The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-26
Former Publicity Director for Massa.
chusetts Equal Suffrage Assoela-
tion Gives Campaign Experiences

tion Gives Campaign Experiences
Mrs. Henry G Root. who is temaor
arlly located in Bennington. her form
er home and who was for some time
Publicity director for the Massarhus
etts Equal Suffrage association. ad
dressed the Bennington Woman Vot.
ers League at its regular meeting
Friday evening. In addition to re
marks relative TO the general subject
OF equal suffrage Mrs. Root spoke
interestingly and entertainly of her
experience during the vigorous cam
paign conducted in 1914 by the wo
men Of the Equal Suffrage associa
ton in Massachusetts
Mrs. Root spoke of the we'll orsa
nized work carried on through out the
state, through the newspapers, by
automobile tours. by mass meetings,
narades and personal work
OF how the bill passed the legisla
ture twice, only to be turned down a
the polls. through what seemed to he
the efforts Of the liquor interests and
worse.
She told OF going from the thick of
this fight TO Washington where the
women have voted since 1910, and
how she voted at the election in 1916
In this state through the efforts Of
he women. such bills have beer
passed, as the eight hour law. the
Lazy husband act, and the Mother
pension law. Mrs. Root said that in
spite of the fact that there was a cr
that If the state went for Prohibition
he taves would be higher the vote
was for dry state.
Did YOU ever, said Mrs. Root. hea
Of group of washerwomen gettih'
together and having their pictures
AIKEN to be put in the newspaper
and advertise themselves as washer
women. Not a bit of it, And We
hat Is what a group of men did in
New York city not so long ago. Thev
seemed proud of the fact they were
doing some Of the work their grand
mcther's did.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, at a Suf
frage meeting in Boston, once spoke
of the way men had taken up what Is
commonly called "women's work
dressmaking, baking, laundry-v ork
and yet when women ask for
equal suffrage, the answer is, "Oh
nol that is a mans business, you'
Mace is in the home But how
many women are forced out of tA'
home bv conditions they are power
less to help.
Thousands OF men are killed by pre-
ventable accidents thousands are a.
abled by preventable diseases. an(
there are known cases Of men toe
shiftless to support their families
some even clear out and leave II,
wife and children to shift for them
selves. In cases like these isn't !
the wife and children on whom tn
burden OF support falls? and aren'
they forced by circumstances ou' o
the home? Doesn't It seem pi"
hey can't have n voice in betterln
'he conditions under which they mrs
work?
Mrs Robert Healv explained th
new poll tax law for women. YER
clearly and fully. Even II n woma
has not registered for a poll tax sh
can still vote in school meeting II sh
is n tax payer.
The next meeting Of the Leagu,
which will be held Friday evenm
3 May .. will be in charge of Mis-
! Maude Carpenter
d Is there any question about you
rights as a woman citizen that 70
= want to ask? Come in to the Librar
next Friday night at 73O and talk
E. over One Of the things to be talke
OF at this meeting is the propose
fire alarm system