Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-29
'men Are Sure of Victory" Says Mrs. Gait
chise on every square foot of Amerit
can soil. ,

Our first effort in this latter direc@
ton will be for the elimination Of
those emblems. which. badges of our
national illiteracy, now identify the
ballots which our voters use at the
polls. We want no nation in which
sign writing is necessary on election
ballots. We want a nation in which
each voter comprehends an English
language, printed words which will in
form him of the nature and signif-
canoe of the ballot which he casts.
I'VE shall demand and assure more
polling places in schoolhouses and
churches, and shall see to it that our
election days in general are so man
aged that people will not be kept
away from polling places by the mere
feeling that to vote inevitably must
be disagreeable experience. This. OF
itself. will do much to lessen corrup-
ton.
THE slogan of American woman-
hood when. as a whole, it casts it's
hrst vote universally throughout the
nation. will be. primarily:
IAN ELECTORATE WHICH
SPEAKS ENGLISH, WHICH READS
ITS OWN BALLOTS. WHICH HoN-
ORS ONE FLAG-
I'VE have done what we could to
stimulate foreign born residents to-
ward naturalization during the ne.
riod OF the war; also during the war
the nation has discovered that loyalty
to American ideals is not always at
tendant upon naturalization. There
must be something outside Of oficial
documents behind our national pa
triotism. 1t is that something which
the woman voters Of America hope
that they may find the way of sup
plying.
AT present we have actually in
service eight committees which are
doing nothing except carefully
studying the situation. so that we may
have basis on which to reach de-
termination with regard to future
work. We have not been blind or
idle during the years preceding our
great victory. We shall know what
to do with it, When We actually get
the vote I. personally, am certain that
we shall use it with intelligence and
for the public good.
I'VE shall do no sensational things;
we shall not rush sentimentally to
any special standards. Sanely, con-
servatively, the women Of America
will work toward the Improvement Of
our national conditions and our In
ternational relationships and useful
ness.
women will be interested in social
problems and will force them far
more deeply into political considera-
ton than they have been in the past.
One Of our principal efforts now
tends. and in future more strongly
will tend. toward the Standardization
of state legislation. and this means
better and more uniform marriage
and divorce laws.
"A committee appointed by the NJ
tional Bar Association and composed
entirely Of woman lawyers is taking
a great interest in this particular
topic. For the last year it has been
at work on cod!fcation Of existing
laws concerning women. We arc
doing the research for this investiga-
ton here in this office. Other topics
in which this study is particularly
interested ahe property rights, wage
interested are property rights wage
rights. custody Of children. business
permitted to enter business indie
pendently Of their husbands) and tho
age of consent.
And we are making extraordinary
efforts to educate the woman voter.
When the women OF New York state
first got the vote we established
schools for their education in the
technicality of the process. reaching
100000 women in the city of New
York alone.
This education of voters will be
carried on by informed women
throughout the nation. but similar
campaigns should be conducted by
men. AS a matter Of fact, the educa-
ton Of the voter should be done by
the government. We women very
strongly advocate the establishment
of schools of citizenship. We believe
that the test which finally passes an