Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-15
WOMEN TO ASK
MEMBERSHIP ON
MORE BOARDS
Look to McCray to Give Them
Representation in State
Appointments.

Hoosier women who have been active
in politics for the past several years
have taken hope that with the incoming
State administration they viii be more
equally represented in membership on
the various State commissions ana
boards OF trustees of Indiana's char1taDle
and correctional institutions. Especially
are they hopeful that their sex VIII De
recognized to a greater extent on gov
erninS boards OF institutions wherein
women are the inmates.
Under the Goodrich administration
but nine women are members OF boards
of trustees Of the States many lnstltu-
lions, These are the school for the
blind. with two women on the board;
board of charities, one woman; child
welfare and social insurance commits
sion. two women: Indiana State SAM
tarium for treatment of tuberculosis, one
woman. and the Indiana wOman's prison,
with four women representing the en-
tire membership Of the board
These women, with the dates OF expira-
ton Of their commission, are Mrs. VII
liam A. Hough, Greenfield, school for
blind: Jan. 1. 1922; Mary A. SPHINX, In
dianapolis. board of charities, March To-
1922; Vida Newsom. Columbus, child wei
fare commission. March l. 1921; Mrs Al
bion Fellows Bacon. Evansville, child
welfare commission, March 1, 1921; Mrs.
Nevada Duncan, Cloverdale, Indiana
state Sanitarlum, May "A. 1921; Mrs
Joseph B. Healing, Indianapolis, wom-
ans prison, April 10, 1923; Charlotte j..
Dunn. Indianapolis wOman's prison.
April 10. 1923: Margaret Nicely, Martins
Vile, woman's prison, April 10, 1923 /;
Alice WiIkie Paynter. Sullivan, woman 5
prison, April 10, 1923.
Several commissions of male members
Of the boards Of trustees of these insti-
tutions. will expire in 1921 1t IS this
fact that leads women to believe they
will be recognized to a greater extent
when the time comes for the. handing out
OF appointments.
Commissions which viii expire in 1921
are held by Thomas A. Clifton, Coving-
ton, School for the Blind, Jan. 1; De-
marchus Brown, indianapolis. Board Of
Charities. March 1; John II. Holiday, In
dianapOEs. Board of Charities (commis-
sion now expired) Wilmer Christian, In
dianapolis, Village for Epileptics, March
Is: Charles Heustis, Greencastle, Indiana
State Farm. July Z; AdOlph Seidensticker.
indianapolis. Board of PardOns, Jan. L;
Thomas Z. Daily. Indian polls, Board Of
PardOns. March %; Joseph L Bayard
Jr, Vincennes, Southern Indiana Hos
pita1 for Insane, Jan. /; L. ). KoDertS.
Madison. Southeastern Hospital for In
sane, Aug. l.
1t is deemed highly probable that many
Of these men viii be replaced with WON
; en-, in addition to the appointment OF
women to succeed those whose commits
sions viii expire next year. Two facts
give rise TO these suppositions.
The first reason is that GOvernor-eleet
McCray has Indicated that he desires
more women connected with the admin
istratiOn of state affairs. and in the ap
pOintment OF Miss Ada Bush as his pri-
vate secretary he has taken what Is con
sidered a big step toward carrying out
this desire.
The second reason is political expedi-
ency. Republican politicians have 10,
been uumindful Of the source OF theiE
great landslide into power I'm both State
and Nation. They know that the WON
ems votes aided materially in Republican
success Nov. , And they know like
wise that the women are not going t.
be content to sit idly by for four ye.-ra
just for the chance to again exercis
their right Of franchise and not deSirt
any of the political spoils.
They are going 10 demand place Is
the State administration machinery. an~
are going 10 Insist that they be heard