The Washington herald., 1920-05-12


May Bigelow. Elsie Funston, vir-
Ripia Sylvester, Helen Hopkins,
Nancy Braxton. Edith Yates, Har-
riet Harmon, Mildred Draper, Mary
Shepherd, Lucia Germany and
others.
wOMEN's CITY CLUB
TO HONOR MRS. MUssEH
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, hon.
orary dean of the Washington Col
lege Of Law. and member of the bar
of the District of Columbia, will be
honored by a reception from Z to 10
o'clock at the Women's City Club,
% Jackson place, on her 10th birth
day, tomorrow. Ten women's organi-
zations have united to render tribute
to Mrs. Mussey. recognising her
splendid work in the District along
legal, educational and patriotic lines.
Mrs. Mussey came to Washington in
1869, as principal of the Ladies' De-
partment of the Spencerian Business
College. She became the wife Of Gen
r. d. Mussey. Union general in the
civil war. and practiced law with
her husband until his death in 1882.
She was the thirteenth woman to be
admitted to the Supreme Court OF
the United States.
Assisted by Miss E. NJ. Gillett, Mrs.
Mussey founded the Washington COL
llege Of Law, and became the first
woman dean of a college Of law.
The Mussey act, passed by Con-
gress in 1895. giving mothers equal
right with their children, and grant
ing married women right to their
own earnings, a right they had never
had in the District of Columbia until
1896, was drawn by Mrs. Mussey,
who has always been leading
suffragist.
During the Spanish war Mrs. Mus
sey was assistant field agent for
the Red Cross Of the District, and
Established many diet kitchens in
hospitals. She founded the Woman's
Bar Association and became its first
president. She was named as a dele
gate to the Red Cross to an inter-
national convention in st. Peters
burg. Russia, in 1902. She was a
member of an international COM
mittee, as to laws relating to women n
and children, in the International
Council of Women.
Mrs. Mussey was the legal ad-
visor OF the Legations of Sweden
and Norway for more than 25 years.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the reception at the Women's S
City Club. All organizations TAX
ing part will be represented by the
president of each in the receiving
line. including the Women's City
Club. president, Miss Mary O'Toole
the College 'Women's Club. presi-
dent. Mrs. b. NJ. Manley; the Wom-
ems Bar Association, president. Miss
Ida NJ. Meyers: the Washington
College of Law, dean, Miss Emma NJ
Gillette; and other representatives
as follows: KAPPA Beta Pi Legal
Sorority, Miss Marie Saunders;
Washington College Of Law Alumni
Association. Miss Mary Laird: Mrs
Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, Daugh-
ters Of Veterans, U. s. A., Mrs. E.
Ia. Clements, president; Our FLAG
Chapter, d. A. R., Mrs. Henry Polk
1 inhorn; State Society, D. A.. r.,
Mrs r. A. st. Clair; Federation OF
women's Clubs, Mrs. H. L. Hodgkins
Miss Mussey of New York, will
also be in the receiving line, coming
over from New York to be with Mrs
Mussey on her birthday.
The following members of the diff.
ferent organizations will be on the
reception committee: Miss Berrien
Miss Leonard, Mrs. George East.
j ment, Mrs. William e. Chamberlain
Miss Easily Smith, Mrs. Van Mes,
Fauth. Mrs. E. F. Warner and Mrs
R. Nick. Shelton.
Refreshments viii be served in
cluding a birthday cake with II
candles.