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43 Woman's J. & Suffrage News 153 (1912)
Issue 20

handle is hein.journals/wmjrnl43 and id is 153 raw text is: )MAN' IOURNAL. ORFICIAL ORGAN OF THlE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION -2 SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1912 FIVE CENTS WOMEN PLAN TACTICS FOR VICTORY MRS. ELVIRA DOWNEY MRS. ELLA C. STEWART MRS. RAYMOND ROBBINS MRS. CATHERINE WAUGH McCULLOCH MRS. GEORGE W. TROUT DR. ANNA BLOUNT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO WIN Leaders from 'South and Middle West Plan for Victory from the Dakotas to the Gulf Victory, sweeping victory, is the unmistakable meaning of the great gathering of suffrage leaders in Chlcago. the coming week for the Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference. All the States Of the Soguth and Middle West will be represented. All Will Come Wih their' stores of knowledge and experience, and all will contribute of their best toward a plan for the most ectiv tactis f g a speedy and sweeping victory for Votes for Womenfrom the Dakotas to the Gulf. All will comebent on one great, all.absorbing purpose-to the suffrage Jmoement one tremendous, unmistakable Impetus before the fipal victory that shall swing State after State into the ranksof. the free and establish equal suffrage, .ne forerunner of juaticelfrom the Atlantic to the Pacific, 0111 tie l)omlnIio tothe Gulf! f I~a r West iis~iiractically all won, and Washington, Call. lornaUtah, ida, Wyoming and Colorado already constitute 0r wonderful western kingdom of the free. Another kingdom, Oregon, Nevadakansas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio, Is no in the last thr t6 of the struggle. The tide of progress rloves eastard' The States of the Mississippi Valley are lalling to in their fimmense territory as one victory. They see destined toi become t third great free kingdom, vie. a 011 4ot only for thema-lves, but victorious 'for the East anj the Powerful aliesAofthe fourth kingdom, the score of Gul thatsttc the Atlantic Coast and follow the *A. U. I EXPERTS TO GIVE-VIEWS Some of the Leading Suffrage Authorities 'Who Will Speak at the Conference The local problems and methods of work in the suffrage movement in all of the Mississippi Valley States will be dis- cussed at a big conference to be held May 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, The first two days the gathering will assemble at the La Salle Hotel, Chicago, and hold two morning, two afternoon and two evening sessions. The last day, May 23rd, the entire conference will be transferred to Milwaukee, and a strong effort will be made there to aid, in a direct way, the Wisconsin campaign. Mlra. Catherine Waugh Aeculloch, onb of the best known leaders of the Illinois s,,friagits, in a short statement printed on another page of this Journal, gives the purpose and spirit of the conference. She is a member of the Exe- cutive Committee of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, which organization is largely responsible for the effective and elaborate program planned. Mrs. Elvira Downey is president of the Association, and is well known for her many social and philanthropic activities, especially for her untiring services to the suffrage cause. She is a member of the Board of Education of Clinton, and as Probation Officer comes intimately in touch with thousands of girls, and thereby has an unusually important and exton. sive field for her suffrapework. Her splendid executive abli. ity will help greatly, to make this conference an unprecedented success. Where there's a partleula ly stubborn audience to be con- vinced, a call is sure tobe made for Mrs. Ella S. Stewart Her quiet manner and-perlonal charm lend strong attraction to her sparkling eloquencei'and she has won national recog- nition as a'suffrage speaker.' For six years Mrs. Stewart wu president of the IllinoisEqu a Suffrage Association. One of the great:attractl i'oh the program is Jane Addams's address on the best methods of presenting the suffrage question at legislative hearings. A ' all this country there Is not a woman better fitted to give her views on this subject, and this topic is of great imnme diat importance to all of the State sut. 'frage partle. , Mrs. Raymond Robbins 'hasfbeen connected with the Wom an's Trade Union League,9f Chicago for years and is an authority on the conditions, needs and possibilities of the women; wage earners of this country, therefore the subject assigned her, The Wage 'k411ning Woman as a Suffrage Lead. er, will, no doubt, brin g ot valuable information. Mrso Grace Wilbur Trout, former president of the. Chiago political Equality Lpag e, ihas not only gained recognition as oneof the wittiest speakers' on suffrage, but Is well known as the author of A Moron Wife, a book that received wide press comment and comnmendation. She will speak on Social, Features of Suffrage Work. Another of the promlnent women on the program Is Dr. Anna Blount. Dr. Blount, is a well-known physician, andLfor the .last ten years hasr bion an active suffrage worker. Digitized from Best Copy Available REPRESENTATION By STATES ILLINOIS WISCONSIN MICHIGAN INDIANA OHIO KENTUCKY TENNESSEE MISSISSIPPI MINNESOTA SOUTH DAKOTA OREGON IOWA NEBRASKA KANSAS COLORADO NEVADA OKLAHOMA MISSOURI LOUISIANA SUBJECTS FOR 0IS- CUSSION LEGISLATIVE WORK COLLEGE WOMEN AND I THE BALLOT WAGE EARNERS AND THE BALLOT CHURCH WORK WOMAN'S CLUBS LITERATURE PUBLICITY STATE CAMPAIGN WORK MEN'S LEAGUES 'FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE ,LECTURE BUREAUS CONVENTIONS ORGANIZATION EN- DORSEMENTS BAZAARS AND PARADES CAMPAIGN STATES CANDIDATES SOCIAL FEATURES OF SUFFRAGE WORK

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