The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-05
|SUFFRACETTES ID ORGANIZE HERE Will Hold Meeting Next
 Saturday TO ELECT OFFICERS Feminine Aspirants to Political Fame Contemplate Inviting Mrs. Pank-
 hurst, the Would Be Ballot
 Wielder, to Visit City
TO ELECT OFFICERS

l Believing that the present time is
 most suspicious for the public avowal
 of their political views the coterie of well known women of this city who
 have been studying the economic status | of the state and municipality for the
 past six months, will meet in the di-
 rectors' room of the Chamber of Conl-
 merce next Saturday afternoon at 3
 o'clock to organize an Equal Suffrage l league
 | This plan to organize was determined upon at an informal meeting held yes- terday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. l.. Murdoch, whose home has been the scene of the many interesting study
 circles held by the leaders of the equal suffrage movement in Birming- ham, The informal assemblies inaug-
 urated for the purpose of discussing the laws of the city and securing ln- formation concerning the legal status of women In Alabama were begun last
 March but were temporarily discoii-
 tinued during the summer months
 when the group dispersed to spend the summer season in other places. Yester- day afternoon the first meeting of the winter was called, particularly to hear Mrs. J. Crozier French, a former Bir- mingham woman, but now of Knox vile, Tenn, and president of the Ten
 nessee Federation of Womens clubs,
 relate her personal experience at the
 recent national equal suffrage conyen-
 ton held in Louisville. Ky.
 1 Mrs. French was the Tennessee dele
 gate to the Louisville federation an1
 the enthusiasm for the formation of
 Birmingham association at an early
 date was partly due to the splendid
 talk made by her. description of
 the prominent speakers at the conven-
 tion. an account of the editorial con- troversy between Henry Watterson and
 an afternoon paper brought about by l the presence of the suffragists in
 Louisville and an expression of mary
 new phases of the question of the ball.
 lot for women. constituted the sub stance of Mrs. Frenchs address. | This organization will be an edu-
 cative club in preparation for civic condition that the Birmingham pro-
 motors believe will some day exist. Just what definite action Is to be taken toward the realization of this will be decided by the members after a per manent association has been effected.
 It is expected that the Birmingham | league will combine with the Selma
 association, which has been formed for
 some time, and then be eligible to become a branch of the national league as a state organization and have a rep resentative at the national convention Mrs. W. L. Murdoch has consented to
 act as temporary chairman for the
 meeting next Saturday, when a full 1 list of officers will be elected, policy outlined, constitution and bylaws
 framed. The plan suggested that Mrs. Pankhurst. the noted English leader 1 Tn this movement, be invited to come | to Brmin gham and deliver a lecture upon equal suffrage met with favor but no step was taken in this direction yesterday.
 The charter membership of the Equal Suffrage league will include num- Der of professional and business wom- en as well as those identified with phil anthropic work and society and tlle young girls who are becoming asso- ciated with the movement are looked upon as the future opponents of the league.