The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

Woman's Suffrage association, formed
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia
Mott, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone,
Julia Ward Howe and other progressive
women, nearly half a century ago.
There may be local societies of greater
age, but 1 am referring only to these
which have organizations in several or
all of the states At present the Ma
tional Woman's Suffrage association
has a membership of 1900. and auxil-
iaries in nearly every state in the
Union.
Another old society is the New Cen
fury club, which has headquarters at
its own clubhouse in Philadelphia 1t
is a pfilanthrppic organization, carries
on educational movements, summer
schools. workingwomen's guilds gives
legal protection to women, etc. 1t has
several branches in other cities.
The New England Woman's club was
founded by Julia Ward Howe, Eliza
beth Maria Childs and others for
similar purpose. but it's membership Is
limited to New England.
Sorosis was founded thfrty-one years
ago by Mrs. David B. Croly. better
known as Jenny June" as a sort of
protest against the suffrage movement,
and to stimulate the growth of culture
among women. The headquarters are
in New York, but women in any part
of the country may join after an cleo
ton, which requires a two-thirds vote
in the affirmative, and taking a pledge
to uphold any sister member in amy
good work. Mrs. Charles H. DeniSon is
the president The banquets and the
regular meetings of Sorosis are among
the social events of New York, and its
membership includes the most conspic-
uouS and influential women in that
city.
The Woman's National Press associa-
ton of Washington is the oldesE organ
iZation of its kind in the world, and
has several hundred members scattered
throughout the country. It's aim is to
benefit, encourage and increase the use
fulness of women writer's The Inter-
national Press union is a similar So
ciety, whose field is the world, instead
of the nation. 1t also has its headquar-
ters in Washington, and Mrs. Mary S.
Lockwood is the president
The Woman's Relief association is an
auxiliary of the Grand Army of the
Republic. and was organized shortly
after war.
The Woman's Republican association
is a political auxiliary of the national
Republican committee, and was organ
lied thirty years ago for the purpose of
educating the women of the United
States in the principles of the Republic
can party, especially in the states
where woman suffrage is allowed. Mrs.
Judia Ellen Foster of Washington is
the president, and Mrs. Thomas w.
Chase of Providence is the secretary.
Among the patriotic societies the
Daughters of the American Revolution
is the largest and most influential. 1t
was organized in 1890, and now con-
tafnS 21,432 members. The wife of
President Harrison was the first presi-
dent, the wife of ex-Secretary John w.
Foster was the second, the wife of
Vice President Stevenson the third and
Mrs Daniel Manning, wife of Cleve-
lands secretary of the treasury, now
occupies that position. The society is
composed of the lineal descendants of
the soldiers of the revolution. Its OBJ
ject is to stimulate patriotism, to pre-
serve relics of revolutionary interest
and to keep alive the sentiments of the
patriots of 1916 1t is proposed to erect
a memorial hail in Washington as head
qurters for the society, and $4,000 has
already been collected for that purpose,
A rival society is called the Daughters
of the Revolution, and was organized
by dissatisfied members of the other
organization, and has about 1000 MEM
bers.
The Colonial Danes is the title of a
socie'- of patriotic women from the
original thirteen states of the Union,
organized in Washington in 1891, for
the purpose of creating popular interest
in colonial history, diffusing healthful
Information and teaching the young the
sacred obligations to their patriotic an
cestor- 1t is composed entirely of wo-
men OF direct descent from officials and
other residents of the original colonies
who contributed something to the
founding of a commonwealth Mrs.
Robert H. Mckee of Saratoga, daugh-
ter of eX-President Harrison, is the
president.
The Mothers Congress, which has
just held its third annual meeting, was
organized by Mrs. Theodore Birney,
Mrs. Phoebe \. Hearst and other pub
lic-spirited women in Washington, for
the purpose of promoting the proper
training Of children. There are now
$4,000 members
The Federation of Women's clubs is
composed of various local associations
of women throughout the country, and
has membership of more than 200, 600
scattered throughout the United States.
The National Council Of Women is a
broader organization, which receives
delegates only from national or state
organizations of women. 1t holds an
annual convention in Washington, at
which about 100000 women throughout
the country are represented.
In addition to these are various relig
ious and philanthropic organizations,
like the Woman's Christian Temperance
union, the womens missionary socie-
ties. the Young Women's Christian as