The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-03-14
EEElE HoEEmAM ROGERS.


The following p. E. o. tribute was
written by Mrs. Ola Babcock Miller,
wife of Alex. Miller of the Washing
ton Democrat:
In the passing of Effie Rogers, the
F. Z. o. sisterhood of Iowa, and the
nation, has lost one of it's strongest
figures. Few women, or men either,
have the intangible quality of making
oneself felt. that Mrs. Rogers pos.
sessed.
Physically, she was large, with a
clear pallor, soft gray hair parted and
drawn back severely but always
creeping out in soft rebellious ten
drills, which transformed, as did her
ready and Illuminating smile, her
otherwise austere appearance.
When she entered a room, or an
audience, every one was conscious of
her presence When she arose TO
speak, the audience hushed. She pos
sessed, as much as anyone we have
ever known, that peculiar, indescrib-
able quality Of leadership, which is
made up of mental strength and per.
sonal magnetism.
Her career In p T.. o. is most
unique She came into the Sister.
hood soon after its organization, and
was connected with all its early &C.
| tivities.
In the convention of 1886 held in
this town, consisting of handful OF
delegates, and meeting in Masonic
hall, over Sherman's drug store, Mrs
Rogers was elected president. She
held the Office for three terms, and
was succeeded by her friend, Mamie
Terrence Stockman, of Sigourney.
OF the P. Il. o. Record, established
in 1889, she was the first editor, but
resigned after two years owing to
her work as superintendent of Ma
haska county.
Now the peculiar part of her ca
reer in P. Il. o.
The p. +. o. History, compiled by
of this place, says of her: Her work
lies in the past. She esteems it O
privilege to have been one of the
foundation builders" That is true
| But, after many years devoted to 9th
er activities, to earning her daily
bread, and giving all her time and
energy to the community in which she
lived, she came back into P. E. O.
conventions, renewed cid friendships
and made new ones; and became, in
late years as she had been in the ear
! lier, one of the conspicuous, dominate
| ing figures.
| She was elected editor of the Rec
ord again in 1913, in Hutchinson, Kan
sas, reelected in Los Angeles in 1915
reelected at increased salary in Oma
ha in 1917. She published the first
number of the Record. in December
1889. She published the last that ap
peared in her lifetime, in January
1918.
She had the most beautiful hand
/ writing we have, ever seen, as any
who have correspondent with her will
testify 1t was of the fine, angular
variety, peculiar TO educated people
of her time. only regular, and so very
| strong. / have seen but one person
whose writing resembled hers, and
that was the late ]. c. w. Coke. note
from whom is amongst, the writer's
J valued possessions. They were sc
similar as to be almost interchange
able.
She was wonderful in conversation
possessed keen political insight, was
as interesting to men as women. New
| crtheless, We had many spar over
suffrage. Once, when she had
dished up for the writer in character
istic fashion, the peculiarities of the
sex, | replied, We'll, I'm admitting
nothing. But even if it is true, as
you say, it doesn't seem. to me becom
ms for you to be digging up our weak
nesses. Why don't you let somebody
else say it?p She retorted, "What
do you want to get mad at me for
telling the truth about myself for?
I'm woman myself, just as much as
you arei" And yet, while | don't
really know it, believe she stood for
suffrage. She loved to scrap and
she did know the peculiarities of her
sex, and she delighted in good ma
tured badinage