Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-26
YEAR
Of BALLOT
SHOW BIC
GAINS
Women Voters Everywhere
Slowly but Surely Finding
Place in Political Life of
State and Nation.
Especial to The Press.)

NEW YORK, Aug. 26-Reprcsen-
izationsative women leaders in poll
tical organizations here expressed
qualification today over the achieve
ment of the women Of the United
States during the first year of their
national enfranchsement. The 10Th
Amendment to the constitution was
Officially proclaimed Aug. 26, 1920.
All agreed that during the year
women voters everywhere had begun
slowly but surely to find their place
in the political councils and organi-
cations OF the parties. An awakened
political consciousness among both
men and women and new dignity in
political affairs generally were among
the things accomplished by women in
that short time, they said.
Mrs. Carrie Chapn..n Gait of the
National League of Women Voters
and the National American Woman
Suffrage Association said that women
have begun to find their place in the
management of the affairs of the two
dominant political parties Of the coun-
try
"While our progress in that direc-
ton has not been complete" she said,
1--WE believe that we have accomplish
ed much in that direction. Many
women have benn somewhat discour-
aged bv the treatment they have re-
ceived from the professional men pol
tcians in their localities. While
women have not been granted political
equality and opportunity to take their
proper place in the political life Of
their communities in about half the
states, they have been received with
sympathy and understanding and ac-
corded full equauity in the political
organizations in the rest. The women
who are more experienced in political
matters, especially those who are en-
gagged in suffrage work before nation
al enfranchsement, find nothing 6is
couraging in the situation"
Helen Varick Boswell, vice-presi-
dent of the Republican County Com
mittee of New York, said that the ra
pidity and ease with which women
have become absorbed in the political
side of life since the passage of the
Nineteenth Amendment had caused
amazement among the men and salts
faction among the women. In New
York state the women became organ
lied into the parties within a few
few weeks of the actual granting of
suffrage.
'''Thc benefit to the country and to
women has been great, We feel an
assurance, a poise. q security in being
real citizen, with all the functions
Of helping to create and to maintain
better governmen as our eouipement in
the political field
Mrs Lillian R. Sire, president of the
Woman's Democratic Political League
said that the biggest achievement of
the year has been the educating of wo-
men and men to new political con-
sciousness. ssssSj
"The work of introducing women's
ideals nto our political affairs is nee
essarily slow" she said, "but we are
makinggrogress every day and a high
er standard of conduct in politics and
public affairs is being set up.
"We have learned that most of our
political leaders are not sincere with
us. They will have to learn to take
women into their confidence and con-
suit with them more on political pro-
blems of every nature in order to get
their point of view which is of value
1--WE have not found them to be
grateful either We are given house
toulouse carvassing, for which we are
well-fitted. and other political druid
gerry to do bur so far there has been
no sharing of other political respon-
sitilties. After we have been of SER
vice and benifit to them they try tc
avoid US for fear we will expect them
to return the favor in kind
Mary Garrett Hay, chairman of the
New York City League of Women