Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-28
WOMAN'S NATIONAL COUNCIL
Alleged to Ee Largest Organized Body of
Women in the World.
Third TrienniaI Meeting TO BE Held
In washfngton-Mrs. Sewau
President, in the City.

| Mrs. May Wright Sewall. president of the
| National Council of Women. the largest
organized body of women in the world is
| at the Arlington. She is in the city to
make preparations for the third trtennial
| meeting of the council, although IL is really
| four years since the last national meeting.
! owing TO the resignation, because of in
| health, of Mrs Mary Lowe Dickinson, the
president little over year ago. This
| threw everything into confusion for time,
| and 1t was decided TO defer the national
| convention for one year. Mrs. May Wright
Sewall, who had been president OF the or
ganization for two terms, was elected by
the National Council TO fi!l out thu uncx-
PRED term of Mrs. Dickinson
The Nationa! Council of Women is com
prIsed of twenty of the largest organiza-
/ tons of women IN the United States repre-
sentlnS over lo)n,o1o members. 1t has five
| local Plantations and ona state orsaniZa-
| ton on Its rolls. 1t costs each one of these
organizations. local. state or national 500
a year to belong To the National Council Of
W omen, and there are Individual patrons -
VINO may become members by thu pay
n en- OF TINS sum. II viii be seen that il
famous body
While the National Council is compris I
OF women delegates only. it has rnaub.r-
mp OF organizations made up OF both m
men must he as women were for so MANY,
centuries, lockers on in Venice and consent
10 he represented by woma delegates. No
man may raise his voice in the ss,rrd
nails of the National Council
Work of the Council.
Ihe work of the National Council Of
Women is well mapped out in its standing.
committees, said Mrs. Sewan this morn
ing We have committees on dress. equal
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snip domestic science social peace and in
ternational arbitration. social purity. and
nave gust added two new committees one
on domestic relations under the law and
one on tne care of dependent and defective
children.
We expect much of these two new cou-
mittees, she said. That on laws con
corning the domestic relations. has for IFS
T I man MISS Octavia Williams Bates of
Detroit, Mich, l.. L. b. and L. L. M one
OF the brightest and braiAiest women ,av-
Hefs IN the country, and every woman on
el,a committee is a star IN the legal pro-
ierSioh; hese women win codify the ex-
ls,lig laws i'll all the states of the Union
fe!atnE to marriage. divorce and the do
feStlc relations generally. and brin sing ia
me surface all their Inconsistencies try
through the National Council of Women fn
nave some general and adequate legislation
on the subject. Mrs. Judith Ellen Foster is
chairman OF the committee on care of de-
pendent and defective children.
The growth Of the National CounciI or
Women has been phenomenal and This
:oiisieSs VIII be most important because il
Just precedes that Of the quinouennial in
ternational council. to he held in Jondo,, T.,
1ei!t- 1ou see there are national councils
OF women in eight countries Great Britain
I.aS the largest, then comes the United
States' Germany, Canada, Sweden. Italy
Hreece, and Holland National counciIs - -
being formed in France Finland n.nr,arI,
and Switzerland ''i'ii'i4 n
This International Council Of Women has
LOT us presiding officer Lady Aberdeen. and
Mrs May Wright Sewall is vice president
It's sessions, to continue one week will Ia
held IN the historic old Westminster Town
HAN, the first time that such "A thing has
occurred there. Mrs. Sewall went to Lon
dol laSt June 10 preside at the intprua-
uonal conference. where arrangements U-era
made Tor the great occasion next lime
lh8 program for this meeting is in seven
ssctiohS under the general heads of: Inter
national Arbitration. Education, Profess
SONS, Politics, Legislation and Industrial
Social Section and Art and Literature
The National Council OF Women of the
nited States will be represented by Mrs
Sewall, who will speak on "Orga pization
as Factor of DEVELOPMENT in Modern
Lille; Miss Anthony will present "Suf-
frage;' Rev. Anna Shaw, Women as Lee
turers Mrs. Purdy Peck Iowa Social
Education Of Women" Mrs. Margaret
Kane. Industrial and Silk Culture in the
United States. and Miss Octavia Williams
Bates, Women in Legal Professions"
Other subjects will be presented hut the
speakers selected must bind themselves to
attend, and present their papers in person
so the work of selection is a little slow.
Date of the Assembling
The triennial congress will be held in
Washington some time in February, prob
ably the latter part Mrs. Sewal is now
considering propositions on halls, churches
and theaters. and will decide the question
in day or two. The session will continue
TWO weeks. and many fine papers will be
presented.
The NationaI Council of Women. il is
claimed, comprises the best and brightest
members of the great organizations that
go TO make its membership, and its power
for good is being felt all over the world
We have no particular propaganda"
Mrs. Sewall says I'VE do not tie our
selves to politics, religion, finance. suffrage
or any other ism, but delegates from all the
on common ground, and We discuss calmly.
methodically and carefully the ethics of
each and the best methods for achieving
the aims Of each. In other words. we aim
to unity the efforts of organized women
and succeeding beyond our widest
dreams"
The officers of the N c. W. are: May
Wright Sewall, president, 633 n. Penn.
street. Indianapolis, Ind; Rev. Anna How
ard Shaw. vice president, 1890 Diamond
street, Philadelphia, Pa; Louise Barnum
Robbins. corresponding secretary, - Broad
street, Adrian, Mich; Frances Stewart
Mosher, frs recording secretary, Hilsdale
Mich; Helen Finlay Bristol, second record
ing secretary, 1898 Vermont avenue,
Quincy H.; Hannah J. Bailey, treasurer,
Winthrop Centre, Me.
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