The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-02-12
IN
VICTORY SESSION
Chicago Convention CeIe-
brateS Winning of Right
to Vote.
IDAHO NEWS ADDS JOY
National Association to Be-
come New League of
Women Voter :
IDAHO NEWS ADDS JOY

| Chicago Feb. I'D. : S)-Rati-
| fication of the suffrage nendment
by the Idaho legislature ( ded to the
| Jubilation prevalent at e opening
of the victory convent of the Ma
| tional American Wo' - Suffrage
association here today convention
celebrating the sueee ii termina-
ton of the fight madG women for
| the right to vote. -
The association ~ IS its own
| epitaph" at the cows ion. 1t is to
| be succeeded by the new League Of
Women Voters, members of which
attended the opening session. They
are here to learn all that the parent
body can teach them on the welding
of the ballot Among the delegates
was Mrs. Helen Aiken Starrett, so
years old, of Portland, Ore, who so
far as known is the only living dele
gate who attended the first suffrage
convention, called by Susan b. An
thony in 1869.
Nashville Woman Speaks.
The new citizenship is d factor OF the
convention.
At the citizenship dinner to take
place in the Auditorium hotel tonight
speakers from tive sections of the coun-
Try VIII Slye national survey OF the
subject. Mrs, Frederick p. Bagey
GlIlZGnSlll
committee of the League OF Women
Voters, will preside.
Tho Speakers will be Miss Hope Nc
Donald, of Minnesota Mrs. Gulford
Dudley, OF Tennessee; Mrs. Nancy
Schoonmaker, of Connecticut; Dr. Grace
X. Hobard, of the department of eco
nomics, University OF Wyoming, and
Miss Harriet Vittum, of Illinois.
rms committee states its aim as be-
ing that designated by Mrs. Carrie
hnr t.Fh. H..
League of Women Voters was formed
A national crusade that shall not end
until the electorate of the republic is
Women Conduct Schools.
To attain this end women of the |
various state leagues of women voters
are conducting schools of citizenship |
all over the country in order to create
large groups OF women trained in the |
meaning and methods of American gov |
ernment These women will in turn |
be conductors of classes in widespread |
portions of the community
State Universities,
In cooperation with the wpmen's citi- |
zenship movement are state universities |
In at least six states most of them hay- |
ing introduced courses on the citizen |
snip OF women into their university eX- |
tension schedule. The last state report |
ing university cooperation is Missouri. |
where course has been prepared in |
the department of political science of |
the University of Missouri. Other states |
whose universities are doing similar
work are Wisconsin, Minnesota. North |
Carolina, California and New Hamp-
shire.
Abolish Monopoies
Ihat their almost realized dream of
suffrage will make first record Of
significance. nm important group In the
victory convention today took first
steps TO ward political plank that
vii abolish monopolies that keep prices
up. flatten purses and deprive growing
children of proper nutriment.
The uffragists today received the
final message of their leader and ma
tional president, Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait.
Tn other days" read the message,
our members and friends have been
summoned to annual conventions TO dis
semnate the propaganda for their COM
mon cause, to cheer and encourage
each other, to council as to ways and
means of insuring further progress.
This time they are called together
to rejoice that the struggle Is over, the
aim achieved and the women of the
nation about to enter into the enjoy
ment OF their hard-earned political lib
erty
Let us together express the Joy
which only those can feel who have
suffered for a cause. Turning to the
future let us inquire how best we can
now serve our beloved nation. Let us
ask what political parties want OF us
and we of them"
Marriage Laws.
Chicago, Feb 12.-Women lawyers
of the country met here today i'm col
Ia aboration with the suffrage convention.
They discussed the uniication OF laws
women.
Miss +. Josephine Stevenson, of Call
ifornia. advocated uniform state laws
m |
recommendations she made were that
the age limitation in marriage for girls
should be is and for boys 81; that there
should be marriage restrictions in the
interest OF euReniCs; that public clinics
should he established TO disseminate in
formation to married persons and that
measures should be taken TO prevent
chldbirth among defectives and epilon-