Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14
PART FOUR
.omens Effective Work for

orpnN days The Hebrews daily
...,.r of thanksgiving was.
.rI....l art thou oh. Lord our
i e.r who hast mot made me
.,bo hast NOT made me a slave,
.... not made me a woman.
-..., vs may say Of woman that
.t rshop Doano said Of the
-s o-ho is the yeast Of the world.
t. stirred into an three measures
,.rnaruy. spiritual Intellectual.
.i.r She is It's salt 10 save II
..rruption. and It's lamp TO delvc
.o AS deepest mines, and penetrate
t.rrest masses Of suffering and
o. and OUR \ouksgiving is for
"a. ,ryileee OF being women
cav. amt is this quotation, which
bs present year book Of the
LAX Federation Of women's clubs;
-su is an appropriate keynote for
,rYcie dealing with women's
..,,ysments in Utah. Such an at
.-,,,, must be in outline; for to detail
~, effort. energy and personal sacri-
,,yo1ved in the achievements Of
Zen I'm local public lines, would be
~. i.petbv "a history for this paper
..,,7 tbo ancient Hebrew have seen
:. ,tsion the great and important
..oysuents wrought not alone by the
..i.,,s influence of the sex. through
l,,,b alone they were able to take
..,.o I'm former day affairs, but by
r.rsonal and public action what
,,-.r,,t viewpoint would have been |
ts.
THE fact Is that howsver personally
$500. -,o,, conduct measures Of general |
concordance I'm Congress and legisla-
,,rs vet few movements Of civic or |
.-., irrort are begun without the /
n.Irat0n and action Of the Eentler
cav These Influences are welded
.sisoy through concerted action ~
.-,,riyafians whose combined voice
,,rs4 always be heard 90 advantage;
.-s those bodies we must take as rep
sentative Of many good things ef-
s,tsd m civic lines within our midst
Tho greatest and most potent aggre-
-,nor in Utah next to the Relief
,,,laty is the Utah Federation OF Wo-
,,sp,s clubs. This comprises about
,, clubs representing the culture ~
riout "a dozen Utah cities, and their
combined action has been effective In
many movements for the public good.
some Of the important institutions
,starad ans established through their
work are the Juvenile court the state
nee kndergartens, the Independent
SAT- Lake city kindergarten, the
free library, the free travelling library
,he CANYON Crest farm, and a number
of minor enterprises which they have
contributed TO the civic and municipal
Fshre
PUBLIC BENEFACTIONs.
though some Of these have been
Elected by club women irrespective
Ia Me- federation body. yet It IS
through the combined effort OF a num-
tr n women's organizations that
nsy have been effected both within
irj without the federation.
ORGANIZATION.
This body was organized IN April
i's3 with three woman as organizers:
ramsly. Mrs. c. s. Kinney Mrs.
r q. Jones and Mrs c. r Allen,
sad the following have in turn filled
the position Of president: Mrs. AL
ln Mrs Elmer Jones. Mrs John S.
cTew, Mrs. J. c.. McVicker, Mrs.
W. G. Jennings. Mrs. Chester e
Coulter Mrs. Clesson s. Kinney. and
Yrs Byron Cummings. the latter
having been elected 20 the place at
he last federation meeting held in
Ogden iu October
~ THE FEDERATION
IN 1905 the state body was admitted
9 member OF the General Federation
G Womons clubs. and has regularly
isnt delegates TO the national con-
Inuous 10 has besides its regular
tub officers n list OF standing commit
'es which keep the federation in
touch with an important interests ed
Rational. industrial. art, civic, for
'stT and legislative. as well as for
Individual movements already insti-