Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
WHO'S WHO IN WOMEN'S CLUBS
Nine. President of the Various Omaha
Organizations Introduced.
BUSY WOMEN WORK FOR OTHERS
Wen Known Leaders I'm Sociology,
Culture, Philanthropy, Patriotic
and Reform Endeavor and
other Activities.

dropped them last June Madam President
will take up her gavei. Mrs. Secretary viii
get out her note book, each member will
take her place in the doings OF her partic-
ular club and all will settle down to the
serious business of carrying on club meet
ings.
Many kinds Of clubs are starting up this
fall-study clubs; societies which give their
time to social work, TO temperance work,
to patriotic interests, and to philanthropic
activities; organizations which are carried
on to promote the interests OF business
women secret societies and last but not
least the newly pledged suffrage society
clamoring for the ballot.
The woman's club movement in Omaha
has assumed huge proportions Truly
enough to make the masculine portion Of
the community stand aside and take off its
hat. The women's clubs form a big army
numbering several thousands Of women
And II you wish 10 know who's who among
them Just run your eye down the line Of
presidents which the different contingents
have chosen TO lead them for the coming
year.
Leader of the Host,
In the vanguard Of the club movement is
Mrs. NJ d. Cameron. president of the
Omaha women's clvb--the most active. the
most versatile, and one Of the largest OF
the women's organizations, which has
since its beginning eighteen years ago
dared anything and stopped at nothing in
the interests OF the betterment of the life
of the community. Mrs. Cameron, who is
entering her second year as president
manages with g marked degree Of tact the
many interests OF the club which are car
hold economics, literature oratory, art,
current topics. music. philosophy and social
science
Another club which carries on interests in
a number of educational lines is the Wo-
mems club of the Railway Mail Service
headed by Mrs. ]. X Bittinger and com
posed of wives of members of the service.
This club is entering its thirteenth year.
The oldest and most serious minded OF
the study clubs is Mu Sigma which means
Little Learned" This club devotes its
time to the study OF history and will enter
its nineteenth year of work under tho
leadership of Miss May Riale. Another
study club larger and younger than Mu
Sigma and interested in another line Of
work is the Society Of Fine Arts which will
be headed next season by Mrs. Warren s.
Blackwell. This club meets in the public
library to study art. and Is SO popular that
the waiting list is almost long as the
membership.
In addition to the study clubs there are
several classes under the tuteiage of Mrs.
Ida Hanchett OF Council Bluffs. One of
these classes studies French history; an
other studies Persian history.
For the Children.
Miss Jennie Redfield heads a study club
which has a different object than self
culture This is the Story Tellers' league.
which for three years has studied methods
for getting the right kind Of reading mat
ter into the hands of children. Miss Red
field is especially fitted to lead the league
since she has been teacher and principal In
the public schools for many years.
At the head Of an organization whose
interest is in sociological problems Of the
day Is Mrs. Stephen e. Davies, president
of the Association Of Collegiate Alumnae
numbering half a hundred women college
graduates. Mrs Davies herself is ar
alumnae of the University OF Chicago. The
place OF local social work which the AS.
ISOLATION OF Collegiate Alumnae is especi.
ally interested in is the social settlement or
South Thirteenth which It started.
The American Woman's league, which
has been quietly getting a large member
ship for the last three years, is planning tc
do things under the leadership OF Mrs. w
3. Howard, president this season. This
society is educational in aim. carrying or
studies of many kinds by correspondence
Mrs. Howard is secretary OF the Esperanto
society, correspondent of the U. S. Gram
post. womens Relief Corps and president
OF Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, alumnat
chapter.
Business WOmen's League.
The business and professional women ar'
beginning TO organize. Mrs. Elizabeth
Sears, who has had considerable experience
in newspaper work and other lines OF bust
ness. heads the Business Women's league
started year ago for the purpose of pursu
ng correspondence study for the benefi
of it's members. DIR. Abby Virginia Holme
is the president of the Professional Women
league started two years ago.
The temperance unions take up much
space in the army OF club women. Mrs
I. s. Leavitt heads the largest and oldes
OF the local bands of white ribboners-th,
Omaha WOmen's Christian Temperate,
union, which started thirty five years ago
Mrs. Leavitt became interested in temper
ance work when a school girl. She give
share OF her time to installing mission
airy societies NLIoueno0l the slhles lot en'
IS secretary of the north Nebraska con
ference of the Womens Foreign Mission
airy society.
Four years ago some OF the members
branched off from the mother union an,
formed the Frances Willard union, o
which the new president is Mrs. c. ]
Roberts. The youngest union is the Yves
side. headed by Mrs. T. E, Brady. II 4
entering it's second year.
Another OF the younger organizations il
the Woman Suffrage society, of which tn
head is Mrs, Charles l. Vollmer. This ban,
OF suffragettes, whose slogan Is Votes 10
Women. has already one of the larges
societies in the state and is beginning L
show that II is IN earnest
Mrs. stubs Record.
Mrs. ]. j. Stubbs is regent OF the larges
of the patriotic organizations-the Daugh
tiers OF the American Revolution. She 1
amply able 90 stand at the head for sh
comes from a line OF ancestors who tool
an active part In getting this natio'
started. Her membership in the Daughter
OF the American Revolution she holds fror
the deeds OF her ancestor. Micajah How
who was judge In Trenton, n, j. durin
the revolution. Through another forebeaI
Joseph Weld OF Massachusetts,. she is PRIV
ileged 10 belong 10 the National Society o