The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
DEVELOPMENT OF
 WOMAN DISCUSSED Suffragettes Hold Big Meet ing - Weapon Caused
 WOman's Downfall

The year of 1912 opened for the Bir- mingham Equal Suffrage League under most suspicious circumstances with a large meeting in the Chamber of Com merce directors room yesterday after noon. Dr. Samuel Ullman delivered @ scholarly address upon "The Historical Development of Woman" and the in- vitation extended to the association to hold their meetings in the parish house of the Church of the Advent was un- animously accepted.
 The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Solon Jacobs, who
 was greeted by an audience that over
 crowded the auditorium of the Chamber | of Commerce building. The report of Mrs. Sydney Ullman. chairman of the committee appointed 10 arrange for u
 more commodious assembly hall, was to
 the effect that the parish house was the most available place at present and had been offered 10 the organization for this use by the rector, Dr. w. D. Evans It was immediately decided to accept and hereafter the Equal Suf
 frage meetings will be held in the par
 ish house.
 Several new committees were organ ized with the naming of the chairmen
 and are as follows: Clippings commit | tee, who will collect extracts from pub lications relative to the suffragist ques-
 ton, Mrs Mary Moore, chairman; the press committee, who will superintend | the publicity features of the assoeia- | tion, Mrs. Richard r. Johnston, chair
 man; the literature committee who will | supervise the distribution of pamphlets, Mrs. Sydney Ullman chairman: tho | finance committee, who will devise
 means for the increase of funds, Mrs | A. ]. Bowron, chairman, and a com mittee on current events, who will take
 notice and file with the secretary all
 occurrences of the passing times that
 assist or retard the progress of the association.
 It was voted that a letter of thanks should be sent to Richard w. Massey | president of the Chamber of Commerce | for the use of tho directors room of this organization and to Dr. w. l. Evans for his kindness in offering the parish house. An announcement that caused much pleasure among those
 present was that made by the presi- dent, Mrs. Solon Jacobs, concerning her proposed visit to the state convention of Political Equality leagues of Ten nessee, which conyenes in Nashville next Wednesday, continuing through Thursday.
 The business portion of the after noon programme was concluded with the introduction of the speaker of the occasion, Dr. Samuel Ullman, well known educa tor and historical author ity of this city. Quoting passages from the testaments, vividly picturing the feminine status of the race of Biblical periods and tracing woman's evolution to the discovery of the bow and arrow and the subsequent downfall of her rule attendant upon the invention of the earliest weapons. this eminent citizen. who IS one of the charter members of the Equal Suffrage association. de- lighted his hearers pr. U1lman Dointed out that man, who had equally shoul- dered the burdens of the house keen ing and fusbandry with the woman. left
 his ordinary pursuits to utilize his new plaything, the bow and arrow. and through superior physical strength and absence from home forced her to tho drudgery of the domestic upkeep. The position that then devolyed from n gradual perfection of the love for war and mans unreasoning demands from womankind. has been little better than slavery for the feminine contingent of some countries, said Dr. Ullman.