Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-08-10
NEVADA WOMEN AT WORK.
They Are On Deck at the Big Meet
ing in San Francisco.

and particularly those OF 4eringtoh
yere considerably in evidence at thu
recent biennial meeting held III Sa'
Francisco BY the General Federation
of Women's Clubs:
Tns Nevada Federation OF Wo
mems Clubs has just added two neN
clnbs TO its membership oman
Club of Mason, and Mesquite Club
III Las Vegas The former IS pro
pressive civic club, doing an excel
LEM practical work i'll Mason. lhey
EXPECT to get out year Dook di'a
study civic Improvement as science.
The Nesouite Club is devoted to edn
cation, philanthropy and hospitah'y
Elourishing among people from all
parts of our country, 1t forms cen
fer of mountaineering and mutual
helpfulness.
Al the recent biennial meeting OF
the General Federation OF women ;
clubs an endeavor was made to RAISE
an endowment fund OF Sl0Oo", winch
il is planned to invest and use the III
come 70 further the interest and WORKS
nj womankind The Nevada Fedora
ton pledges $l00 The General fed-
Grafton field secretary had not assess
ed MS. feeling that ours was snch l
small and struggling federation, but
our delegation voted UNANIMOUSLY 10
nlace the name of Nevada on that hs'
of pledges. feeling every one OF our
clnb women would readily give her
quota (about Is cents towards raiS-
ing our pledge.
In planning your year books, write
Miss Bessie Sperry ZOl Minnesota
Street. Carson City, Nevada, for study
outlines and sample year books. she
has charge of the State Bureau OF IN
formation and has much data that
will help solve your individual proh-
lens.
The president OF the State Fedora
t;on desires to notify Nevada club wo-
men that the Woman Citizen has &C
ouired the Federation Courier ana IS
until our October meeting, our ofhc
ial organ.
Those representing the Nevada Fed
Grafton OF Women's Clubs at the re
cent biennial were: Mrs. George
West. president Yerington Mrs. W.
II. Hood. General Federation state
secretary; Mrs. Fannie Patrick, Keno;
Mrs. Carter. president Twentieth Cen
tury Cub. Reno: Mrs. Paul Roberts,
Reno: Mrs. Frank Stuart, erington;
Mrs. Carrie Wilson, Ierington; Miss
Annie Martin. president Nevada Equal
Franchise Society: Mrs. Blanche Van
Astine, Ierington.
The Nevada delegation presented
two resolutions to the resolutions com
mittee of the General Federation
one asking for uniform marriage
and divorce law, and one asking the
greatest body of organized women IN
the world to endorse the movement
for the acknowledgements OF the wo-
men Of the United States
The first resolution was reported
out of the committee and Nevada beg
ged the privilege OF secondng It's
adoption The resolution passed unan
imously The second resolution met
the fate of all the numerous resolu-
tions on that forbidden subject-was
put aside to await the awakening OF
the club women to realization that
their great projects of civic and moral
Improvement will be so much more
quickly realized when women WELD
the ballot
In regard to uniform divorce, we
of Nevada felt most keenly its neces
sity after our State had been much
maligned and our women insulted
on account of the distorted idea OF
Reno and its divorce colony so
much published in the East We be
leve every State should have the same
laws relating to this subject thus
making no one State the dumping
ground of the nation for Divorces.
On Presidents Night of the bien
NAL. Mrs. Moore, the president of the
General Federation,presented to the
convention the president OF each State
Federation. who responded to the
statement THE General Federation
Our Inspiration" Responding Tor Ne
vada. in part Mrs. West said; Ne
vada has no great historical or natura
wonders to describe to you. or manN
great legislative improvements. bu'
we like to think of those great accom-
plishments of other State Federations
and feel sure we will be able TO repor
progress at the biennial.
Still our women have been inftu
entail in the passage of the anti
,.n,,I Kim, net uybtch has nrnhIbitpt