Mohave County miner., 1912-02-03
Arizona Federation
 of Woman's Clubs.

has just ended at Phenix; the most successful and inspiring session of an organization that has been success, and an inspiration to a constantly ln' creasing number of women, since the call went out from Phenix for it's beginning.
 This organization is not old in years but is old enough to reckon with its own growth the growth of the Wo- mans club movement to a world wide importance which it's most hopeful and prophetic founders would not have dared to forecast. More than mil lion women are enrolled in the United States alone, yet there sat in this latest annual session of the Ari zona branch of what has become world federation of club woman sweet faced. silver-haired woman who in 1859 was member of the first wo- mans club to be organized in the United States.
 This far-away mother of the present. day clubs begun in the wish of a group of busy young women to read and study few things outside of their daily routine of home work, that thelr own minds might grow and be better ready to meet the problems and ques- tions of every day. It was called the Minerva Club', and did its own good work in it's own time.
 When the first Woman's club was formed in Arizona it, too, was pri- marily for study, as were nearly all the clubs in the then young General Federation of Woman's Clubs. AL most at the same time other groups of Arizona women came together to study or to work together as did the women of Florence for the betterment of the place in which they lived; the Florence Village Improve ment Club being from the first direct ed toward the civics work which is now so strong a feature of all the clubs.
 It seems to be true that the founder of movement can breathe into it greatness of spirit which will endure through years of activity with ever- increasing usefulness, and this great service the first federation president. Mrs. Anna D. McClatchie, performed for the clubs of Arizona. Mrs. McClatchie was one of the few women who saw the deep significance of the womans club movement; she realized without hesitation that here was the school out of which women were to come equipped as never be. fore in the worlds history for work together for the highest ideals of all.
 From the six snall clubs that met at her call in Phenix to form fedora tion in 1901 some twenty. one clubs re- sponded to the call of the present president and over 800 women were represented in the enrolment. Per haps some one may wonder why these 800 women sent their representatives to this three days session and what sort of work they did there.
 About fifty women from all parts of Arizona journeyed to Phenix at their own expense to discuss in the most serious and earnest manner subjects which they and their constituents be- lieved to be of keen importance. Some hundreds of women from Phenix and the Salt River Valley joined with them there. It was no reading of set papers but great symposium of ex perience and well-considered con- clusions.
 The beautiful new club house which the women of Phenix have just con- pleted at cost of about twenty thousand dollars was crowded with women eager to discuss such subjects as the senate bill looking to the crea- tion of national department of health; Sanitary Conditions and Needs of Arizona Towns; "Our Municipal Cleaning Day." "The Girls Scholar ship Fund.-: the best methods of car rying on philanthropic work, domestic science applied to the everyday home, help which the club woman can give to the public schools, long list of sub- jects which get down into the roots of life in a mighty practical way.
 The earnestness of the sessions was tempered with wit and music and