The sun., 1910-01-30
WHAT. WOMEN ARE DOING.

WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.
Mrs. Ella FIagg Young is the nrn
woman elected president OF the IllinoIs
Teachers Association.
When a widow in Oklahoma needs the
wages her son OF school age might earn
the State pays the mother the amount
and the boy continues in school Tha
women OF Oklahoma are now irving IN
have the same law passed for daughters
Mrs. George Fl. Kendall OF Nashua
N. H. has been reelected president of
the Woman's Humane Association in thar
Stats. Last year she attended 10 A. mn
cases involving cruelty besides giving
almost ss many warnings.
Miss Rhoda NJ. White is the first woman
appointed q member OF the faculty Of
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
q cceducational institution. She is
graduate Of the University OF Wisconsin
and her nsw post In that Iof assistant
professor Of sociology and dean Of women
DR.. Mary Holman Jones 10 the arn
woman appointed b, give medical atten-
ton TO thu women who seeks shelter In
the Municipal Lodging Houpe OF New
York. DR.. Jones is . Chicago woman.
Mrs. Helen Hay Greeley, president q,
the Cooperative Equal Suffrage League.
and Mrs. LamesiLees Laidlaw. a member
OF The same oreapization, are the leaders
in the movement tossee that women get
better treatment fsolp the Board Of Edu-
sent. out to 100 women prominent in alI
walks OF life askink them TO attend a
meeting the statement .wns made that
the policy OF the Boafd Of Education
was against the appointment Of women TO
places high in the service. regardless
women principals OF high schools in the
state. and OF twenty-six district superin-
teudents only two are women. The
Immediate purpose OF the meeting is TO
demand the appointments OF women as
district superiptendents 70 I'LL several
women inyited 10 attend this meeting
were Mrs. Russell sage. Miss Annie Leary.
Miss Anne Morgan Mrs. o. III. p Belmont
Mlss Jeannatte l.. Glider. Mrs. Clarence
Mackay. Mrs. William NJ Twins and Mrs.
Norris X. Jesup.
Mira. Qera b. Arthur Of Detroit and
Mrs. Hssntley RnsSeil Of Grand Rapids
Michigan as dsiosates 10 the conference
y the National Civic. Federation for
ths purpose OF considering uniform
egislstion. Mrs. Arthur iE the president
md Mrs. Russell the vice president OF
he Michigan Equal Suffrage League.
Miss Miriam Hathaway. head OF the
department In the Girls
College st COnstsntinople, 10 taking the
place OF DIR. Roxana II. Vivian, associate
~ . - Wslls
college. Miss Hathaway is q wellesley
graduate OF 1897 and is on o years leave
II absence. DIR. Vivien is aleo Wellesley
graduate and OF the cless Of 1904
Mrs. A. A. Cohimeyer is the only woman
deputy sheriff in Illinois. With the assist
lnoe OF Miss Genevieye Werner, deputT.
,ircuit court clerk. she recently served
/ writ of Injunction issued after mid.
hight. Miss Werner was awakened and
,alled from her home to prepare. the
papers. and the Sheriff being out OF the
,ity his chief deputy, his wife, was
sought at social gathering. Without
he papers at in the morning.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton Of the 81.
scutive board of the National Woman
Suffrage Associa ton has written to
Speaker Cannon and Senator Burrows
hat the national association is not at
III pleased with the treatment il has
hitherto received when arguing for equal
suffrage at the national capital Mrs
treeted with a dignity becoming the
they represent. They want
ne Senate, and IL they can't get it they
will follow English methods and hold
Meeting on the steps Of the Capitol
Mrs, Emma Smith De Voc was ap-
,ointed by Gov. NJ. E. Hay TO represent
he State Of Washington as a delegate
It the National Divorce Congress which
vas called by President Taft to meet In
,..
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe presided at the
Meeting Of women ministers recently
held In Boeton for the purpose OF re-
the Women's Ministerial Con-
erenoe which came into existence IN
$50. Speaking Of the usefulness o.
women as ministers Mrs. Howe save
'ome of her own experiences when she
preached in Santo Domingo, Joppa and
,ther far away places. She expressed
he belief that women ministers would
Ind a special call among women
prisons. Beeides Mrs. Howe there were
u the Wales Avenue Baptist Church.
3rockton, Mas; the Rev. Amelia a
Frost of Andoyef and the Rev. Sarah
\. Dixon OF Tewksbury. representing
he Congregational denomination, tho
Rev; Nellie Mann opdsle Of p.sI.TW MaTio0Ib0; sbs
Rev. Annie Peabody Bailey Of Boston.
he Rev. Athalie l.. j. Irwin Of Little
tock. Ark, representing the Unlver-
alists; the Rev. Mary L. Leggett Of bos-
on, the Rev. Adelaide A. Clafiin OF Cam
nd the Rev. Eliza NJ. Abbott Of Melrose'
epresentinR the UnitArianH.