of its power if it should provide for, the appointment of electors by the votes of women alone. The only restraint upon the legislature is the sense of propriety of its members: or the condemnation of the constituency, which latter they need not fear, should the right to participate in the choice of electors be given to women. Yours truly, (Signed) M. A. Shumway. Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Headquarters: 55-57 Pratt Street, Hartford Telephone Charter 6217 Recording Secretary Mrs. William C. Cheney, South Manchester Corresponding Secretary Mrs. William H. Deming, Hartford Treasurer Miss Mabel C. Washburn, Hartford Political Leaders Mrs. T. S. McDermott, New Haven Mrs. Hiram Percy Maxim, Hartford Mrs. A. Hyde Cole, Easter Norwalk Mrs. Willis Austin, Norwich Mrs. Samuel S. Cooper, Salisbury Auditors Miss Emily Whitney, New Haven Mrs. Ruth McIntire Dadourian, Hartford President Miss Katherine Ludington, Old Lyme Vice-Presidents Mrs. Grace Thompson Seton, Greenwich Mrs. C. E. A. Winslow, New Haven Mrs. Harrison B. Freeman, Hartford Chairmen of Counties Hartford County Miss Mary Bulkley, Hartford New Haven County Mrs. Henry H. Townshend, New Haven New London County Miss Edna Tyler, New London Fairfield County Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Greenwich Windham County Miss Rosamond Danielson, Putnam Litchfield County Mrs. A. E. Scranton Taylor, Norfolk Middlesex County Mrs. William P. Couch, Cromwell Tolland County Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch, Columbia Norfolk, Connecticut June 18, 1920 Miss Rosamond Danielson, Danielson, Connecticut My dear Miss Danielson:- I am hoping that you will come to the Litchfield County Suffrage Association Convention, to be held in Norfolk, on July 9th. I spoke to Miss Ludington, about having the board present, and she thought it would be fine, if they could all come, and hold a short business meeting, before the regular meeting on the 14th. This is just a preliminary notice, so that you may keep the date open, -- further information as to hours of trains, etc., will be sent you later. Yours very truly, [*A. E. Scranton Taylor*] ANNA HOWARD SHAW MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS 1703 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MRS. JOHN O. MILLER, PITTSBURGH, CHAIRMAN MRS. J. CLAUDE BEDFORD, MEDIA, VICE-CHAIRMAN DR. ELLEN C. POTTER, PHILADELPHIA, SECRETARY MRS. JAMES STARR, PHILADELPHIA, TEMPORARY TREASURER MRS. F. LOUIS SLADE, NEW YORK PROF. SUSAN M. KINGSBURY, BRYN MAWR MRS. HENRY WADE ROGERS, NEW YORK 58 West 48th St., New York City, 6 February, 1921. Miss Rosamond Danielson, Chairman for Windham Co., Putnam, Ct. My dear Chairman, While in Philadelphia last week I had a long conversation with Mrs. Hubbs, who is managing the Anna Howard Shaw Memorial for Mrs. Miller. She expressed an appreciation of the situation in Connecticut, and said that she realized that it had been exceedingly difficult to move in the matter of the Connecticut quota; that in fact it had been difficult to raise the memorial fund all over the country, and that memorial funds in general were difficult to raise. In view of many conditions the time for the fund has been extended to 1923 on the birthday of Anna Howard Shaw. Mrs. Hubbs advised very strongly that the officers continue in their present capacities and that the activities in Connecticut could well wait for a more propitious time. Later in the spring I shall call a meeting of the Connecticut committee and we can discuss and decide what is the wise thing to do. Hoping meanwhile that you will keep the matter of the fund in mind, and if you can obtain any [??????ontributions] please remember that Mrs. W. W. Norton of Lakeville, the Treasurer, is still functioning, Yours sincerely, [M???] Thompson Seton [??????] ANNA HOWARD SHAW MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS 1703 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MRS. JOHN O. MILLER, PITTSBURGH, CHAIRMAN MRS. J. CLAUDE BEDFORD, MEDIA, VICE-CHAIRMAN DR. ELLEN C. POTTER, PHILADELPHIA, SECRETARY MRS. JAMES STARR, PHILADELPHIA, TEMPORARY TREASURER MRS. F. LOUIS SLADE, NEW YORK PROF. SUSAN M. KINGSBURY, BRYN MAWR MRS. HENRY WADE ROGERS, NEW YORK Greenwich, Conn., 2nd November 1920 Miss Rosamond Danielson, Chairman for Windham Co., Putnam, Conn. My dear Miss Danielson, You probably have been kept informed that the Connecticut Anna Howard Shaw Memorial Committee, of which you are chairman for your County, has delayed its activities during the summer and autumn on account of the necessity for Suffrage activists to still be so prominent and money to finance the same very much needed. It did not seem wise to ask for Suffrage money for the Memorial while we were so much in need of immediate financing for our State work. This has put the matter off until after the first convention, November 9th and 10th. If the financial response is good enough we may be able to plan a whirlwind campaign for the first week in December; but as the second convention is called for December 15th in New Haven it may be possible only to raise what we can quietly, so as to make as decent a showing on our quota of $25,000 as possible and to take up the matter again the first of the year. This quota, as you know, is to be rendered before January 1st. This letter is by way of explanation and to urge you to get what subscriptions you can quietly that would not naturally fall into the coffers of the C. W. S. A. Wishing you success in this line and knowing that you regret with me the delay in making a good showing on our quota , I am, Very sincerely yours, Grace Thompson Seton Chairman for Connecticut. ANNA HOWARD SHAW MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS 1703 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MRS. JOHN O. MILLER, PITTSBURGH, CHAIRMAN MRS. J. CLAUDE BEDFORD, MEDIA, VICE-CHAIRMAN DR. ELLEN C. POTTER, PHILADELPHIA, SECRETARY MRS. JAMES STARR, PHILADELPHIA, TEMPORARY TREASURER MRS. F. LOUIS SLADE, NEW YORK PROF. SUSAN M. KINGSBURY, BRYN MAWR MRS. HENRY WADE ROGERS, NEW YORK 58 West 48th St., New York City, 28 November, 1920. Miss Rosamond Danielson, Chairman for Windham Co., Putnam, Conn. My dear Miss Danielson, In order to respond to the quotation below will you kindly send me a report by December 20th, upon the exact amount of subscriptions you have been able to raise for the Shaw Memorial in your county? Please do not fail me in this. So far you have been asked to do very little in this work, and for reasons with which you are familiar it does not seem wise to start up a campaign for the Memorial in December. It will have to come a little later. Please help me to make Connecticut as good a showing as possible. Quotation from Mrs Miller- Nat. Chairman "We would like to make some announcement on December 31 regarding the amount which has been raised by the various states on the Memorial. The National Committee has been at work for eight months, but no contributions have been received except those solicited by the National Headquarters. I hope you will do everything possible to make Connecticut's report as favorable as possible. I regret that I am not acquainted in Connecticut, and therefore cannot help you with suggestions for chairman in New Haven and New London." [*cannot because of two or three hundred at least from individuals?*] Sincerely yours, Grace Thompson Seton Chairman for Connecticut. ANNA HOWARD SHAW MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS 1703 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MRS. JOHN O. MILLER, PITTSBURGH, CHAIRMAN MRS. J. CLAUDE BEDFORD, MEDIA, VICE-CHAIRMAN DR. ELLEN C. POTTER, PHILADELPHIA, SECRETARY MRS. JAMES STARR, PHILADELPHIA, TEMPORARY TREASURER MRS. F. LOUIS SLADE, NEW YORK PROF. SUSAN M. KINGSBURY, BRYN MAWR MRS. HENRY WADE ROGERS, NEW YORK Greenwich, Conn., 2nd July, 1920. My dear Miss Danielson, I was sorry that you could not get to the meeting on June 25th. The enclosed minutes will bring you up to date. I am glad that you are getting on with your organization. As you see, we are undertaking one or two pieces of work like the Treasure Chest and the Garden Parties, both of which are under the direction of Mrs. Taylor, the State Vice-Chairman. I hope you will co-operate as well as you can. [*come to Mrs Taylor's ? July 9th if possible*] We are not entering on any active financial campaign for the Memorial until after the fall elections, as Connecticut is still in the Suffrage fight; but those present at the meeting on June 25th thought we should try to do these two things. Sincerely yours, Grace Thompson Seton Chairman for Connecticut. To Miss Rosamond Danielson, Putnam, Conn. ANNA HOWARD SHAW MEMORIAL Minutes of first meeting of A. H. S. Memorial in Connecticut held at the home of Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton, Greenwich, Chairman for Connecticut, on Friday, June 25th, 1920, at 11:30 A.M. to 1 P.M. Luncheon served by the Chairman. Second session, 2 to 3 P.M. Meeting called to order by Mrs. Seton. Present: Mrs. Seton, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. McLaughlin, Miss Putnam, and Miss Cain. Regrets from: Mrs. Hincks Miss Hinaman Mrs. Deming Mrs. Irving Bacheller Miss Danielson Mrs. Barton Hepburn Mrs. Welch-Tolland - Mrs. Smith - Vice-Chairman Mrs. Tyler - New Haven Co. - Mrs. Brandenburgh Dr. Kate Mead - Mrs. Couch - Middlesex Co. Mrs. Wm. J. Demauriac Miss Edith Hastings $25,000 - Connecticut State Quota. Hartford 10,000 Fairfield 10,000 New Haven 10,000 New London 5,000 Litchfield 3,000 Middlesex 3,000 Windham 1,000 Tolland 1,000 Mrs. Seton read letter to Mrs. Miller - lengthening the time till after the fall elections for securing money for this fund. Mrs. Taylor suggests three plans of making money: 1st, Garden Parties. Holding one garden party in each County and having tiny evergreen seedlings for sale. The Anna Howard Shaw Tree Plantings. Getting the seedlings from the Government - or from Connecticut nurseries - for little or nothing - the money taken in would be clear profit. This garden party would be first in each County- Chairman's town, but it would be followed by one in as many towns in each County as possible. These parties are suggested to be held during the last week of August and the first weeks of September - as that is the time to transplant the seedlings. A. H. S. Memorial Meeting (Conn.) June 25, 1920. Page 2 2nd Plan: Treasure Chest. To have a Chest - to be called the "Anna Howard Shaw Traveling Treasure Chest" - in which to put articles that are donated - and have sales around the state - getting as much money as can be raised toward the A. H. S. Memorial. 3rd Plan: To raffle off 1 or more articles. The Chair pointed out that there may be legal difficulties in the way of this - which however may be surmounted. Mrs. Taylor moved that a Series of Garden Parties for the Dr. A. H. S. Memorial scheme be worked during the last week of August and the first week of September. At this time tiny seedlings of evergreens will be planted in honor of Dr. Shaw. Seconded. Carried. After discussion and suggestion by the Chair that she would entertain such a motion Miss Putnam moved - That a A. H. Shaw Memorial Traveling Treasure Chest be established for Connecticut - articles donated to be sold for the A. H. S. Memorial Fund. The motion was seconded and carried. The Chair appointed Mrs. A. E. S. Taylor, Chairman of Litchfield County, Vice-Chairman of the State. Her special duties for the summer are the furthering of the Garden Parties and the Chest. The Chair agreed to get the chest and donated a duchess lace gown for the chest; and Mrs. Taylor a sapphire and diamond ring for it. The Chair appointed Mrs. W. W. Norton State Treasurer. Mrs. Taylor suggested that a Trained Nurse Committee be appointed to solicit funds, the Chairman of which should be a trained nurse, the well-known head of a hospital. Mrs. Newell, Fairfield County Chairman, reported progress as follows: FAIRFIELD COUNTY ANNA HOWARD SHAW FUND Mrs. A. A. Anderson (pd. to Bryn Mawr Endowment for A. H. Shaw Memorial fund. 1,000 Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees (pledged to Bryn Mawr Endowment for A. H. S. Memorial fund. 1,000 Mrs. E. R. Newell. (pledged to B. M. Endowment for A. H. S. Memorial fund. 1,000 " " pledged for Penn. 500 ------- 3,500 Ella Sealy Newell, Chairman. The meeting adjourned at 3 P.M. ANNA HOWARD SHAW MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION -------- HEADQUARTERS [1703 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.] [*Greenwich, Conn.*] EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MRS. JOHN O. MILLER, PITTSBURGH, CHAIRMAN MRS. J. CLAUDE BEDFORD, MEDIA VICE-CHAIRMAN DE. ELLEN C. POTTER, PHILADELPHIA, SECRETARY MRS. JAMES STARR,, PHILADELPHIA, TEMPORARY TREASURER MRS. F. LOUIS SLADE, NEW YORK PROF. SUSAN M. KINSGURY, BRYN MAWR MRS. HENRY WADE ROGERS, NEW YORK 17th June 1920 My dear Miss Danielson, I am calling a Connecticut State meeting of the Anna Howard Shaw Memorial at my house at eleven o'clock Friday, June 25th, and hope you will make every effort to be present; also with as many as possible of your Executive Committee, and let me know the number, as I hope to offer you luncheon. My car will meet the 9:46 (10:46 daylight saving) train at Stamford, unless you prefer to motor, for which I enclose a slip giving directions. The meeting will begin at eleven o'clock. I do hope you will make every effort to be present, as this is the only committee meeting that will be held in some time, and it is highly important that we formulate the best plan for procedure. Yours very sincerely, Mrs. Thompson Seton APPRECIATIONS From Some of the States in Which Mrs. Schoonmaker has Lectured OREGON "Before an audience of 5,000 Portland people, Mrs. Schoonmaker was vivacious, witty, engrossingly entertaining, highly intelligent and altogether the most popular of several nationally known speakers on the program." - B. F. Irvine, Editor Oregon Journal, Chairman of the Meeting. OHIO "The vast audience, nearly three thousand, was carried away by Mrs. Schoonmaker's eloquence."- F. D. Houck, Chairman of the Meeting. CONNECTICUT "Mrs. Nancy M. Schoonmaker has been both the educational head and the inspiring force of our citizenship work in Connecticut and other New England states. She has an exceptional power of reaching and rousing women to a sense of their civic responsibilities." -Katharine Ludington, Regional Director, New England Division, National League of Women Voters MINNESOTA "Mrs. Schoonmaker has knowledge, force, good humor, and charm- one of our very best speakers." -Mrs. Andres Ueland, President Minnesota League of Women Voters. PENNSYLVANIA "I never before have had the pleasure of arranging the itinerary of so popular a speaker as Mrs. Schoonmaker."- Executive Secretary, Pennsylvania League of Women Voters. NEBRASKA "Mrs. Nancy M. Schoonmaker delivered a lecture in this city on the League of Nations which I consider one of the most finished and most effective addresses on that subject I have ever heard. She has a pleasing personality, splendid diction and most excellent logic. She greatly pleased a large audience." -Dan V. Stevens, Fremont Nebraska, Ex-member of Congress MAINE "I cannot tell you how much I was impressed with Mrs. Nancy M. Schoonmaker. She made a wonderful argument and left a very favorable and lasting impression in Augusta." - Chairman Judiciary Committee, Maine State Senate. ARKANSAS "Mrs. Nancy M. Schoonmaker is an unusually interesting and inspiring lecturer upon civic and governmental topics... an ideal lecturer upon the great issues now before the American people." - Charles H. Brough, Ex-Governor of Arkansas. NEW JERSEY "As our greatest authority on Citizenship schools, Mrs. Schoonmaker was given the most important place on the program of our New Jersey Citizenship Conference. Her address justified our expectation. Mrs. Schoonmaker speaks with the earnestness, simplicity, and directness of a sincere woman with a real message."- Miss Anna H. Blauvelt, Chairman Education Committee, New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association. WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT Inspiring Lectures by an Authoritative Speaker Mrs. Nancy M. Schoonmaker COUNSELOR-IN-CITIZENSHIP Author and Lecturer Exclusive Management WILLIAM B. FEAKINS, INC. TIMES BUILDING, NEW YORK Mrs. NANCY M. SCHOONMAKER, in recent years, has been prominently connected with the movement of women toward a larger social and political expression, and has won herself a position of a wide popularity throughout the country. From her early home in the picturesque blue-grass region of Kentucky, where she was educated at the historical Transylvania University, with special work at Harvard, Chicago, and the Sorbonne, Mrs. Schoonmaker found her way first into the field of writing and general literary lecturing, where she specialized in the modern drama. But convinced that it is better to know a play than to know about a play, Mrs. Schoonmaker turned to dramatic reading, and became known in and around New York chiefly as an interpreter of Ibsen. She was also, at this time, contributing fiction, drama and other papers to current magazines. But more and More the urge for some more definitely constructive social work was making itself felt. Her deep sense of loyalty to women and an appreciation of what the handicap of political disfranchisement has meant to them, had long made Mrs. Schoonmaker a devoted suffragist. It was, therefore, a natural step, in 1917, when the women of New York were making their great fight for the vote, for her to enter the campaign. She became one of their most popular speakers, and was sent on repeated trips throughout the State. Following this victory, as women turned to the matter of education in citizenship, the neighboring state of Connecticut secured Mrs. Schoonmaker's services for the founding and developing of the first Citizenship Department set up by any woman's organization in America. The work of this Department attracted so much attention that Mrs. Schoonmaker began to receive urgent calls for assistance from all over the country. Working in co-operation sometimes with a State organization, sometimes with a special civics committee, Mrs. Schoonmaker organized the New England States for this work, and because Consulting Director of Citizenship for Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. She also made frequent tours through other parts of the country. Mrs. Schoonmaker has also had wide experience in the field of general lecturing, having spoken before many of our schools, colleges, clubs, chambers of commerce, etc., etc. She recently made a trans-continental tour, during which she spoke in the chief cities before large audiences. She was everywhere given a most enthusiastic reception. As an appointed representative of the two great American organizations, the National League of Women Voters and the General Federation of Women's Clubs, comprising 4,500,000 members, Mrs. Schoonmaker toured Europe during the summer of 1921 for the purpose of making a comparative study of the legislation which the newly enfranchised women of the several countries have been supporting. This tour included the Scandinavian countries, Norway and Sweden, as well as Poland, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy and England. Mrs. Schoonmaker came personally into contact with many of the most prominent women now serving in the national parliaments, and has brought back material of vital interest to every local club and league of the national organizations which she represented. As a speaker, Mrs. Schoonmaker is logical, convincing and dramatic. "You ought to be on the stage," is one of the most frequent comments she receives. She presents her facts with accuracy and clearness and at the same time easily stirs her audience to laughter and to tears. LECTURE SUBJECTS General Topics Americanizing American Women An account of the ideals and accomplishments of the first Department of Citizenship established by women. The Business of Government Old abuses and new remedies. Political Parties and the Woman Voter A non-partisan discussion of parties old and new. Woman as a Factor in Good Government The City Beautiful The Dream of Peace A study of man's effort to end war by federation. The Old Trail and the New Road Some of the changes that have come to women. The Machinery of Government A series of six lectures covering the Town and the Country, the City and the Village, the State, the Nation, the Political Party, and the New problems that Await Is. SPECIAL NEW LECTURES Covering Mrs. Schoonmaker's investigations in Europe. Woman's Part in the New Europe and the New Age What Europe is Doing for Mothers and Children Women Lawmakers of Europe Constitution And By-Laws Of The Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Adopted At The Fiftieth Annual Convention Bridgeport, Nov. 13, 1919 6 CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I. This organization will be called the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association. ARTICLE II. The object of this Association shall be to secure the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment and to prepare Connecticut women for the use of the vote. ARTICLE III. Section 1. The officers of this Association shall be; a president, 3 vice-presidents, 8 charimen of counties, a recording secretary, a corresponding secretary, a treasurer, 5 leaders of political work, and 2 auditors. These officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual convention of the Association and shall constitute the executive board. Sec. 2. The executive board may be convened at the call of the president or by the written request of five members. Sec. 3. The executive board shall conduct all business of the Association between conventions and shall have power to fill all vacancies occasioned by death or resignation. ARTICLE IV. This constitution may be amended at any annual convention or at any meeting of the Association called especially for the purpose, by a two-thirds vote of all members present, previous notice having been given at least one month prior to the meeting by the corresponding secretary. 3 BY-LAWS BY-LAW I. Section 1. It shall be the duty of the president, or in her absence, of the vice-presidents in their order, to preside at all meetings of the Association. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of each county chairman to supervise all work undertaken in her county; to develop the county organization; to guide the educational work; and to co-operate with the political leader whose work falls in her county. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the recording secretary to keep accurate minutes of the transactions of the Association. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the corresponding secretary to conduct all correspondence. Sec. 5. The treasurer shall have charge of the funds of the Association and shall pay out the same only upon an order signed by the president and another officer to be designated by the executive board. Sec. 6. The duty of the leaders of political work shall be to direct the political work of the state, acting with the knowledge and co-operation of the county chairmen. Sec. 7. The duty of the auditors shall be to examine the books of the treasurer and report their condition to the Association. Sec. 8. All officers shall report to the annual convention of the Association, these reports to be filed with the recording secretary. 4 BY-LAW II. Section 1. The Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association shall be composed of County Association and other affiliated organizations. The County Associations shall be organized as follows: Sec. 2. Each county shall have the following officers; a chairman, to be elected by the annual state convention, and the following officers to be elected by the annual county convention, viz; a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and a publicity chairman, with others to be added at the discretion of the county convention. Sec. 3. Membership in the county association shall consist of affiliated societies and individuals. Sec. 4. Societies may become affiliated with the county association by paying annually into the county treasury a share of the expenses of the county proportioned to their dues paying membership and assessed by the county finance committee. Any individual may become affiliated by the annual payment of $1.00 a year into the county treasury. Sec. 5. Every member of the affiliated societies of the County Association and every individual affiliated with the said Association shall be entitled to one vote in the County Convention. Sec. 6. Each county shall have an executive center, the expenses of which, if any, shall be borne by the county treasury. BY-LAW III. Requirements for membership in the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association. 5 Section 1. Each county association shall be required to pay annually into the state treasury the sum of $5.00 for each society forming the membership of the said association. Sec. 2. Other organizations may become affiliated with the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association with the consent of the executive board and by paying annually into the state treasury the sum of 10 cents for each paid-up membership of the said organization or by payment of $2.00 annually, it being understood that such societies as pay only $2.00 are entitled to only two delegates to the annual convention. Sec. 3. Each county association shall be entitled to ten delegates to the state convention by virtue of auxiliaryship and at least one additional delegate to represent each society forming its membership. Also, for each such society having a membership of over ten members the county shall be entitled to one additional delegate selected from the membership of such society for every ten members or major fraction thereof. Other affiliated organizations shall be entitled to five delegates by virtue of auxiliaryship and one additional delegate for every ten members and major fraction thereof. Sec. 4. Any person may become a life member of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association with the consent of the executive board and by payment of $100. Such member shall be entitled to a vote at all state conventions. BY-LAW IV. Section 1. There shall be five standing committees, viz; Committee on Finance, Political Work, Headquarters, Citizenship, and Press and Publicity. 6 Sec. 2. the Finance Committee shall be composed of a chairman who shall be the state treasurer and the 8 county treasurers. Its duties shall be to prepare a budget for presentation to the annual convention; to devise means of obtaining the income of the state association; and to authorize appropriations. Sec. 3. The Committee on Political Work shall consist of the five political leaders with the president as chairman, with power to add to their number. Sec. 4. The Headquarters Committee shall consist of a chairman who shall be a member of the executive board, the state treasurer, a member for the housekeeping department, the director of the information bureau and the executive secretary. Its duties shall be to attend to all business in connection with the rent and running of the state headquarters and the engaging of the salaried staff. Sec. 5. The Citizenship Committee shall consist of a chairman who shall be a member of the executive board, the 8 county chairmen, the director of the information bureau, the director of citizenship, and one other member to be chosen by the chairman. Its duties shall be to plan for the departments of instruction, and practical civic work, subject to the approval of the board, and to put these plans into effect, arranging for classes, teachers, terms, etc. Sec. 6. The Press and Publicity Committee shall consist of a chairman who shall be a member of the executive board, the director of publicity, and three other members, among them a supervisor of the New Bulletin, these three members to be appointed by the chairman. 7 Sec. 7. The chairman of the Headquarters, Citizenship, and Press and Publicity Committees, and the member for the housekeeping department on the Headquarters Committee, shall be appointed by the executive board, the first three from among the members of the executive board. BY-LAW V. The annual meeting of the Association shall be held some time during the month of October or November in each year. The date and place of meeting shall be determined by the executive board. The annual dues of the affiliated organizations shall be paid before the first of October. BY-LAW VI. At any regular meeting of the executive board five members present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. BY-LAW VII. The usual parliamentary rules and regulations governing deliberative assemblies shall, as far as practicable, obtain in this Association. Roberts' Revised Rules of Order shall be recognized as authority. BY-LAW VIII. These By-Laws may be amended at any annual members by a majority vote of all delegates present. 8 Windham Co. Suffrage Ass'n Greetings of Windham G. Suffrage Arsin. Dec. 8 '19 The first annual convention of the Windham County Woman Suffrage Ass'n. was held in Old Fellows Hall, Putnam, Dec 3, 1919. The chairman, Miss Rosamond Danielson opened the meeting and appointed Miss [Stoutenburgh?] as Sec. pro tem. Miss [Inea?] Hinrichs, the Chairman of Committee on Constitution read the proposed constitution. This was voted on section by section and later adopted as a whole. The chairman then called for a report from the Committee on Officers which was given by Mrs. F.U. Johnstone of Woodstock. The slate was adopted as read. The convention was then adjourned for informal discussion. Resp. submitted Blanche Stoutenburgh (T). Sec. pro tem. Dec 15 '19 The first meeting of the Executive Board of the Windham Co. Woman Suffrage Ass'n was held at the home of the Chairman, Miss Rosamond Danielson, Putnam Heights, Dec. 15. Miss Danielson president and chose as Sec pro tem, Miss Stoutenburgh of Woodstock. It was voted that a Committee composed of the officers present should choose a Secretary in place of Mrs. Barinek of Plainfield who was unable to serve. Miss Janette Trowbridge was the choice of the committee. It was voted to have Mrs. Florence Kitchett of Hartford as organizer for part time. The Vice-chairman, Mrs. F.U. Johnstone of Woodstock then took the chair in the absence of the chairman and opened a discussion of the needs and duties of the County Organizer. The meeting was adjourned and tea served. Resp. submitted Blanche Stoutenburgh (T) Sec. pro tem. Officers Elected Chairman - Miss Rosamond Danielson, Putnam Vice-chairman - Mrs. F. U. Johnstone Woodstock Secretary Miss Janette Trowbridge Eastford Treasurer. Mrs. Everest Fletcher Thompson Publicity Chairman Miss Blanche Stoutenburgh, Woodstock. (over. Town Leaders. Ashford. Mrs. Baleh Brooklyn Mrs. Sidney Bard. Canterbury Mrs. Clinton Frink Chaplin Miss Olive Williams. Eastford Miss Alice Rindge Hampton Miss Helen Cartwright. Killingly Miss Grace Spaulding Plainfield Mrs. Barwick. Pomfret Mrs. Valentine Putnam Mrs. E.C. Morse Scotland. Mrs. Liza K. Fuller. Sterling Miss Horence Douglas Thompson Mrs. [Geo. H.?] Nichols Windham Mrs. J.M. Gager Woodstock Mrs. Wetherell June 22, 1920. A meeting of the Executive Board of the Windham Co. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n. was held at the home of Miss Danielson, Putnam Heights, June 22, '20. Miss Danielson presided. The question of securing an Organizer for the County was considered. It was moved that an organizer be secured for one month. This motion was amended to extend the period to two months. The motion was carried as amended. How to raise money for this was next considered. It was moved and carried that the Chairman appoint a committee of three to have charge of raising funds. It was moved and carried that Miss Danielson be the Chairman of the Committee. The Committee appointed were Miss Danielson Mrs. F. U. Johnstone Mrs. Kitchelt was the choice of the Com. for Organizer. Mrs. Johnstone gave a hint of what we should hear at the Citizenship Institute at Willimantic July 21-23. Towns were urged to give entertainment or solicit subscriptions to raise funds for the use of the Ass'n. Miss Stoutenburg gave a report of the Convention at Harford. The following announcements were made. Miss Danielson is Chairman of the Anna Howard Shaw Memorial. Mrs. Seaton is state-chairman, and asks for subscription of $1000 to endow chair of Political Economy at Bryn Mawr and a Chair at Phila. Medical College It was suggested that the County Chairman be sent as delegate to the political conventions. A review of the various nominees for State offices was given with their records on public matters in which the Ass'n. is especially interested. A delightful tea followed the meeting. Respectfully submitted Janette Trowbridge. Sec. Aug. 20, 1920. A meeting of the Windham Co. Women's Suffrage Association, to which a general invitation had been given, was held at the home of the Secretary in Eastford. Miss Danielson presided. Altho the meeting was planned some time in advance, the event followed the day of the passing of the Suffrage Amendment by the ratification of the 36th state, Tennessee. This fact gave an unusually jubilant note to the occasion. The following program was given. (over). Songs - Miss Elsa Hinrichs. Address - "Shall thy torch be less, because mine is lighted thereto?" by Mrs. Shepard. The address was an inspiring appeal to work for the best education of children. Song - Mr. Anderson Readings - Miss Evangeline Lawson Songs - Miss Shepard Piano solos - Miss [Estrel?] C. Gardner Address - "Ideals of Civilization" by Rev. Fosdick Harrison Mr. Harrison gave a forceful argument of the value of applied Christian principles. Tea was served by the women of Eastford. Mr. Hinrichs voiced a generous vote of thanks to the hostess on behalf of the Association. Adjournment sine die. Respectfully submitted Janette Trowbridge. Sec. June 6, 1921 A meeting of the Windham County Suffrage Association was held at the home of Mrs. F. U. Johnstone, South Woodstock, Conn. Mrs. Johnstone presided. Mrs. Johnstone expressed the regrets of Miss Danielson, who was unable to be at this final meeting, of the Executive Board of the Windham County Suffrage Association, on account of her mother's illness. Reports of two previous meetings were read and accepted. It was voted that the Association express its appreciation of the fine work which Miss Danielson has done for the women of Windham County. It was voted that this be voiced for the Association by the Secretary. The report of the Treasurer, Miss Fletcher, was read and accepted. A discussion as to the disposal of the balance-on-hand followed. The members of the Executive Board declined to make definite disposal of the funds without knowing the wishes of the County Chairman, Miss Rosamond Danielson. However, suggestions were asked for, so that the wishes of the members could be gained. Two suggestions were offered. 1. That the money be used for political education in the County. 2. That the sum be used as a nest-egg for a County "League of Women Voters". As most of the money had been raised by the women of Woodstock expressly for educational purposes, it was voted that - A committee of five with Mrs. Johnstone as chairman, be appointed by the chairman to confer with the Putnam D. A. R. with power to act, as to the best form of educational work for the County. The committee as appointed were Mrs. F. U. Johnstone, Chair. Woodstock Mrs. Nichols Thompson Miss Trowbridge Eastford Miss B. Stoutenburgh Woodstock Hill Mrs. Valentine Pomfret Miss R. Danielson Putnam It was noted that Mrs. Johnstone be given a rising vote of thanks for her fine, upstanding co-operation with Miss Danielson and her leadership in Suffrage affairs in Windham County. A delightful tea was served by Mrs. Johnstone, during which a toast was drunk, rising to the absent chairman, Miss Danielson. Respectfully submitted Janette Trowbridge Sec. The Windham County Suffrage Association declared disbanded. Copy of letter of appreciation sent to Miss Danielson. The Windham County Suffrage Association, as it meets to disband, wishes to express to Miss Rosamond Danielson its keen appreciation and affectionate gratitude for her wonderful tact and her intelligent, untiring work in furthering the interests of the organization. The Women's Suffrage Association acknowledges the value of Miss Danielson's services to Windham County and knows that it is due to the united efforts of such women as Miss Danielson that equal suffrage has been won for American women. It will be the pleasant duty of each member of the Association to tell to the coming women of Windham County, their debt to Miss Danielson. Janette Trowbridge Sec. Eastford, Conn. June 6, 1921 Constitution Windham Co. Suffrage Ass'n. Constitution. Article I. The name of this association shall be Windham County Woman Suffrage Association. Art. 2. The object of this Ass'n. shall be to help to secure the ratification of the Federal Suffrage amendment and to promote interest in good citizenship. Art. 3. The officers of this Ass'n. shall be a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer, a press-secretary, and one member of the board of directors chosen from each town in the county. The chairman shall be elected at the annual convention of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Ass'n. The other officers shall be elected at the annual convention of this Ass'n. Art. 4 Membership in this Ass'n. shall consist of affiliated organizations and individuals. (see next pg.) Art. 5. This constitution may be amended at any meeting of this association provided ten days notice has been given of the intention to amend. Art. 4 Sec. 1. Membership in the Ass'n. shall consist of societies, by receiving the indorsement of the executive committee. Sec. Societies may become affiliated with the County Ass'n. by paying annually into the county treasury the sum of 25c for each paid-up member of said society. Individuals may become affiliated by the annual payment of $1.00 per year into the county treasury. Art. 5 There shall be an annual convention shortly preceding the annual state convention for the election of officers and of delegates to the state convention and for the transaction of other business. Other meetings may be held at the call of the executive committee. Art. 6. This constitution may be amended at any annual convention or at any county meeting by a two-thirds vote of all members present, previous notice having been given in writing to affiliated societies and individual members at least 10 days before such meeting. Art. 7 By laws may be passed at any business meeting of the Ass'n. ARTICLE IV. Sec. 1 Membership in the Association shall consist of societies and individuals [("approved by the executive committee,"] "by receiving the endorsement of the executive committee." * [A clause should also be inserted here stating what the membership dues shall be.)] [bow? low?] ARTICLE V. There shall be an annual convention shortly proceeding the annual state convention for the election of officers and of delegates to the state convention and for the transaction of other business. [(How about other meetings?)] Other meetings may be held at the call of thee [?]. [?]. ARTICLE VI. This constitution may be amended at any annual convention or at any county meeting by a two-thirds vote of all members present, previous notice having been given in writing to affiliated societies and individual members at least ten days before such meeting. ARTICLE VII. By-laws may be passed at any business meeting of the association. Sect.2 Societies may become affiliated with the Co. [?] by paying annually into the Co. treasury there [?] of 25-C for each joined [of?] [successful?] of said [society?]. Individuals may serve affiliated by the annual [day?] meet of #1 a year into they co. treasury. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. The name of this association shall be Windham Co. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. ARTICLE II. The object of this association shall be to help to secure the ratification of the Federal Suffrage Amendment, and to promote interest in good citizenship. ARTICLE III. The officers of this association shall be a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer, a press secretary, [a leader for each senatorial district/crossed out], and one member of the board of directors chosen from each town in the county. The chairman shall be elected at the annual convention of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association; the other officers shall be elected at the annual convention of this association. ARTICLE IV. Membership in this association shall consist of affiliated organizations, and individuals ARTICLE V. This constitution may be amended at any meeting of this association provided ten days notice had been given of the intention to amend. [*Constitution*] [*Keep*] Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.