The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-22
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 bshKaAiSTEAD LEAGUE
Progress of Suffrage Movement in C0nnecticut--AdvertiSing Address by Mrs. Plank
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\ The league which at present is most prominent among the growing num- Der of leagues of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association is the Equal Franchise League of HartfoI d.. The most important meeting in it's history was held this week to discuss the expenditure of some $700 Or $500 in bringing Mrs. Pankhurst to Hart ford and in suitably, advertising her coming. The directors most of whom .were present at the meeting include Miss Annie Elliot Trumbull, Miss Lucy Hillyer. Miss Mary Bulkley, Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, Mrs. Frank w. Cheney and Mrs. Frank Dexter Cheney of South Manchester, Mrs. John T. Robinson, Mrs. Lucius c. M Leakin. Miss Mary Graham Jones, Miss Mary A. Goodman, Mrs. Edward Ferritt and Mrs. T. N. Hepburn, pres ident of the league. Miss Emily Pier son, state organizer for the associa- tion and a member of this league, was unable to be present as she is now in New York on the quest of something new. interesting and perhaps startling in the way of advertising for the Pankhurst meeting at Parsons thea tre, Monday evening. Nov. 27. AL ready 500 window cards, 20O00 hand bills and 800 blotters ornamented with pictures from the career of Mrs. |
 Through the efforts of the directors the meeting has been advertised in all the dry goods stores of the city and letters have been sent out to over 1900 people in Hartford and the vicinity calling attention to the meet ing.
 At the first committee meeting Of the district leaders of Fairfield coun- ty held in Greenwich at the home of Miss Ruutz-Rees, chairman of this county, a speakers exchange which will supply speakers to the local lea gues in the county was organized by Mrs. E. O. Parker. Those present at this meeting included Mrs. D. B.. Wason of Bridgeport. wife of prom inent physician in that city; Miss Theodora Wheeler of Fairfield. a grad uate of Vassar 1911; Mrs. Herbert Fl. Knox of New Canaan, a graduate Of the Packer Institute, Brooklyn; and the mother of four children; Miss Elsie Tiemann of Greenwich, a grad uate of Smith college in 'S4 and Mrs, p. O. Parker president of the Green wich league. ~
 The New Haven Political Equality club at its last meeting heard an ad- dress .hy Principal J. c. Knowlton of he8Winchester district on "Civics in the Public Schools MT. Knowlton spoke of the school city which is a form of government for the children in the school similar to that used in our towns and cities and which has been introduced in the district under his supervision. The child is thus taught responsibility. self government and freedom. In this work girls re- ceive training and can hold office equally with the boys.
 At former meeting this league ac- cepted an invitation to attend in a body the meeting of the Yale Circle oo- 1c A iyn 1c cr1ryn thought that this step will arouse an interest among the members of this circle and will no doubt be a means of winning some over to the ranks or suffrage A debate on Resolved: That Woman's Suffrage is a Menace to the home,' in which Mrs. M l. Burwell took the negative and Mrs. R. I. Pryde. the affirmative. was en- jcyed by all. The judges reported the discussion on both sides of equal merit.
 Among the many. activities of the new president Mrs. William T. Hincks of Bridgeport was an address made recently at meeting at Bark hamsted. Mrs Hincks was accom- panied by her husband, who reinforce ed his wife's arguments in witty and genial speech in which he said that the overwhelming argument for woman suffrage is the justice of the demand and the absolute lack of logic or reason in the denial of it.
 The Barkhemsted league is one of the many results of the Litchfield county campaign. Although Bark hamsted is a small town and has not much title to fame it boasts move members of the C.. w. $. A. in propor- tion to population than any other, town or city in the state. Besides the Barkhamsted E. F. l.. which began life as the Pleasant Valley league, the Riverton league is also a Bark hamsted organization as Riverton is in the township of Barkhamsted. Ev- eryone who attended the Barkhamsted meeting went home member of the organization. This meant gain Of some 40 per cent in membership.
 The ninth lea gue in Litchfield coun> ty was organized Nov. 13 in Goshen with F members by Mrs. A. B. Scranton Taylor of Norfolk.