The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-20
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
IN NORTH CAROLINA
What Has Been Done For Inc
Cause Given in a Review OF
the Progress in 1913.

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trict Of Columbia, and the congresslon-
al committee of the National Suffrage
Association. of which Miss Alice
Paul and Miss Lucy Burns were tnen
chairman and vice-chairman, planned
the $1O 100000 parade OF Mafch oo'
every effort was made to d
suffrage organization to carry the
State banner in the parade, but no
such organization could be found. The
State was represented in the parade,
however, by a few enthusiastic North
Carolinians living in the District or
Columbia, who, inspired by the de-
veloprlents of that parade. at once
started to work with the idea that
never again should anything OF so
much Importance to the suffrage queS-
ton AXE place without their State at
least being mentioned as among those
present.
Suffrage literature was sent from
the Congressional Union Headquarters
in Washington to hundreds OF ad-
dresses in various sections or the
| State and many letters were received
and answered. Only 40 signatures
were secured to present to North Car
olina members of Congress on April
| 7, 1913, whereas a hopeful increase to
$50 signatures for presentation to the
| senators from North Carolina were
secured on July ST., 1913.
Upon request of North Carolina suf-
fragists living in Washington, the
| president of the committee on con-
stitutional amendments for h State,
extended an invitation to suffrage
speakers to appear before the COM
mittee at the session held in More
head City in June, 1913. Miss Lucy
Burns, then vice-chairman of the
congressional committee of the Ma
tional Union Suffrage Association,
| th0rpfnro made a DlpA for woman
suffrage before the committee and
was probably the first woman to Off
cially make a suffrage speech in the
State.
In September. Mrs. Z. ST. Clair
Thompson organized the first club in
Bakersville, Mitchell county, with a
membership of II. A few weeks later
the North Carolina Equal Suffrage
League was organized in Charlotte
with the following officers:
President-Mrs. Archibald Hender-
son, of Chapel Hill.
First Vice-President-Mrs. Eugene
Reilly, Charlotte.
Second Notwithstanding. HosS-
feldt. Morganton.
Third Vice-President-MiSS Edna
Maslin, Winston-SaIem.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. George
Green, New Bern.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss Su-
ZdHn0 bynuI1, Charlotte.
TreaSurer-MiSS Mary Palmer
Charlotte.
This league started with a mem
bership Of It's, including severa.
young and enthusiastic lawyers anC
business men, and was represented il
2 the 45th annual convention of ths
National Worna Suffrage Associa
l ton, which met in Washington il
4 December, by two delegates-Mrs. E
St Clair Thompson and Miss Myrtl.
L. Bum This was the first time tn,
State of North Carolina had request
! ed representation in such conven
: ton.
A Charlotte branch of the leaeu,
was organized In November. Wit
o Mrs. VIM. A. Reynolds as president
and its committee is now establishin;
its headquarters.
= In November, Mrs. Eugene Refill.
represented the State of North Caro-
:, lima at a conference of woman SUI
fragists from the Southern state
held in New Orleans.
81 a cop of the charter of the Mort
Carolina Equal Suffrage League q,
q ME IN Washington, is such an ad mir
able document that the North Care
una residents of the district EXHIBIT
r IT with a pride that says plainly
mats the way North Carolinian
. DO things when thew once wake -,
N For the suffrage tide has Certainl
i reached the State, and no one "a
er say how Tar and how fast it ma
o rise. H"
~ Ii Is fortunate that one Of ON
re Nofln Carolina representatives IN
n Hon. edward Pou, serves on - -
al mittee on rules, for it is this con-
We nnil.ee mat suffragists are beseiein
n IN an effort to obtain a woman Gu,
On rage committee in the house. NJ
is - VIII probably lave his own fro,
C Oiea "hen the members of the ~
le- Caroiina suffrage league ~reaiize ~.
ne u = IN a position to render the,
nc ~ HluCi service. Although he hos -
as Peo,a ]conca himself for suffrage. NJ
in become . that the question hs
ne believes that women are I.u 'n M
49, 20 Ihe1r own committee in -
mouse OF Representative. IL Il
in sionap on file with the conyrs
tohal union for woman rffro :
me extent TO which t. iIdse sho