Arizona republican., 1914-04-23
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All Nations Will Be Repre- sented ill Rome Next Month for Session of the International Council of Women
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DUBLIN. April 22.-Representative
 women of all nations will meet ln Rome next month for the session of i the International Council of Women,
 held once every five years for the re- view of woman's progress and plan ming of new activities. The total
 membership of the organizations in
 ciuded in the International Council l IS about 6,5OO.0OO women, from twen- ty-one countries.
 | This great utilization of interests ! was founded by Susan B. Anthony
 and other American women leaders in
 1888, and the women of the United
 States represented in it, numbering ! 5000 900. lead those of all other coun- tries.
 i The Countess of Aberdeen, presi- dent of the organization, is busy at the Viceregal Lodge in Dublin con cluding arrangements for the gather ing, which she believes will be the largest in the history of the move
 ment The purpose of the interna- tional meeting is the broad inclusion
 of all movements designed to better humanity-men not excepted.
 Lady Aberdeen has a corner of the lNiceregal Lodge set apart as a "busi-
 ness roomN where she and pr. Alice
 Solomon of Berlin, corresponding sec retary of the International Council, have been owrking early and late on
 details of the gathering. The dates
 set are from May 5th to 14th, in
 elusive and the meeting place will be
 the Hotel Quirianl in Rome The list
 of National Councils affiliated with
 the international organization. all of (which are expected to be represented
 at Rome. includes the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Great Brit ain, Denmark Netherlands Australia,
 Italy, France, Argentina, switzerland,
 Austria. Hungary Norway, Belgium.
 Greece and Bulgaria Women leaders / from Russia. Turkey and China, In
 dia and Japan are also expected. . Dr. Anna. Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, will deliver an address on womans suffrage. while Mrs. Kate Waller Bennett president ol the National Council of Women of the United States, of Alexandria, Va, will also attend.
 In many ways this is to be one of the most important of the meetings ! of the Council The women of Italy ! are said to have been waking up the past few years. and sentiment is ] ready to crystalize' This meeting is ] expected to help to focus the thought of the women of Italy: because the ] International Council of Womer stands for the less radical forms oi femnism; representing the spirit oi ! every woman who has begun to think ! outside of herself of her home, anG stands for the alleviation of the grossest social abuses affecting wo- men and children
 After the adjournment of the ses- ! sion of the Council, the Italian wom- ! ems organizations have invited the ] deselates to remain and attend z ! Congress of women. The Councils ] meeting will last one week: the Con { gress will be in session two weeks { The International Council can iden- ! tify itself only with such movements ! as have been unanimously accepted ! by its members. The survival of the ! fittest of propositions thus far con ] sidered includes:
 ] l. To further international peace and arbitration
 ,. To combat the white slave traffic.
 3. To win suffrage for women. 4. To promote legislation con cerned with the general welfare o women and their legal position. 3. To promote the improvement O ! public health
 6. To protect emigrants, and espe cially safeguard women and children The preamble to the statement o the aims and objects of the Interna tional Council is:
 We, women of all nations, sincere { lN believing that the best good of hu ! manity will be advanced by greate
 unity of thought, sympathy and pur ! pose. and that an organized move
 ment of women will best insure tn ] highest good of the family and of tn { state. do hereby band ourselves to { 9ether in a confederation of worker { 10 further the application of tn ! Golden Rule ito society, customs an ] law
 ! Lady Aberdeen has been presiden { of the international Council for thre { quinquennial terms She had eX pected to retire this year but at tn { unanimous request of the president ! of the various national councils sh ! has allowed her name to stand fo