Morris tribune., 1919-10-24
LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS IS NEW FORCE
Meet in Minneapolis Next Week to
Consolidate the Woman-Power
of Nation

The next step in the political life
of the women of this state after the
ratification by the Minnesota Leg1s-
1ature of the Federal Suffrage
Amendment, will be taken October
28th and 29th in Minneapolis. On
that date representatives of all wo-
mems organizations from all over the
state will convene to form themselves
into a League of Women Voters. The
women of Minnesota will vote at the
next presidential election surely and
possibIy-in the event of ratification
by a sufficient number of legislatures
for all elective Offices.
While the machinery for the form
alton of the League Of Women Voters
is being set in motion by the leaders
of the Suffrage movement it is being
enthusiastically welcomed by all for
ward-looking women who have h1th-
erto worked along different lines.
The League idea is big one and
it's purpose is to conserve and fuse
the voting power of the women of
the state and nation and to build up
a more intelligent electorate.
The League is to be non-sectarian,
and non-partisan in the sense that it
does not plan to oppose or endorse
political patries or candidates. It
does not believe that it will be forced
into such action.
It's field will be the gathering up
of effort already made in the various
states and the putting of the united
shoulder of the woman-power of the
nation to the wheel to bring about
legislation which shall further the
Leagues own platform as expressed
by eight great national committees.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, to
whom above all others the women Of
this nation owe their enfranchise-
ment, will be present at all the ses-
sions of the conference in Mime
apolis and will be the chief speaker
at the mass meeting to be held the
evening Of the 10Th.
Several national chairmen of
League of Women Voters Committees
will be present to place before the
organization their plans for nation
al and state action.
There will be a big conference on
food supply and demand led by Mrs.
Edward P Costigan with discussion
by the food experts of the state. This
committee is not so much engaged
with the idea of forcing thrift upon
the people as with the idea of
square deal to the consumer. The
topic of Mrs. Costigan's speech will
be Consuming the Consumer"
Miss Julia Lathrop, head of the
Federal Children's Bureau will con-
duct the conference on Child Welfare
assisted by the most prominent Child
Welfare workers of the state.
An intensely interesting conference
will be held on "The Unification of
Laws Concerning the Civil Status of
Women" conducted by the we'll
known lawyer Mrs. Catherine Waugh
McCulloch Of Chicago. The confer
ence on American citizenship will be
under the leadership of Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait.
Never in the history of the state
has there been held a gathering of
such promise and such moment to
it's women. The leaders of the move
ment are determined that the women
of the country shall come into their
full citizenship, not lame and halt
and blind, but ready to face the great
issues of the day with clear vision
and trained intelligence; realizing
the power of the ballot and ready to
use it to the nth" degree.