Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-24
7. ". c. A.. WILL
EXTEND ITS SCOPE
OF WORK IN 1920


tsrseAl eoaaEsPonoEsos TO MORNING JOURNAL
Dallas. Tex. Dec. 2S.---A worldwide
woman movement Is the project an
n9dhoed bv the Young Women's
christian association as its program
for 1920 II, is no. a movementso t
unrest nor of revolutionary ideas,
as explained by well known WON ri
heading the movement. but the prr-
bose IS declared 10 be a democrsA
sympathetic interest of the women of
all nations races and classes in each
other. Realizing a fact admitted by
all women that women are not as
democratic as men and urging that
women must help make the world
safe for democracy the Y. w. c.. A.
is putting forth plan for world fell
lowship" through world service"
program To this end an intensive
educational campaign is being put on.
Mrs. John d, Rockefeller. Jr.. is
chairman of the national educational
the women say. shows how democratic
they are learning to be. since a true.
democracy includes evervbodv-the
richest and the poorest. WORKING in
the educational campaign and taking
mart i'm the movement along with Mrs.
Rockefeller and other wealthy aud
cromlnent women are business and
professional women. industrial girls
both American and foreign.
A personal letter has Just been re-
ceived from Mrs Rockefeller to wor..
en- in Texas. Oklahoma and New Mex
leo who attended the recent Y. w. C,
a. conference of the southwestern
field held at Dallas. in which she says;
THE comprehensiveness of the
program is certainly impressive. 1t
seems as if everv. great issue of the
dav were Observation-Disclosures and
social problems. Americanization re-
construction in Europe better inter-
national relationships, opportunities
~ Latin America and the Orient,
These are so vital and so important
that women understand them. that
hone to plan for a few informal
meetings when our own board mem
bers will have an opportunity of dis
cussing these subjects with experts.
II we have anthing particularly fine
i shall send YOU the main points. I
should think that similar groups
could be arranged in various parts of
Mrs. Hugh e. Prather, of Dallas,
has accepted the general chairman
ship of the educational campaign in
the Southwestern field. Associated
with her on the general committee I'M ,,
finance; Mrs. William Bacon, Dallas, !
publicity; Mrs. r. e. Burt, Houston, i
foreign department; Mrs Hub Diggs, |
Fort Worth, city department; Mrs f. |
N. Drane, Corsicana, town depart
iment; Mrs. Emily Mcclellan Reagin, !
Alex w. Spence, Dallas, girls work; !
Miss Eunice Alden, Austin. student !
Mrs. L. b. Lawson, Mo- !
twata, Oklahoma, Indian work; Mrs.
G. S. Mckinney, Laredo, foreign
community work; Mrs. D. e. Wag- /
'goner, Dallas, subscription. bau I
Besides this general committee for
the field, other well-knoWn women |
will take an active part in their re-
spective states, among whom are
Mrs +. W. Parker, of Santa Re, !
who will serve as state chairman OF
New Mexico; Mrs. George Frederick
son, of Oklahoma City, who VIII be
state chairman of Oklahoma, and
Mrs. A. b. Weakley, of San Antonio.
who will serve as chairman of South |
Texas. Chairmen for east and west |
Texas have not yet been named
Among. women of prominence sefv- |
ing on the national committee with |
Mrs. Rockefeller are Mrs. Henry. 4. I
Dawson. Mrs. Robert Il. Speer, Mrs. |
William Adams Brown. Mrs. Lewis II. |
LApham. Mrs. William Van Y. Hayes /
Mrs Sanford Merle smith, Mrs. Fred I
erlck b. Pratt. Mrs, Herbert l.. Pratt. [
Mrs. Robert L. Dickinson, Mrs. Ellen !
Hale Stevenson 4 i
Through organized work already
established in America, Mexico south
America, Europe China, Japan, India. |
Egypt. the Near East and Siberia. the
Y. w. c. A. hopes to promote the idea
of world fellowship and world service
among girls ana women everywhere. |
Miss Josephine A. Brown of the
national staff of the X, w, c. A.. is /
directing the educational campaign III |
the southwestern field. On her spe-
cial staff are Miss Sada Johnson. I
Headquarters adviser. Mrs. Bleapford |
A. Sadler. publicity: Miss Title Kirk. |
Miss Anita Henkel. Miss Ruth Stueh- {,
field, Miss Grace Hamiu Miss Ruth /
L. Stocking, Miss Marguerite futile. |
The purpose is to carry information |
about the world program of the Y. w /
G. A. into eyerv county, of Texas. OK |
Ia homa and New Mexico -