The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-23
Women To Conduct
 Equality Campaign

Washington, July 23.-The nation wide campaign of the national wom- ans party to remove from the sta ute books of all states legal discri- minations against women is to be started soon in New England A series of meetings has been arranged by Mrs. Agnes Mercy of BrookIine, vice. chairman for New England; Mrs. Herbert Pinkharn, of Boston; Mrs Treat Whitehouse, state chairman for Maine, and Mrs. Lois Warren Shaw of New Hampshire. These meetings are to be conducted at the various summer colonies and watering places along the Atlantic coast.
 A schedule of dates is now being arranged for these meetings and Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown of West Virginia, political chairman of the national Woman's party, will make 8 speaking tour of the old North Shore addressing the various gatherings.
 Mrs. Brown, who, as Izetta Jewell, ended a most successful stage career. after a brilliant theatrical season in Washington, by marrying the late Congressman Brown of West Virginia, is, by the way, New England born and bred. Indeed, there are only ten gen. eraGons between her and her ances tor, John HowlandS, who came over in the Mayf1ower. Mrs Brown, who adds to other many accomplishments those of being the charming mother of attractive small daughter, a practical farmer and successful busi- ness woman, inherited her feminist tendencies, her mother having been supporter of the first suffrage movement, and frequently entertain ed Susan B. Anthony at her home in Meriden-
 Mrs. O. H. F. Be1mont's gift of s51, 1900 for the purchase of perman- ent headquarters at No. 25 First, N. "aShjnpton and the in the Wisconsin legislature of the first Woman's bill of rights to be adopt ed by any of the states of the Union, has speeded up activity in the na- tionaI wonaan's party which is direct ing it's efforts solely to the removal of existing legal discrininations against women
 Elsie Hill, national chairman, Alice Paul and other 1eaers Of the party are one in thinking that the logical means next to insure the political, legal, educational and social freedom of women, now that the fight for suffrage has been won, it to remove the statute books of the United States and of the various states and terri troial possessions of all laws d1scrfn. inatory against womne. The text of the Wisconsin act just won in a re- actionary legislature, after a forty days fight led by Mrs. Frank Put nam, state chairman of the national wonan's party is as fo11ows:-
 Women shah have the same rights and privileges under the law as men in the exeHcise of suffrage, freedom of contract. choice of residence for vot ing purposes, jury service. holding of flee, holding and conveying property, care and custody of children and in all other respects. The various courts. executive and administrative officers shah eonstrue the statutes, where the masculine gender is used. to include the feminine gender unless such construction will deny to females the special protection and privileges which they now. enjoy for the gen. eral welfare. The courts, executive and administrative officers shall make all necessary rules and provisions to carry out the intent and purpose of this statute" -
 Bills similar in import will be fn- troduced in the various states and territorial possessions. while the fed eraI measure will take the form of an amendment to the constitution which will provide that neither poll tical nor legal disabilities on account of sex or coverture shall exist within the United States or in any place sub ject to it's Jurisdiction.