The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
COnNECT TICUT
 SUFFRAGE NE WIS
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That there is no such thing as tstEne solid South when it comes to the squestion of Woman Suffrage. Is the impression that Miss C.. Ruutz- Rees trip to lBirmingE gEam. Alabama and At lanta, Georgia. Miss Ruutz- Rees is a member both of the Board of the Con- necticut Woman Suffrage Associations and Of the Board Of the National As sociation, and it was at the meeting of the Executive Board of the C. w $. A. that she gave some account Of her experiences in the South. The meet ing of the Board was held in New IIa- : ven, at the home of Mrs. Carlos F.. Stoddard. and there was a. full attensi- ance of members from all parts of tlae State.
 Miss Ruutz Rees had gone to Bii- min glam as member of the National Board to attend a conferences Of Southern women who are planning Il new and aggressive campaign in Att bama for woman suffrag ge. The con- ference was held on March 9th and 10th, and Miss Ruutz Rees told of the enthusiasm aroused not only among the women but also among the men Many of the stores in Birmingham m were decorated with suffrage colors and suffrage moftos, and the Business Mems Association gave a luncheon in honor of the visiting suffragists- There was similar enthusiasm in Atlanta, and the Congressmen from the, South ern States will certainly be unable to point to their constituencies and say that there is no movement for sui frage in the South.
 The week just closing has been. memorable in suffrage annals for the number of meetings that have been held in various parts of. the State Dr. Anna Shaw spoke on Tuesday evening in Waterbury to a large and most en- <1-, II, which was under the auspices of the Waterbury Equal Franchise League, was held fA the Masonic Hall. Main Street and Park Place and thanks . the excellent campaign of: advertis- ing carried on beforehand by mem : bers of the league, there was large and most appreciative audience. On "Wednesday Dr. Shaw spoke in Woos- ter Hall, New Haven, at a meeting got up by the Yale Debating Society. This meeting was undoubtedly held in or der to aid the Yale depaters in the coming triangular contest with the de- batting teams of Harvard and Prince ton. The very close attention that was given to Dr. Shaw's arguments was doubt partly due to this cause, points were received was spontaneous and due to real conviction.
 On Monday evening the Suffrage League of Self-Supporting Women of Hartford gave play in Unity Hall, and followed up the performance with music and dancing This is the first public appearance of any of the work ing women's suffrage leagues w1icl, are being organized throughout the State. Many of these leagues have come into existence as a result of the working women's deputation to Pres ident Wilson on February 1st-a de- 5putation in which two Connecticut Wo- men took part. The Hartford League however came into existence before this deputation and is one of the old est of the leagues of the kind in the State It was started in order to in terest working women in suffrage, and at the same time to afford the recrea- tion which all working girls and wo- men need, and which they seek in their social clubs.
 Last week, Friday, Mrs. T.. N. Hep burn of Hartford addressed a meet ing at Putnam, where there is an equal franchise League, and already the effects of this meeting are visible in renewed activity and enthusiasm in that part of the State. On the same day at suffrage meeting in Hartford, Professor Patton gave scholarly and interesting address, with Mrs. M T. Bennett. president of the Hartford equal franchise league, and already returned from mission to Providence where she had been summoned to help