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Congressional Union for Woman Su
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Congressional Union for Woncan Suffrage (LCS)
WWLEDNIN
1881
C75
1916

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FOR
WOMEN
WOMAN'S PARTY
CONVENTION
CHICAGO
JUNE 5, 6, AND 7
CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS
Room 1004 Stevens Building
17 State Street, Chicago, Ill.
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TO THE
WOMAN'S PARTY CONVENTION
CHICAGO, JUNE 5, 6, AND 7
CALL
VE, OFFICERS
OF THE CONGRESSIONAL UNION FOR
MAN SUFFRAGE, REPRESENTING THIRTY-SIX UNENFRAN-
ED STATES, IN CONFERENCE ASSEMBLED IN WASHING-
TON, ON APRIL EIGHTH AND NINTH, 1916, APPEAL TO THE
FOUR MILLION ENFRANCHISED WOMEN OF THE WEST, URG-
ING THEM TO DO ALL IN THEIR POWER TO PRESS FOR THE
IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE NATIONAL SUFFRAGE AMEND-
MENT.
THE FACT THAT ONE-FIFTH OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE
AND ONE-THIRD OF THE VOTE NECESSARY TO ELECT THE
NEXT PRESIDENT COMES FROM THE SUFFRAGE STATES, GIVES
VOTING WOMEN SUCH POWER IN CONGRESS AS TO MAKE CER-
TAIN THE PASSAGE OF THE NATIONAL AMENDMENT IF THEY
WILL UNITE IN ITS SUPPORT. CONGRESS HAS BLOCKED THE
AMENDMENT AT EVERY TURN HOWEVER, AND ONLY BY THE
INSISTENT DEMAND OF WOMEN VOTERS CAN ITS PASSAGE
BE SECURED.
WE CALL, THEREFORE, UPON ALL OUR FELLOW-MEMBERS
IN THE SUFFRAGE STATES TO ASSEMBLE WITH US IN CHI-
CAGO ON JUNE 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH TO LAUNCH A WOMAN'S
PARTY WHICH WILL WORK INDEPENDENTLY OF ALL EXIST-
ING POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SECURE THE IMMEDIATE
PASSAGE OF THE NATIONAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
Members of the Union from non-suffrage states are urged to be present
at the Chicago convention and help in forming the plans for the Woman's
Party. The voting will be limited to members of the Union from the suf-
frage states.
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Congressional Union for Woman Sut
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MISS ALICE PAUL, N. J., Chairman MRS. JOHN W. BRANNAN, N. Y.
MISS LUCY BURNS, N. Y., Vice-chair- MRS. GILSON GARDNER, D. C.
MRS. DONALD R. HOOKER, Md.
man
MRS. O. H. P. BELMONT, N. Y.
Mrs. Nina E. Allender, D. C.
Mrs. W. D. Ascough, Conn.
Mrs. Frances C. Axtell, Wash.
Mrs. O H. P. Belmont, N. Y.
Mrs. Edward Breitung, Mich.
Mrs. Dan Casement, Kans.
Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherdron, Utah
Miss Cornelia Cook, Ore.
Mrs. Byron Cummings, Ariz.
Mrs. Bertha W. Fowler, Colo.
Mrs. John Gibbs, S. C.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF STATE
Mrs. C. S. Haire. Mont.
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Del.
Mrs. J. A. H. Hopkins, N. J.
Miss Ada James, Wis.
Mrs. Edward M. Jarrett, Ark.
Miss Gail Laughlin, Cal.
Mrs. Harry Lowenburg, Pa.
Miss Anne Martin, Nev.
Mrs. Cyrus Mead, Ohio.
Mrs. Sophie G. Meredith, Va.
Mrs. Walter Morey, Mass.
Mrs. Robert Adamson, N. Y.
Miss Jessie Ashley, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary Austin, Cal.
Miss Harriet Bain, Wis.
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DISTRICT CHAIRMEN
Middle Atlantic States
Chairman, Mr. Henry Bruere, N. Y.
Chairman, Mrs. John Rogers, N. Y.
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Mrs. Adolphus Clay Bartlett, Ill.
Mrs. Cyrus Beard, Wyo.
Mrs. Mary Ritter Beard, N. Y.
Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, N. Y. Mrs. Phoebe A Hearst, Cal.
Mrs. Alfred H. Bright, Minn.
Reverend Olympia Brown, Wis.
Miss Mary A. Burnham, Pa.
Mrs. Dora Phelps Buell, Col.
Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon, Utah
Mrs. Joseph Carey, Wyo.
Mrs. Lillian Harris Coffin, Cal.
Mrs. William L. Colt, N. Y.
Mrs. Frank Cothren, N. Y.
Mrs. Lucius M. Cuthbert, Col.
Mrs. George H. Day, Conn.
Mrs. John Dewey, N. Y.
Miss Lavinia Dock, N. Y.
Mrs. Kheta Childe Dorr. N. Y.
Mrs. Crystal Eastman, N. Y.
Mrs. J. Andre Fouilhoux, Ore.
Miss Susan P. Frost, S. C.
Mrs. Emma Maddox Funck, Md.
Mrs. Harvey C. Garber. Ohio
Mrs. Elizabeth Gerberding, Cal.
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, N. Y.
Finance
Chairman, Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Pe.
Vice-Chairman, Miss Alice Carpenter,
N. Y.
Legislative
Chairman, Miss Anne Martin, Nev.
Vice-Chairman, Mrs. George Odell, D. O.
Mrs. Inez Haynes Gillmore, Cal.
Mrs. Adolphus E. Graupner, Cal.
Mrs. Edwin C. Grice, Pa.
Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, Kans.
Mrs. Jennie Law Hardy, Mich.
Mrs. W. E. Hardy, Neb.
Mrs. F. R. Hazard, N. Y.
Literature
Chairman, Miss Marie Ernst Kennedy,
Pa.
Membership
Chairman, Miss Emily Stearns, Va.
CHAIRMEN
North Middle Western States
Chairman, Mrs. A. R. Colvin, Minn.
Mrs. George Hendrie, Mich.
Mrs. Frederick C. Howe, N. Y.
Mrs. Agnes M. Jenks, R. I.
Miss Helen Keller, Mass.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, N. Y.
Mrs. John B. Kendrick, Wyo.
Dr. Cora Smith King, Wash.
Mrs. William Bross Lloyd, Ill.
Miss Bernice McCoy, Idaho.
Mrs. Jessie Hardy MacKaye, D. C.
Mrs. Ida Finney Mackrille, Cal.
Mrs. Lionel S. Marks, Mass.
Miss Julia Marlowe, N. Y.
Miss Helen Marot, N. Y.
Mrs. Harris Masterson, Tex.
Miss Edythe Wynne Matthison,
Mrs. Lilla Day Monroe, Kans
Mrs. John T. Morrison, Idaho
Mrs. Wm. Spencer Murray, Md.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, D. C.
Mrs. Meredith Nicholson, Ind.
NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS
Eastern States
Miss Margaret Whittemore, Mich.
Contral States
Miss Elsie Hill, Conn.
Secretary, Miss Maude Younge, Cal.
Editor, Miss Lucy Bains
Art Editor. Mrs. Nina E. Allender.
MRS. WILLIAM KEN
MRS. LAWRENCE LI
MISS ANNE MARTIN
Mrs. Robert Morton, Wyo.
Mrs. Alden H. Potter, Min
Mrs. Joshua Raynolds, New
Mrs. Townsend Scott, Md.
Mrs. Bertram Sippy, Ill.
Mrs. Edward G. Uhl, Conn.
Mrs. Frederick Walker, Ida
Mrs. Hugh L. White, Tenn.
Mrs. Robert Treat Whitehou
Mrs. Clara Snell Wolfe, Tex
Press
Circulation, Chairman.
Mrs. Annie Porritt, Conn.
Mrs. William Prendergast, N. Y.
Mrs. Nina G. Proctor, N. Y.
Mrs. James Hayden Rector, Ohio
Mrs. Henry Ridgly, Del.
Miss Margaret Roberts, Idaho
Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Ill.
Mrs. Charles Edward Russell, D. O.
Prof. Lucy M. Salmon, N. Y.
Mrs. Frederick Sanborn, Cal.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall, Ind.
Mrs. Austin Sperry, Cal.
Mrs. Albert Steinfeld, Ariz.
Mrs. Julius Stone, Ohio
Mrs. David D. Terry, Ark.
Mrs. Mary C. Therkelsen, Ore.
Mrs. Robert Gibbes Thomas, S. C.
Miss Clara L. Thompson, Mo.
Mrs. Richard Wainwright, D. C.
Mrs. Hettie D. M. Wallis, Tex.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, D. C.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lowe Watson, Cal.
Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, N. J.
Conn. Mrs. John Jay White, D. C.
Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, D. C.
Dr. Marian Walker Williams, Ariz.
Miss Bird Wilson. Nev.
Mrs. S. B. M. Young. Mont.
Mrs. Marsden Perry, R. I.
National Headquarters, Committee of 200
for Maintenance of
Chairman, Mrs. William Kent,
Cal.
Organization
Chairman, Miss Doris Stevens, Neb.
Pageant
Chairman, Miss Hazel MacKaye, Mass.
TREASURER-Miss Joy Webster, Nehr.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, Miss Virginia Arnold, N. C.
FIELD SECRETARIES
Chairman, Mrs. Hortense MeDonald.
Tenn.
Southern States
Mrs. E. St. Clair Thompson, N. C.
Western States
Miss Mabel Vernon, Del.
"THE SUFFRAGIST"-WEEKLY ORGAN OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
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Business Manager, Miss S. Ada Flat san
Office Manager, Miss Elizabeth Smith
Mrs. W. T. Burch

NERAL INFORMATION
For general information concerning the Convention, write to Miss
abeth D. Elder, Chairman of Committee on Arrangements, at Conven-
Headquarters, 1004 Stevens Building, Chicago.
ILROAD RATES
Because of the Republican and Progressive National Conventions taking
ce in Chicago at this same time, reduced railroad rates can be secured
m any section of the country by applying to your local railroad office.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
NTRIBUTIONS
You are urged to send some donation, no matter how small, to make the
Woman's Party Convention a success. Please mail contributions to the
Treasurer of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, National Head-
quarters, Lafayette Square, Washington, D. C.
Name.
3 9015 03842 2930
I expect to be present at the Woman's Party Convention in Chicago,
June 5, 6 and 7.
Address
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Kindly sign slip and send to Miss Elizabeth D. Elder, Convention Head-
quarters, 1004 Stevens Building, Chicago, Ill.
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