South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-10

the question OF whether wom-
en- shall be permitted to use
the ballot or not. Many of the states
have already given either fun or par
tial franchise TO the fair sex and IL is
doubtless only a question Of time
when an amendment to the national
constitution will be adopted. giving
them the same privileges now enjoyed
by the masculine variety Of the race.
Probably the most generally known
suffrage leader Of h country is DR..
Anna Howard Shaw. honorary prcsi-
dent OF the National American WOm-
an Suffrage Association. DIT. Shaw
was for years active president OF the
association. and her work for suffrage
has crowned her among the women
Of the nation with undying glory. Or.
Shaw served as president Of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage AS
ISOLATION from 1904 10 1915. An or
dained Methodist minister, her title
OF doctor" carries a double signiG-
canoe In that she is also a qualified
physician, having received a degree in
medicine from Boston University. For
the last two years her time has been
spent in service of the government
AS chairman. OF the Woman's Commit
tee Of the Council of National Defense,
she organized the woman power of the
country in the a
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president
OF the Suffrage Association and presi-
dent OF the International Woman Suf-
frage Alliance, is a Western woman,
born In Ripon. Wis. and graduated
from Iowa State College. An educa-
tor, she has served as principal of a
high school in her native Iowa; as a
journalist, both Iowa and California
have attested to her capability and her
attainments: a lecturer. c~ampaiSner
and organizer, she has talked and
worked effectively and successfully for
suffrage in campaigns in Colorado.
New Hampshire. Idaho. South Dakota.
Kansas, Iowa, California, Montana and
Michigan: stitistics of her life's work
assert that she has travelled over 100,-
O0O miles for suffrage. written ONE
10000 letters yearly since 1900, in its
behalf, travelled over practically the
known world spreading its Gogmas.
and spoken upon it's ~desirability and
advantages 10 audiences in Sweden.
Denmark. Holland. SaXony, Bohemia,
Prussia, Hungary and Africa. Mrs.
Gait. after a successful term as pres
ident Of the association from 1900 TO
1904. was reelected to the office in
1917. and is the present incumbent.
Successfully Guides
New York Suffrage Campaign.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay was the
genius that guided the successful cam
paign for woman suffrage in New
York City. A Republican by convic-
ton and a present member of the Re
publican Woman's Committee of
which Mrs. Stanley Mccormick is
chairman. she s~ubordinated her polit-
zeal beliefs to the exigencies OF the
momen in the New York suffrage
campaign. which she succeeded in con-
Quoting along strictly n-on-partisan
lines. Miss Hay is second vice pres
ident OF the national association.
Katherine Dexter Mccormack. is
one Of the most earnest advocates OF
woman suffrage in the United States.
Mrs. Mccormack is first vice president
in the association. and for the past
year and more has been chairman Of
the Department of Home Economics in
the Woman's Committee of the Council
OF National Defense. Michigan born.
she attended school In Boston. where
she now resides. A biologist whose
degree was earned in the Massachu-
sets Institute OF Technology. where
woman students have always been in a
silent minority. she was a delegate 70
the international Woman Suffrage Al
lance Congress in Budapest in 1919.
where she vas elected hrst CORES
ponding secretary of the International.
a position she still holds. Mrs. Nc
Corr4ack is a young iona OF delight
ful personality and an interesting
speaker who is imbued with the justice
or the aus 90 which she has devoted
50 much OF her time and ability.
Mrs. Norman De r. Whitehouse has
recently been in Berne. Switzerland.
where she served as chief propaganda