The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-13
Vt. .SUFFRAG|STS
END CONVENTION
Officers Elected at Annual
Meeting in Burlington
Yesterday
WINDSOR WOMAN
HEADS ORGANIZATION
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, Head Of
National Woman Suffrage Associ,
tion, Present and a Frequent Speaker
: Interesting Program Presented.

: Interesting Program Presented.
s BURLINGTON March 13.-The an
nual state. convention of the Vermont
Woman Suffrage association which has
heen in session the past two days in
the Hotel Sherwood, in Burlington,
closed yesterday. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, president of the National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage association and
also of the international alliance, was
present and gave several talks before
the members of the convention and also
before the general public.
At the meeting Tuesday afternoon
she spoke informally to the members of
the state organization telling them
something of the national association.
At a mass meeting IN city hall in the
evening she spoke convincingly on the
subject Finish the Fight. At the
morning session in the hotel yesterday
she outlined to the Vermont associa-
ton the duty of the hour and at the
luncheon at 1890 she talked to the an
tis.
Mrs. Hawley ". Wilson, correspond
ing secretary of the national organizas
ION, also attended the convention. Mrs.
Wilson is called the fairy god. moth.
err of Vermont and she was enthusiast
tically received She gave an address
On the subject, Training the Woman
Voter, in which she urged the women to
stand by their ideals and Join a party
because of its principles alone. -
Mrs. Annette Parmelee of Enosburg
| Falls gave very comprehensive his
tory of the suffrage 'moven1ent in Yer
mont for the past so years telling many
anecdotes of happenings in the past
which amused the convention. Mrs. Ed
ward II, Read of Burlington and Mrs.
| Lou X Thomas of Riehford spoke. on
How the Vote Has Been Used, the first
| speaking from the experience of the
city, and the other from thatF OF a
small town
/ At the luncheon, the closing fnnc-
4 ton of the convention at which there
were about $50 women from allover
the state a symposium of ideas were
i given on the subject Ideas ot Citizen
ship. Mrs. Oliver Ashton of Rutland
was toastmistress, while the speakers
were Mrs. A. L. Bailey of st. Joins.
bury, retiring president of the Yer
mont state suffrage association; Mrs
N. d. .Chittenden of Burlihgton, state
president of the Y W. C. A., Mrs. An
ME Hawks Putnam of Bennington, state
president of the woman S section eoun
ill of national defense; Mrs. IEalse,
W. Wilson. secretary of the nationa
American Woman Suffrage association
Miss Bercnicc Tuttle OF Rutland. pres
ident OF the child welfare department
; woman s committee. council of nation
: al defense; DR.. Marian Horton, Wind
! sor county chairman and Mrs. Carri
! Chapman Gait, president Of The nation
I Suffrage association.
The following officers were elected
President, Dr.. Marian Horton of Wind
sor honorary president. Mrs. Jnli
I Ashley Pierce; first vice president, Mrs
Z. II. Reed of Burlington; second vic
d Nresident, DR.. Grace Sherwood of ST. Al
! bans; third vice president, Mrs. W. l
t Bryan of Springfield; fourth vice pres
ident Mrs. Charles Stuart of Lyndor
S vile; treasurer, Mrs. Lou X. Thoma
i Of Richford; auditor, Mrs. John Sparg
) of Bennington; chairman of ratification
q COMMITTEES, Mrs. Lillian Olzendam @
G Woodstock; recording secretary, Mr.
s James A. Merrill of Rutland; pres
k chairman, Miss Winifred CARING; e.
# responding secretary to be arrointe
5. by the president.
Ii Resolutions were adopted thankin
all who made the convention su,
: cess and also the retiring presiden
. Mrs A. L. Bailey for her work the pas
q two years. A resolution heartily CT
!, dorsing the cause of woman suffrae
i was also adopted.
4 It was voted to send the followin
i delegates TO the national convention
. St. Louis; the president, DR.. Maria
: Horton, Mrs. +. IT, Reed OF Burlington
- Mrs. Lillian +. Olzendam of WOOD
= stock and as alternates, Mrs. Lou J
i Thomas of Riehford and Mrs. J. |
L. Middlebrook OF Burlington
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