The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-09-23
Women Hold Joint
Meeting Thursday
w. C. 7. U. and Equality Club Unite
in Interesting Meeting in
Methodist Church ParlOrs
MRS. C. P. COLLINS AS LEADER
Discussions of Women's Work in Col
orado; Charges Against Lindsey;
and Franchise in Holland

The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union assisted by the Equality
Club gave very interesting program
last Thursday afternoon in the Meth
odist church parlors.
Mrs. Collins, president of the w. C..
T. u, presided and opened the meet
ing at 800 o'clock with a spirited
song service, followed by words of
greeting to the Equality Club and the
visitors present.
Mrs. McRae gave very interesting
talk on "What Has Been Accomplished
in States Where Women Have the
Right of Suffrage" Colorado being
one of the first states to grant to wo-
men the right of suffrage was most
largely dwelt upon.
Women in Colorado
Mrs. McRae told of the splendid
work done by the Colorado women and
gave vivid portrayal of the work of
the women politicians of that state.
The first of these was Mrs. Helen
Loring Greenfell, who served SO well
as county superintendent of schools
that she received the fusion nomina-
ton for the state superintendency.
She was elected and held the Office
several years during which time she
introduced new methods and courses
in consequence of which the school
income was doubled and Colorado's
schools were brought up to much
greater state of efficiency, ranking
among the best in the Union.
At present Mrs. Grenfell is one of
the State Prison Commission the first
and only woman in the world to hold
such an office. With two other COM
missioners she has introduced the
"Trusty" and out-of-door systems to
a degree practically unknown before,
striped clothing for prisoners has been
done away with, the state farms of
Colorado are worked more by prison.
ers than those of any other state and
the prisoners are building for their
state fine system of public highways.
The prisoners live in camps and tents
miles away from the prison.
So much has been done along this
line that it is awakening the admir-
alton of the people of other coun-
tries and representatives from Europe
are coming to Colorado to study this
splendid system which is doing so
much in retaining the men in our
prisons and restoring them to man
hood and usefulness. So signal have
Mrs. GrenfelPs services been that a
former governor said of her "she is
not only the best State Superintendent
but the best state official Colorado has
ever had"
Mrs. Agnes Riddle of the Colorado
House of Representatives is noted for
her splendid executive ability. She
went to the legislature for the purpose
of helping the farmers; having lived
among them for years she knew their
conditions and needs and saw that the
only help for them was through leg
islation. Mrs. Riddle succeeded in
getting the nomination, canvassed her
district consisting of three counties
and was elected by large majority.
At the next election politicians tried
to get her into the ring, but she de-
clared her intention of running indie
pendently and was again elected by
a large majority. She has stood for
every good measure brought before
the Colorado House of Representatives
Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, State
Senator of Colorado, Mrs. A. M.
Welles, Mrs. Mary E. Bates and many
others who are doing such noble work
for the uplift of humanity were told
about in very interesting way.
Mrs. McRae finished her talk by
giving a summary of the splendid laws
passed by the Colorado Legislature
some of them introduced by the wo-
men themselves, others at their re-
quest.
On the whole her talk convinced her
hearers of the fact that the greatest
good can be accomplished where men
and women work, together side by side
for the public good
Mrs. B. G. Hall gave an Interesting
account of the replies Of Judge Ben
Lindsey to the false accusations re-
Gently brought against him all OF
which proved conclusively that they
were false in every particular.