The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
Meeting of National Council of Women
10 Be Held at Toronto, Canada, June 1929

Mrs. Lillian B. Hollister, chairman Of
the press committee Of the National
Council of Women, and Mrs Emmcline
3. Wells, Utah member Of the press
committee, have issued The following
call for 4 meeting of the council, to
be held at Toronto. Canada, june 1929:
1.-THE women of America are now
looking forward to the coming of the
qnlpqucnnial session OF tho Intcrnation-
al Council of Women, to be held in
Toronto, Ontario, June 1929, of this
year.
Representative women from every
part of the world will be present at this
session, which will be one of the great.
est gatherings of women ever held on
the western continent. These women
are familiar with the needs of their re-
spective countries, and can give a
breadth and outlook attainnblc in no
other manner; thus the immense value
OF such a gathering may be readily seen.
1t is specifically understood that
the international council is organized in
the interest Of no one propaganda, and
has no power over it's members beyond
that OF suggestion and sympathy, Its
purpose is to provide means Of com.
s munication between womcn's organiZa-
lions In ali countries also 10 provide
opportunities for women to meet to-
gether from all parts of the world TO
confer upon questions relative TO tho
welfare of the commonwealth, the FAM
lily and the ir'lividual.
Like most great movements, the
International Council of Women has
been a devclopm "nt. It's formation was
due to Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Miss Susan b. Anthony, American
women, who. after consultation with
friends in England and France, de-
n o,,-r
sembly of delegates from as many coun-
tires as possible. this assembly TO be
& held IN Washington in 1888, TO cele-
brate tho fortieth anniversary OF the
woman Is rights" movement, and to
consider. the possibility of organizing
international and national councils of
women. As a result, the international
council was organized. with Mrs. Mill.
cent Garrett Fawcett of England as its
first president; Miss Clara Barton Of
the Red Cross society. vice president.
and Mrs Rachel Foster-Avery as cor
responding secretary.
AT the same time. the National
Council of Women of the United States
was formed, with the late Miss Francis
Willard as It's president.
In Various Countries.
Irrational Councils of Women havo
been formed in the United States, Can
ada, Germany, Sweden, Great Britain
and Ireland, New Zealand, New South
Wales, Italy, France, Holland, Denmark,
Austria, Switzerland Netherlands, Tas-
mania, Argentine, Victoria, South Aus
tralla, Hungary, Norway and Queens
land. The general officers are as fol-
lows:
"fH. f. The Countess of Aberdeen,
president, Vice Regal lodge. Dublin, Ire
land.
'sFrau Marie Stritt. first vice presi-
dent, Durerstrasse l10, Dresden, Ger
many.
"Dru Anna Hierta Retzius, second
vice president, Ito Drottninggatan,
Stockholm. Sweden.
Madam Jules Siogfried, third vice
president. 226 Boulevard st. Germain,
Paris, France.
''Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon. D. So, Phi. D.,
r. l.. S., corresponding secretary, Ru-
bislau terrace, Aberdeen. Scotland.
Miss Martina Kramers. recording
secretary, 81 kruickade, Rotterdam,
Netherlands.
"Mrs w. J.. Sanford. treasurer,
Nesanford, Hamilton, Ontario.
"The convencrs of the international
7committees are as follows:
HPeace and arbitration-Mrs. May
Wright Sewall, 20l \. Euclid avenue,
Pasadena, Cal.
Laws concerning the local position
OF women-Mme. D'Abadic D'Arrant,
81 Rue Vanneau. Paris,
Suffrage and rights of citizenship
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Moylan, Pa.
u. S. A.
"Whitc slave traffic and equal stan
dard moral--Mmc. Avril De Salntc-
Croiy, J Avenue Malakoll, Paris
"Press-Mrs. WiIloughby Cummings,
Al Dewson street, Toronto, Ontario.
"Finapcc-Fraulen Helene Lange.