Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-23
WOMEN NEEDED
IN CITY BOARDS,
THEY ASSERT
Club Leaders Open Campaign,
Saying Time Has Come for
Change in System.

Mayor Woodward having told the
Atlanta clubwomen. in meeting as
sembed. that he had less power than
any other Mayor in these , United
States. the Atlanta clubwomen are
planning to help out tae Mayor, aiso
Atlanta, and to that end they recon-
mend to the Council the eXpediency
OF placing on certain municipal boards
minority of women members.
And the Mayor. as may ne con
| cluded from his speech Friday before
the annual meeting Of the city red
alton of Women's Clubs, is rather
favorable to the idea.
Wherefore. the Atlanta cluDwomen
are more than ever keen to get lhto
municipal housekeeping which the
Mayor says now is too compleN-ahd
show the men how to straighteh out
certain tangles in civic operate
1t is not argued that the addition OF
women to boards and committees
would render the situation less com
pleX but the women say that the
| fact that time means money to men
more frequently than TO women woulu
! result in more careful attention 10
civic affairs by the boards and com
mlttees having women members, even
| in minority.
Women ADOPT heSotutoHS'
The intent of the ClubWomen is
very clearly set forth in the follow
ing resolutions, adopted Friday at the
big meeting in the Woman's CUP
Building in West Baker street.
Whereas the administration of the
municipal affairs of Atlanta IS daily
becoming more complex and more
burdened by an ever growing mass OF
detail; and
Whereas the best possible house
keeping for Atlanta, in every phase
of its life, is of as vital interest to
the women of Atlanta as to its men;
and
Whereas capable women can be
found competent to aid in the strug-
gle for better cleaner, happier At
lanta; and
Whereas such aid from compe-
tent women would not only bring
strength to these departments. but
would partially relieve the pressure
of municipal duty which is now laid
entirely upon men, to whom more
frequently thar to women time
means money" Therefore. be it
Ask for Board Members.
Resolved, That the City Federation
of Women's Clubs composed of sc
organizations and approximately 1000
members) at it's midwinter meeting
| recommends to the General Council of
Atlanta the eXpediency of placing
| upon certain municipal boards a mi
nority of women members.
Women would be especially useful
upon the following boards and com
mittees: Schools, parks and play
grounds, libraries, health, sanitation
and hospitals and charities.
This recommendation is made moi
| so much for the sake of the wOmer
as of the boards, To hold removed
, from municipal duty one half of oul
! intelligent citizens IS Douna to be q
| loss to the community.
| Speakers Praise Women.
Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin. president OF
I the City Federation, presided at the
| session, and the speakers for the oc-
| casion were Mayor Woodward, DIR.
Claude Smith, representing the health
department; James H. Mayson, City
Attorney: Claude Ashley, chairman
of sanitation: Jesse Wood. chairman
of parks. and A. w. Farlinger. chair
man of libraries.
Every one of these speakers ex-
pressed, more or less directly, his be
lief that women could exercise a great
and helpful influence in the admin
istration of civic affairs and the hope
that the Atlanta clubwomen would in
| future be more closely allied with the
actual operation of the various de-
| partments.
This was the nature of the intro
! duction given the foregoing resolu-
! t, )ns, offered by Mrs. John X. Ottley,
/ chairman of the advisory committee
of the federation.
A condensed summary of the move
ment indicates that he clubwomen 30
! lieve they can be Of assistance to the
men on such committees as those on
schools parks, Fairgrounds, libraries,
health, sanitation, hospitals and char
| tiles. They do not believe their pres
ence on these boards would render
more complex the work of the men,
but rather would simplify H.