Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-19
Mrs. jeanette S. Greve Of New York
Who Is Assisting in Maine Suffrage
Campaicn

Many are just beginning to realize
that the Capital City is to be the scene
OF a hig gathering Of earnest women,
with " sturendous work before them.
or July "a and %. when the suffraglsts
of Western Maine meet to perfect
plans for their campaign.
Among the suffrage workers who
have come into the state Of Maine for
the last weeks Of the campaign is Mrs.
jeanette Sterling Greve, speaker, au-
thor, editor and business woman. Do
ing many things and all of them Well
is the rare combination of virtues
which Mrs. Greve possesses. From the
time she was a 16year-old school girl
in Ohio and started writing for
newspaper, she has had habit OF
meeting emergencies, promptly, EN-
GENTLY and sweet temperedly. The last
is ali Unborn asset, just as ner manor
and prompt decision and courage are
assets.
There was, for instance, the occasion
on which she ran drug store success
fully. After a happy married life, Mrs
Greve was left a widow with two little
daughters and her husbands pharmacy
TO manage one hlltN ItO'i4iiiS g. 49,
about drugs or commercial ventures
but when the alternative was put 10
her she decided that she could make
better economic use of the business ny
running it herself than by selling IL Out
She Immediately secured capaole
prescription clerk, hut the financial enc
she managed herself with such WISDOM
and skill that she sold out at the end
IF the wear at a decided increase over
tho prices previously offered her
In nevsnape~ work Mrs GreVe had brill
liant prospects even as SCHOOL slfl. f7tr
first literary ventures were SO much hked
bv the editor Of a large Ohio daily that ne
urged her to take a permanent pace Oh
his paper. Just then her parents TOOK hes
abroad 10 complete her education That
she did not come back and take up we
new, paper offer and make Journalism Ter
life work was merely because she chos@
another life work, that Of wife and
mother, How well she succeeded at this
Is demonstrated In Mrs. Greve's ;wo bril-
liant daughters, hc-s ofs"hom are 1o"'se
women. Every chance in IRE was given
them by their courageous mother, VINO
found way largely hy her own Efforts
10 send her girls out fully equipped 70 meet
the world
"Fiold Secretary Of Division Co-onerat-
ing Agencies of the New York state
Mobilization Bureau" some little TILE Tor
q lady to carry around on her VISIT nS
card. but Mrs. Greve did not find either
the title or the task too heavy a burden
for woman TO hAr.
Whom America went into the war, Mrs.
Creve was loaned W the New York state
Woman Suffrage Party to Adiutant Cen
eral Louis W. Stoteshury, who heads
Governor Whitmans Military Census Bu-
roam. Mrs. Norman de r. Whitehouse,
Chairman Of the state Party, selected
Mrs. Greve for appointment to TINS post
She was a trained suffrage organizer con-
yersant with the resources of the state
and was able 70 he of great value IN car
rvinc out the offer CT help for the mill
t2rv census. Mrs. Greves task, which
has occupied many weeks. was 70 go IN
20 each en;lrtv and line up its available
census resources For the first time IN
the country's history All women between
Is and 70 were listed in New York, Just as
men we're listed, with a view to their war
time efficiency.
Mrs. Greve is a real American mem
her Of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution and true patriot, for she IS
direct descendant On her fathers side
~ Brigadjer-General Joseph Otis. Her
mothers era ndfather, General James
Sterling Denny, fought with Commodore
Perry in 1872 at the battle Of Lake Erie.