Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22

He ADS TO
FIGHT FOR
BALLOT IN
GEORGIAN
Atlanta Women to Issue Special
Edition Of Hearst Paper in APP
peal for Cause-Leaders Of
the South and Nation to Aid.

me why Of wonanHs suffrage, the
ztory of the serene and optimistic
6ght by its advocates in the face Of
heavy odds, a great deal about it's
4 hopes and aspirations, and a little of
he lighter side of the work will be
set forth in the great Woman's Suf-
fraga Edition of The Atlanta Geor-
gian. to be published March 3.
Already a hundred women or more
are at work on the details of the pub
licat!on The leaders have mapped
out assignments of stories and special
articles. and have distributed them
to suffragists who have accepted them
with all the enthusiasm of a cub re-
porter who is planning a literary
career, but with much more ardent
sincerity and devotion than ever a
cub reporter displayed.
The suffragists of Atlanta see in
the edition an opportunity to set forth
q complete analysis, and Justification,
sud Endorsement of their cause-they
are writing it with a capital &c" in
Atlanta, nowadays-and have gone to
work on that principle.
Dixie Women Join.
From every part of Georgia, stories
and articles concerning the work will
come. from women who have taken
me lIlALldL4Ne III tll6lI respective CONF
munities. But most of all there will
be the work of the women of Atlanta.
Mrs. NJ. l.. McLendon, president of
the Georgia Equal Suffrage Associa-
ton; Mrs. Frances s. Whiteside, pres
dent Of the Georgia Woman's Suf-
frase League; Mrs. Amelia WoodalI,
head Of the Atlanta Equal Suffrage
i Association, and Mrs. Emily McDou-
gal, president of the new and lusty
Eighth Ward Suffrage League, have
! all Endorsed the edition and it's pur-
/ pose, and each has appointed mem
. bers Of the committee for planning
and directing the work.
To Cover All Phases.
Some Of the women have turned
q editorial writer's, producing forceful
ana logical appeals and arguments.
4 Others are special feature writer's and
Il intervewers, talking to one public
man and woman after the other, and
setting down capably the opinions
thus adduced Among the women are
some who have been assigned to the
4 eNacting work of compiling brief his
t0rlcal summaries and concise biog-
4 aphies of interesting men, women
and events concerning equal suffrage.
\ And, most unique of all, there is the
4 plan for the suffragists of Atlanta
70 handle the news of the day as it
comes up the6 day of the edition. There
Will be evidence enough that women
are in close touch with the affairs
of the world, and that they entertain
vital opinions concerning those af-
fairs
VIII Herald Leaders.
me edition. coming March 8, will
ne timely 1t will serve to herald
Inc visit 20 Atlanta of Miss Jane Ad-
cams and DR.. Anna Shaw, probably
me TWO most distinguished suffragists
IN America
The visitors will be in Atlanta for
several days following March IL, and
workers for equal ballot are planning
momentous period of entertainment
and serious campaigning during their
stay. 1t is expected that, with their
presence and with the powerful argu-
ment to be made through The Geor-
sians Woman's Suffrage Edition, an
impetus will be given to the Cause
mat months of steady campaigning
could not give.