Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
MRS. GAIT WINS
PRAISE ABROAD
ELECTED TO HEAD INTERNA-
TI0NAL SUFFRAGISTS
Rev. Anna Shaw Also a Notable Zig
ure in the AlI-WorId Confer
ence-Flrst Time an Amer
lean Is So Honored
ny FRAsIER DOUGLASS

special Gable to The Herald
COPENHAGEN. Sept. 1.-The wo-
mans suffragists who have been in
session here, have concluded their
labors and departed for their homes. It
was the first great International gath
ering and from Iceland in the north to
Italy in the couth that women of all
ages and all social positions gathered
to discuss their plan of campaign.
1t is interesting to note that the
president of the International Alliance
of Women's Suffrage associations is
an American lady, Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, who has taken the place
formerly held by Miss Susan b. An
thony, the pioneer of the movement in
the United States.
Mrs. Gait managed the assembly
with great skill, putting all the busi-
ness in a clear and interesting man
ner She is an accomplished speaker.
1t was through her initiative that wo-
men all over the world have united to
work together for this common end,
and now practically every nation
which possesses a women's suffrage
association has joined the information
al alliance.
Ten Countries There
At this congress ten countries were
represented, Russia having applied to
be allowed to send delegates. Three
Russian ladies were welcomed with the
utmost enthusiasm, and 1t was decided
that they should be allowed thirty-five
minutes to read their report instead Of
the twenty allotted to other countries.
Mrs. Gait emphasized the feeling of
the whole meeting when she said they
had SO much that was important and
new to tell.
The Russian ladies say that their
meetings are illegal. In Moscow they
do manage to meet; in the country it
is impossible. If more than six ladies
assemble together they may be dis
persed by the police.
Extra time was also unanimously
voted to Finland, which has within the
last few weeks reached the position
from which Englishwomen are still
debarred. By happy accident. as It
almost seems, Finland, by a stroke of
privilege which her women value 50
highly. The long, long fight. the end
less organizations, speeches, and
wearisome work of propaganda have
not been necessary in the case of Fin
land.
Germany In Second Place
The vice president of the congress is
Dr. Anita Augspuy of Germany, bril-
liant scholar and speaker, who has
taken her degree of Doctor of law in
Switzerland, but who is refused the
degree in Germany, and all right to
practice her profession.
DR.. Shirmacher of Berlin, the sec
retary, lives in Paris, and is journal
ist She contributes political articles
to the Tageblatt Of Prague, and has
also published biography of Voltaire
and books on the industrial condition
of women in France.
One of the best known American
delegates is the Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw, formerly minister of a Primitive
Methodist chapel in the United States.
The president of the Danish Wo-
mans Suffrage association is Fru
Louise Norlund, a prominent member
of other advanced Danish societies for
helping women. BY profession Fru
Norlund is a teacher in a state school,
Froken Sophie Alberti, sister of the
Danish president of council, is the
head of the press bureau.