The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-02-02
Illinois and Kentucky Take
First Rank; New York
Presses Hard
LADY POLITICIANS ON
BOTH PARTY COMMITTEES
Texas Woman Leader of Demo
cratic Feminine Voters in
|'Lone Star State"
(BY limited PreSSl

(By United Press)
New York, Feb. 2.-That the po-
litical campaigns OF 1920 will see
larger array of American women
taking part in national affairs than
ever before is proved by the number
of women already active in the coun-
ellis of the two major parties as we'll
.as the now victorious suffrage asso-
sciatiOn.
In a list Of women party leaders
who will attend the celebration and
convention of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association in Chi
<cago next month, Illinois and Ken
.tucky take first rank, with New York
and Missouri pressing them hard for
leadership.
The Kentucky Equal Rights Asso-
-ciation has done double duty in fur
nishing women in both the national
political parties. Mrs. John G. South
~of Frankfort, who for three years
was president of the association, is
chairman OF the National Republican
Women's Committee. Mrs. Samuel
T. Castleman of Louisville, vice-pres-
ident of the association, is the Ken
lucky member of the women's COM
mittee, National Democratic Com
mittee.
Illinois Prominent.
Illinois has not only furnished the
present two state chairman of the
two major parties, but has to it's
credit two others in the national
committees. Mrs. George Bass of
Chicago of the women's committee,
National Democratic Committee, and
Mrs. Medill Mccormick, wife of the
Illinois senator, retiring chairman of
the National Republican Women's s
Committee, are both leaders in the
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association.
~. Mrs: Fletcher Dobyns of Chicago
and Mrs. Howard T. Wilson of Vir-
den are the state chairmep of the
republican and democratic commit
tees, respectively.
Although Illinois and Kentucky
hold the first places in women's party
leadership owing to the fact they
have furnished the only national
-chairmen, New York and Missouri
are hard by with candidate for
hOnors
New York Recognized.
The New York City League Of
Women Voters has furnished Miss
Mary Garrett Hay, chairman OF the
executive committee of the women's
division OF the National Republican
Committee, while the state league
has given Mrs. Arthur LivermOre as
state chairman of the Republican
women's Committee. Both these
women are prominent in the affairs
of the national women's suffrage
movement.
Another suffragist, Mrs David
O'Neil of St. Louis and Mrs. Alfred
Bruggeman of St. Louis, are Mis-
:souri's members of the democratic
and republican national committees,
respectively. Miss Alma B. Sasse Of
Brunswick, state chairman of the
Missouri Republican Women's Com
mittee, has the distinction of being
the youngest state chairman in the
United States.
Other women who have loomed
up as party leaders in their states
are:
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, presi-
dent of the Ohio Women's Suffrage
Association, is a member of the Ma
tional Republican Committees ad
visory committee.
Texas Democratic.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker is
chairman of the Texas Democratic
Women's Committee.
Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs of
Birmingham is state chairman Of
the Alabama Democratic Committee.
Mrs. John K. Ottley of Atlanta is
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cratic Committee. Mrs. W. c. Cath
cart is state chairman of the South
Carolina Women's Democratic Com
mittee.
Miss Mary Foy of Los Angeles is
one of the Democratic Women lead
ers of the country. She is an attor-
ney and is state chairman OF the
womens committee. She was pres
idential elector at the Democratic
national convention in St. Louis in
1916.
Other women leaders are: Miss
Mary Owen Graham, democrat, North
Carolina; Miss Carolina Ruutz- Rees
of Greenwich, Conn; Mrs. w. R.
Pattangan, of Maine; Mrs. Susan
Fitzgerald. democrat, and Mrs.
Charles Sumner Bird. republican,
Massachusetts,; Mrs. Henry M. You
mans, republican, Waukesha, Wis;
Mrs. E. r. Bowler, democrat, of She
boygan, Wis.,; Mrs. Alexander
Thompson, Portland, democratic
member of the Oregon house of re-
presentatives, and Mrs. Frank Dod-
son, republican, Iowa.
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