Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
THE WORK OF WOMEN
EXTENSIVE EXHIBITS TO BE MADE AT
THE EXPOSITION.

THE EXPOSITION.
Achievements of Women Will BE
Shown Side by side With Those of
Men at the Pan-American-Han
some Building For Headquarters.
With view to having the scope of
the Pan-American Exposition as broad
as possible and to interest the thou
sands of women in the Americas in the
enterprise a Board of Women Mana
gers was appointed. consisting of Is
representative women of Buffalo.
In addition to this the governors of
the states and territories were asked to
nominate two women each to act as
honorary members of the Women's
Board, these nominations to be ratified
by the Board of Directors of the Expo
sition. The same request was made of
the other Pan-American countries.
AS a result of this request from the
Exposition more than 80 states have
honorary members of the Women's
Board, and several Pan-American coun-
tries are also represented. The work
of the honorary members supplements
that Of the local Board, which has been
divided into committees and is now do
ing effective work for the Exposition.
A distinctive point in the plan of the
Exposition is that the various indus
tries conducted by women are to be
represented by exhibits in the different
buildings where they may properly be
placed, SO that the achievements of
women will be shown side by side with
those of men. This is the first EXPOSE
ton in this country where such plan
has been followed and second, it is
said, in the world. The same arrange
ment was followed most successfully
at the Paris Exposition.
1t is in cooperation with the various
divisions of the Exposition and with
the committees of the Mems Board of
Directors that the Board of Women
Managers of the Pan American EXPOSE
ton is, to large extent, to work. The
following committees have been ap-
pointed: Executive. Entertainments
and Ceremtnies. Fine Arts. Education,
Clubs and Organizations, Publicity and
Promotion and Applied Arts. The ma
jority Of the members of each commit
tee belong to the Board Of Women
Managers, but in a few instances ap-
pointments have been made outside,
taking in those especially adapted to
carrying out the work of the WOmen'S
Board. To the committee on Enter
| tainments and Ceremonies falls the
pleasant task of looking after the So
cial affairs Of the Women's Board
previous to and during the PAN Ameri-
| can Exposition. arranging entertain
| ments of various kinds for the hon.
orary members of the Board who visit
| Buffalo, and also entertaining many
prominent women who are to be in
| the city during the Exposition months.
| A large number of conventions of wO-
men are to be held in Buffalo during
| the Exposition, but the Women'S Board
will not in any way be connected with
the conventions, although the commit
tee GU Entertainments and Ceremonies
will doubtless entertain many of the
officers and other distinguished MEM
! Ders of the various organizations meet
ing in the city Pan-American year.
The women of Buffalo have in several
instances extended invitations to lead
ing women's organizations to hold
their conventions in Buffalo during the
Exposition. and. with the desire to
offer every courtesy possible, the COM
mittee on Entertainments and Cere-
monies will doubtless do great deal
to make it pleasant for the visiting
women during their stay in Buffalo.
The committee on Fine Arts of the
Women's Board. in cooperation with
a similar committee from the Mems
Board of Directors, will assist the Di-
rector of Fine Arts in arranging for q
representative exhibit at Buffalo Of the
work of American artists.
The committee on Education will ar
range for a series of educational exhib-
, its, and possibly educational congresses
will be held in Buffalo during the Ex-
position. This committee is working in
cooperation with the Superintendent
of Liberal Arts and Education. AS the
chairman of the committee on Educa-
ton of the Women's Board is president
of the Women Teachers Association,
which owns its building, commodious
chapter house, she will doubtless do a
/ great deal toward arranging for Sc
ries of educational congresses in Buff
falo during the Exposition, although
| the work will not be taken up by the
| Exposition Board.
Women's clubs and organizations
have made tremendous progress during
the past few years, and the committee
/ on Clubs and Organizations of the WO-
| mems Board will find ample opportuni-
| ty for bringing into prominence the
work of the women's clubs of the
Americas, especially showing the ire
mendous advancement made since the
| Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1898.
In response to many requests from
] women's clubs the committee on Pub
| licity and Promotion Of the Women's
| Board has been doing a great deal of
effective work in advertising the Elk
| position. At several women's conven-
lions representatives of the Women's
Board of the Pan-American Exposition
have appeared upon the programme
and have interested in this way hun
dreds of leading clubwomen in the
country. Great enthusiasm is shown
by the clubwomen of the United States
and Canada in the coming Exposition,
and in many towns Pan-American
clubs have been formed by the women.
The committee on Applied Arts Of
the Women's Board is trying to secure
representative exhibits of women'S
work at the American Exposition
and with this object in view hopes to
| arrange series of collective exhibits
| in the Exposition buildings, principally
| In the division of Manufactures. Many
| leading industries conducted by women
| will probably be represented in these
| collective exhibits. Applications for
space have been received in large num-
| bers.
A great deal Of effective work has
been done through the honorary MEM
| bers of the Women's Board, with
| whom local members have been in
constant correspondence. with the re-
| suit that the women of the Americas
are deeply Interested in the Exposition
and in many instances are arranging
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