Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03

suffrage Association" repealed MANY.
and in 1904 the Equal Suffrage AS.
soclatlon became the Civic league
me change of name failed to work.
Tor in November, 1912. there were
only twenty members reported al the
national convention.
IN the spring of 1918 some wished
10 inject politics into the league.
Roosevelt has placed the enfran-
cnlsement of women in his platform.
Inc Progressives will give suffrage to
women was the cry, and Roosevelt
and the Ballot in 1916" their slogan.
Prosressives Drew Out.
Dissension arose, and the Progress
sives drew out and formed another
organization. which they called the
Equal Suffrage Association. the orig
lnal name of the then Civic Beague,
The Civic League then grew apace.
Both the old and new members ia
vored bestowing upon the organiza-
ton name that declared for what
it stood. The word Civic" was elm
mated and woman Suffrage" was
substituted. The Georgia Woman
Suffrage League, baptia i in fire. is
frage organization
It numbers 500 members, is active,
enthusiastic and progressive, though
not of the Progressives. The presi-
dent has appointed a committee of ten
members for each of the ten wards,
and special committee for the bust
ness section. These committees dis
tribute literature, advance suffrage
education, and work to increase the
membership roll.
For Humanitys Betterment.
The league has members in various
parts of the State, and they are in
augurating the work In their own sec
tions.
The Georgia Woman Suffrage
League stands for the betterment of
humanity. BY removing the disabil-
tiles of one-half of our people q do
not say citizens, as that term is at
present a misnomer for the women of
our State) we eliminate almost all Of
our population that counts for zero.
With better legislation, with the ze-
70 class reduced to the imbecile and
idiot, we have right to hope for
better born children, for fewer I'M
fortunates, mental, moral and physi-
cal.
God created man In His own i'm
age: male and female created He
them," and gave them" dominion
over all things.
More Than 500 Join.
More than 500 persons have joined
the Woman's Suffrage League. Fol-
lowing are the members:
:, Mrs. Rose Ashby, Mrs. Erskine An
drews, Mrs. Sallie Mae Arnold, j. A.
Alleyn, NJ. C.. Adams, Clarence Angler,
pier, Mrs. ]. w. Armistead, C. L. Ash
ley.
Mrs. ]. Barnes, Jr., J. ]. Barnes,
Jr.. Miss Mary l.. Brownie, Mrs. Clar-
ence D. Brown, Miss Ada Brooks, Mrs.
Mamie Barnhart, Miss Tommie Dora
Barker, Miss Mary Barker, Miss Flor
ence Bradley, Miss Miranda Bradley,
Mr.. Horace Bradley, Mrs. Mary ].
Brown, Mrs. Mamie Battle, Miss Susie
Battle, Mrs. Mary Bradley, Mrs. S. Born,
Mrs Claude WEIGH Bass, Mrs. Jasper
Bell, Mrs. Jenny Bloodworth, Charles D.
Barker Miss Louise Barilli, Mrs. H. L.
Bass, Miss Annie Frank Bass, Paul
Burkert, Miss Hattie Burkert, Miss
Amelia Burkert, Mrs, John Byington,
Mrs Warren Boyd. Miss Annie Barn
well, w l.. Brown, Mrs. w H. Brit
tain. w. H; Britain, Miss Eva Baker,
Miss Meta Barker, Mrs. Cynthia Blight,
c. C. Barber, Fred Barber.
Henry W; Barton. G P Beddingfeldd'
Brooks. Mrs. W. A. Baker, w. A. Baker,
Miss Willie Chambers, Miss Kate
Chambers, Miss Lillian Church, Frank
Cohen, Miss Louise Carter, Miss Frances
Clarke, Slrs. A. r. Colcord, Miss Nell
Chester, Miss Cole, Mrs. Harry Court
ney. Mrs. S. f. Cunningham, G. S. Can
dler, Miss Mildred Converse, Miss Rose
Converse, Miss Sue Clafiin, Miss Carolyn
Cobb, Miss Susie Lee Crumley, Miss
Katherine Copeland. Dr. Charles F.
Crouch, Miss Gertrude Carey, John Ca
rey, Tarleton Collier, Mrs Lula Carter,
Mrs. T. S. Chancellor, A L. Crane, T.
S, Coart. W. c. Carraway, w. E. Ca
ruthers, c. r. Clinkscales, J. j. Cock
ayne, S. S. Chancellor, Mrs. Lucille
Chancellor, H. S. Cole. Philip Cook.
Mrs. Beaumont Davidson, Beaumont
Davidson, Mrs. w. P. Davis, Mrs.
George B. Denman, Mrs. ]. s. Dorm,
Miss Christine Duncan, Miss Allie Dun
can, ]. S. Dorm, Mrs. Nellie B. Dumas,
Mrs Edward Durant, Miss Ellie Dun
lap, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. DeLucia, w. E.