The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
 PLAN TO BROADEN SCOPE OF WORK
By PATRIOTIC PATRICIA

Anniston. January )-In- #pired by the success of their first
 ears work, the members of the Busi-
 ess and Professional Women's Club lave planned to enlarge the scope of Their activities during the coming year,
 plan which is receiving the cordial
 o-operation of the entire community.
 During the past year the club mem- 9ers have endeavored to develop great
 r efficiency in their various lines of
 usiness, to furnish wholesome recrea-
 ion for business women, to find em-
 loyment for women fitted for certain
 ositions. and to cooperate with other Organizations in patriotic and civic en- & eavors
 The educational features of the club ave been most beneficial. Besides cur
 lent topics, the programmes presented l Xt the weekly meetings have included
 ractical lectures by prominent busi-
 ess men and women and a study of
 Parliamentary law. The club also has
 rovided teachers for business courses
 hich have proved exceedingly helpful
 number of women.
 1 The equipment of the playground,
 which was a constant source of pleas
 re to Anniston's young people, last
 hummer, was made possible through the
 forts of the Business and Profession Women's Club. They planned and
 resented carnival, donating the pro-
 eeds for the playground. The carnival |Vill be an annual event of the club, the proceeds each year to be donated to ivic improvement
 | The camping trips to Mir. J. J. Will etts bungalow last summer provided eeded refreshing diversion to tired usiness women. Mir. Willett has gem rously offered his bungalow for the
 SC of the club members again this lear.
 The local club is a member of the International Federation of Business | nd Professional Women's Clubs, and perated upon the same lines, the ef- Icient methods recommended by the Iedera ton having been carried out throughout the past year.
 l Miss Rosa Lee Pritchard. who, since he organization, has served as presi- lent of the organiza tion, attended last hummer in St Louis the national con ention of Business and Professional Nomen's Clubs. This convention was Jailed for the purpose of bringing to- l ClHti lHc 1NdIiOuS OI dniZdIlOnS Ol business and professional women into federation that will raise their |trength and usefulness to a higher lower. The delegates at this first na- Iional convention of business and pro- Iessional women included more than 10000 women from forty five states. z Miss Gail Laughlin, California oman. who has won success as law | Ter is the president and Miss Lena (fadesin Phillips of New York, execu- live secretary of the National Federag on of Business and Professional Wom- |ns Clubs.
 In speaking of the value of the Busi- less and Professional Womens clubs, Hiss Phillips says: Think what it means |br the business women of a community 1o get together and talk things over. Here woman who is up against a big prob em. She goes to the club. She finds other Eomen who are up against similar prob Ems. They talk things over: they ex- |hange ideas. Everyone benefits from the |iscussion. Exchanging ideas, working |hings out together-it's 5 the big idea these lays. Or perhaps there is something to |e done in the community like securing letter places for recreation. The young |usiness woman simply must have the light kind of place for fun and whole |ome exercise. And what will the federa ion do as a whole? We'll stand for the