The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29

Rich and Poor Enlisted il the
Campaign Now Waged Against
5.. Tuberculosis.

[Nn ii
One million women. representing cit
les. towns, villages and isolated rural
settlements In every section Of the
country. are today enlisted in a cam
paign$ against tuberculosis, according
,to>a statement issued by the National
Association for. the Study and Proven
tion of Tuberculosis. In legislatures,
in congress at Washington, in society
gatherings, in churches and clubs,
through speaking and writing-in ev-
cry possible way, the, women of the
country are persistently fighting con-
sumption. - -
~ 50 Systematic Crusade. =:
With an organization established in
every state of the country, under the
direction Of the General Federation
Of Women's Clubs, with associated
clubs In Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands,
Porto Rico and the Canal Zone, the
women of the country have entered
a systematic crusade to carry the mes
. sage OF tie prevention and cure of
tuberculosis into every American
home
The organization Of the women's
anti-tuberculosis campaign was defin-
ltely begin in st. Paul in 1906, at the
time of the biennial meeting Of the
General Federation Of Women's clubs,
when that body sanctioned resolu-
ton ito make the prevention and cure
Of tuberculosis subject of study"
and Mrs. Rufus P. Williams, Of Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, chairman Of
the new department. called the
Health Department of the General
Federation o~fWomens Clubs For
the purpose of extending the campaign
into the, many cities and towns of the
country, the central committee makes
every local and state club under it's
Jurisdiction responsible for the work
in its own community.
Tho Mothers Congress.
The executive board of the Mothers
Congress has also recently entered
into the crusade, and has prepared
circulars and literature on the the pre-
ventton If consumption, which are
being circulated broadcast throughout
the country. In every city where the
congress IS represented, an advisory
board Of local physicians is being
formed to help educate mothers about
tuberculosis. Other national organi-
cations o. women have given favorable
consideration to the campaign against
tuberculosis.
One Of the most notable campaigns
which Is being carried on by the wo-
men is that in the southern states
IN connection with the travelling ex-
h1tit of the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis In Tennessee, Florida and
Alabama, whole states have been stir
red by the activity of the women's
organizations. In North and South
Carolina plans for similar campaigns
ara now in; progress. -. >a.,:. -
Prominent. Women Engaged.
4. large number: :, Of women occupy
ing; appointment positions in society OF
on the stage, are taking an active in
terest in the: anti-tuberculosis cam
palgn.: Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt has re-
Gently given a million dollars for SAM
tary homes for, sonsumptives. Mrs
Keith Spa ding Of Chicago has erected
a sanator urn for the Chicago Tuber-
cutosls Institute at cost Of about
fifty thousand dollars; Mrs. Coils p
: Huntington and Mrs, Borden Harri-
man have given largely to the CON
sumption fight. In Porto Rico Mrs
Albert Norton Wood, wife of a promi-
nent army officer stationed at San
Juan, has stirred the entire island
through the anti-tuberculosis crusade
| she inau.urated. Nine. Emma Celve
is a most enthusiastic worker, and has
given largel yof her talent and money
for the relief Of tuberculosis sufferers
I and Miss Olga Nethersole. has ever
lectured before the public on tuber-
! cu!osis. ~',- 49,
; And the fight is not only beingAcar-
| ried on by women organized in clubs
and by he wealthy women, but by
the working women in the general
labor movement against tuberculosis
AMI by he women who areS battling
hand in hand with the disease in con
nection with the religious and philan-
! thropic organizations of the country
-, The special tuberculosis nurse, too, /:
a recent addition to the fighting force
enlisted against consumption, and al.
most all If these are women. No city
| campaign is complete today withou,
! such nurse, and on this accoun
hundreds of them are devoting thei1
lives in u1selfish service for the relic
of human suffering. .s;...: 49,. ..