The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
SUFFRAGISTS TURN
TO CHILD WELFARE
League of Women Voters
Meets to Consider Con
eress Measure.
SESSION ENDS TONIGHT
st. Louis Director Arranges
Hand Shaking Party for
New Year.
SESSION ENDS TONIGHT

Mothers and babies, Misunderstanding
parties and citizenship education were
among the subjects discussed yesterday
by the firs conference of the second
region of the National League Of Women
Voters at the Pennsylvania Hotel
Those 200 delegates, many of whom
came from distant regions to report on
the progress Of work, represent the for
mer National American Woman Suffrage
Association whose activities ceased
when the league Ty2s formed OF its old
membership.
The first efforts of the 100000
women belonging to the league will be
d rected to saving every month the lives
of, 20, 900 mothers and babies, the cam
palgn to begin Just as soon as the league
can persuade the Congress to consider
favorably its bill, which provides for
the necessary care of mother and child.
The next session of Congress. Mrs.
Maud Wood Park, who is chairman oil
the National League and who has charge
of Its legislative programme. explained,
is short one, and not apt to be inter-
ested IN such a bill. But unless we
can get the bill passed by this Con-
sress," Mrs. Park said. more than 500.-
600 mothers and babies will be lost"
If the bill is held over 1t will have
to be considered by another Congress.
she explained, and as most of the state
Legislatures meet biennially they VIII
have adjourned before the next Congress
may act and the bin would therefore
have to wait until 1928 for State action.
Mrs. Park said that an average OF
10000 mothers and babies die every
month from lack Of maternity and IN
fancy care.
Mrs Park has called together rep
resentative body of women to meet In
Washington next Monday to consider the
best way to interest the pubic in that
bill. Among the organizations which
will have a representative at the meet
ing are the National League of Women
Voters, the General Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, Woman's Trad" Union
League, Mothers and Parent Teachers
Associa ton, Council of Jewisl, Women,
Consumers League, w c. 7. u, COL
legiate Anmnae Association ard the
National Cornell of Women. The league
has six bills in all which it hopes 20
have Congress pass. One Of the bills
provides for the retention of her citizen
ship by woman who marries an alien
so long as she remains iE the United
States.
Mrs George Gellhorn of St. Louis 60
gional director of the Middle Western
States, asked the women to work for
100 per cent. electorate. Then she told
Of the New Years Day programme she
has arranged for her district. where
every bell will rirg and every whistle
blow at a certain hour, and the women
will rush out OF their homes to shake
hands with each other and everybody
"for democracy" She suggested that
the Eastern district might adopt this
idea.
On registration day the women Of
Missouri put rlacards in the houses
where women had registered. The pfa-
cards said "A woman living here has
registered, thereby assuming full re-
81 onsibility of citizenship"
Re orts from regional directors were
made by Miss Katherine Ludington, the
first Mrs. f. Louis Slade. second Mrs.
Scion Jacobs. third; Miss Elizabeth
Hauser. fourth Mrs. James Page, fifth
Mrs. Gellhorn. sixth, and Mrs. {. Ii.
Simmons, seventh.
The conference will meet this morning
and will end with a dinner tonight.