The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-05-21
UNITED STATES IS
WELL REPRESENTED
Many Prominent Club Wom-
en- of This Country Are
At the Hague.
(National News Association

THE HAGUE, May 21-With the
opening Of International Council OF
Women here yesterday. began series
OF international meetings of women
scheduled for this summer in the va
rious cities of Europe. With the wom-
an suffrage movement, which is stir
ring England and America to an alarm
ing extent, and the conventions of
women on the continent this summer.
vast awakening of women, world
wide in it's scope, seems to be taking
place.
The principal reason for the seven
days meeting here is the arranging of
the program for the quintennial meet
Ing of the International Council of
Women in Rome next year The meet
ing opend today with Countess Isa-
belle Aberdeen, the president of the
council, in the chair. The countess is
the wife of the yiceroy of Ireland, and
she has taken an active interest in
the affairs of her six for many years.
Some of the foremost brains in the
feminine world are assembled here for
this meeting. One of the most notable
women in attendance is Frau Marianne
Hainisch, vice president of the Inter
national Council of Women, and presi-
dent of the Austrian Federation of
Women. Frau Heinisch, who is rs
years old, is one of the most promi-
nent figures in women's affairs in Eu-
rope today, and occupies prominent
place in civic activities in Vienna. She
is remarkable linguist, and is, per
haps, the strongest women in point of
power among the European group at
the meeting.
Number of Delegates.
The United States is represented by
a number of delegates, chief among
them being Mrs. May Wright Sewall
and Mrs. Andre Hofer-Proudfoot. Mrs.
| Sewall is an ex-president and honorary
president of the council. She is also
chairman of the peace committee, and
is conducting campaign to interest
women in the international peace
| movement. Mrs. Sewall is prominent
| ly identified with women's clubs and
the suffrage movement in America. She
is an educator of note, and has done
much for the organization of women's
clubs, both in America and in Europe
She has also taken part in most of
the prominent womens' congresses for
the last several years.
Mrs. Hofer-Proudfoot, of Chicago, is
president of the League of Interna-
! tional Amity, and is prominently iden-
titled with the peace movement among
! women. Through her instigation the
! bureau of travel has arranged an eX-
cursion through Europe this summer,
which will include the worlds congress
of women in Paris, June 2 to Z; three
days visit in Vienna, and attendance
at the convention of the International
Woman Suffrage Alliance at Budapest,
which convenes June Is. Mrs. Hofer-
Proudfoot believes that the American
women should spend more time in Eu-
rope and become better acquainted
with the women of the European coun-
tries. .-..s..
Will Make World Over.
"The American women have picked
up their playthings, as it were, and
gone home. This separationist doc
trine has come about naturally for the
lack of sisterly enthusiasm, and can
not be abolished in the short weeks
we generally allow ourselves for a
foreign visit" said Mrs. Hofer-Proud-
foot. I'VE Americans are travellers,
and ought to let this travel count for
the internationalizing of our sympa-
thies When nations see each other
in the right light it will make the
world over, and we women can start
the process through our international
gatherings"