Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

-4E women OF America are now
looking forward 90 the coming
90. the duinquennll sessio or
the international Coun il OF Wo-
men. Co bs held In Toronto. ontario.
june i5-2o. 1909
Representative women from every
rart of the world will boz present at ans
session. which win Boz one Of the great-
cst gatherings OF women ever led "a
tbe western continent These women
ar. familiar with the ucsCs of tl,lt
respective country and can gi'e %
breadth ana ou,looS. atttiu1blc 3D. NJ
other manner. the Immense vuiui ~
such "a gathering may b. readily sen.
% is specifically understood that -h'
International Council la Diga .l1.i Do
che interest OF no. one ptui ohaIua, a'd
nas no power over its mem cas- ,eN'hl
fbat of suggestion and iympltny lts
uurpcac Is to provide "a mcahs ut com
inunIratlon between womci's oiganiz1-
lions boo AN countries. ulgl 20 IroNld'
opportunities Tor women 20 meet TO-
rethor from an PARTS of the world %
confer on questions rtlatiNc Co th' wee
fare Of the commonwealth ana thn ln-
dividual
Like most great movements, the Ia
ttruational Council OF Women has hcch
"a Development ITS formation Us die
a. Mrs Elizabeth Cady stanton and
Miss susan y. Anthony American vo-
mon. who. after consultation WIN
friends in England and France. dcoid-
ed % convene q representative assem-
~ OF delegates from as many cOun-
tries as possible, this assembly 20 De-
held in Washington. In 1855 to ccle-
bratc the fOrtieth anniversary n thi
"woman's rights movement and 10
consider tho possibility Of organizing
international and national councils OF
women. "A q result the international
council was organized with Mrs Mill.
cent Carrot Faucet or England as it~
nrst president. Miss Clara Barton Of tae
Red Cross society. vico president, ana
Mrs. Rachel Foser-Avery as CORES
ponding secretary
At the same time. the National Coun-
eli OF Women OF the United states was
formed. with the late Miss Francis
Willard as its president
NauOnal councils OF women have
been formed ia the United States, cam
ada Germany. Sweden. Great Britlin
Ireland. New Zealand. New South
Wales italy. France. Holland. Den.
mark, Switzerland, Netherlands, U as
mania. Argentine, Nietoria, South Aus
tIulia, Hungary, Norway and Queens
land.
The general Officers are az follows;
ii y the Countess Of Aberdeen, pre@i-
dent. Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin, ire
land Frau Marie Stritt, first vice pres
ident. pIrcrstrnxsc 10. Dresden Ger
many: Dru Anna Hierta- Rctzius. shs-
oud vice president, 10 DrOtmlnggatan
stockholm, Sweden: Madam jules Siog
fried, third vice president 226 bouls-
ward Saint German Paris, France
Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon, D. So, Ph.D. +
L. s. corresponding secretary, 1 Ruis-
Iau Terrace Aberdeen, Scotland; Miss
Martins Kramsrs, record secretary y
Eruickade. Rotterdam. Netherlands
Mrs. w r. sanford, treasurer, Wesan-
ford, Hamilton Ou.aro.
The oOnveners OF the international
COMMITTEES are as follows Peace and
arbitration, Mrs May Wright Scwll,
s0i y. Euclid avenue. Pa sadena, Cal.
laws governing the legal position o.
women, Nine. D'Abbadle D'Arrast %
Rue Vanneau, Paris; suffrage and
rights Of citizenship Rev. Anna How
ard shaw M0ylan, Pa, 4. $. A., white
slave traffic and equal standard moral.
Nine. Avril de Sainte-Croix, ] Avenue
.Nalakoff. Paris. press. Mrs. WniOughby
Cummings, a DewsOn street Toronto.
Ontario; financial Fraulein Helen
LANCE, Giustrasse ?, Grunewald, bel
Berlin. Germany.
The president and nine delegates from
each national council federated with