The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-12
WOMEN OF AMERICA WILL DO FULL PART IN PRESENT CRISIS Dr. Anna Shaw Says Would
 Feel Better if Given
 Citizenship
LARGE CROWD HEARS
 NOTED SUFFRAGIST
Criticizes Alleged Intolerance of Peo. pie of This Country-serious Crisis Confronting Nation,
 Declares the Speaker
By WINNIE FREEMAN

l The women of America will do l their part in the war with Ger | many, but they will not feel as well in doing 1t they would were their services recognized as 1 those of American citizens with | the full rights of citizenship, ac- cOrding to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, | honorary president of the Ameri-
 can Equal Suffrage association, | who spoke at the Jefferson thea l tre to a crowded house last night. "WhiIe we appreciate as much as anybody the patience of MT. 1 Wilson. we are Just as determined l to stand by the country as the I men, Dr. Shaw declared. "But, oh, l how different would be the feeling | if we realized that the men and 1 the government recognized us as | patriotic citizens, with the full l right of citizenship, l Dr. Shaw spoke of the intolerance of l the American people. and criticized se- verely the treatment of the pacifists in Washington before war was declared and the superficial" criticism of the press of the vote of Miss Jeanette Rankin on the war feSOlut1On
 QUOTES FROM PRESIDENT pr. Shaw was enthusia sticaly received and when she had finished speaking she received an ovation. The meeting opened with the audience standing and singing America and closed with the sing ing of 'The Star-Spangled Banner" The speaker was introduced by Mrs. A | I If Equal Suffrage association, and following Dr. Shaw's speech Miss Mary Parke London made short talk while the col lection was being taken. Seated on the stage with her were a number of Bir- mingham's S most prominent men and wom- cn suffragis
 Dr. Shaw opened her address by re- l beating the closing words of President Wilson's address to Congress: "The thing Tor Which We fight is that which is dear est to our ts-democracy--the right of those who submit to the laws to have right in making them.'' And vet in this great democracy the class most obedient is the class denied any hand in making them," said Dr. Shaw.
 ''I consider President Wilson one of the greatest Presidents we have ever had We are and ought to be grateful that he has shown the world that the purpose of
  of Christianity rather than the cry of | war
 There are those who have criticized Wilson for waiting so long. But who knows but that it requires more courage to keep out of the war than to rush | hastily in.
 And while we appreciate as much as anybody the patience of MT. Wilson, we are just as determined to stand by our country as the men.
 But, oh, how different would be the ,, feeling if we realized that the men rec ognized in us patriotic citizens, with the full rights of citizenship.
 Because we are deprived of this privi- lege, nevertheless we shall serve-and to the best of our ability THE WOMAN'S PLACE Dr. Shaw referred to the oft-repeated argument of the anti-suffragists that 'WOmanS S place is in the hOme." "But when the time for war l came. the government sent out Il call for women to serve, and in the query sent out nothing is said about women staying in the hOme," she said.
 "The government has not hesi- tated to ask the women to assist In every way except by staying in the hOme."
 Speaking of President Wilson and his attitude toward suffrage, she declared l that the President is one of the few politicians who make promises before election and keeps them after. Dr. Shaw declared that when the war is over the jobs that have been vacant will be filled by women, and skilled wom- en, and that the National Suffrage asso- citation would demand equal pay for it's women with that paid to the men. INTOLERANCE OF COUNTRY She declared that the intolerance of this country is not confined to the alien in our midst, and cited as an instance the criticism of Miss Jeanette Rankin's vote on the war resolution. Every time a woman does anything that people don't like, they say just like woman, she said. q am not here to criticize Miss Ran kins vote. She was there as mem-
 Der of Congress and to vote as she felt it was her duty to vote. We may all
 feel that had we been there in her place,
 we would not have voted her way. But
 we were not there."
 One of the greatest evils of this coun-
 try is intolerance' pr. Shaw deciared,
 ''and in no more disgraceful manner has
 it ever been shown than during the past
 few weeks when the pacifists have been
 bullied and pushed about by people who are so intolerant as to think that people