Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-08
Women in Virginia Politics

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l ton and The campaign activities pre-
cedng ii serve TO emphasize the role that
women are playing i'll Virginia politics
Their votes and their work proved an i'm
portant even if not deciding factor. in
the triumph Of Senator Trinkle. and the
TACT that for the first time Virginia had
women candidates for the Legislature-Miss
Perkins and Mrs. Durham, of Richmond
each of whom made splendid race--is in
dicative of the increasing part they may
be expected to play in determining who
shall administer the affairs OF the State and
now It's policies shall be fashioned. While
the womens vote i'll the rural districts was
not so large as in the cities due perhaps
to the difficulties of getting to the polls
rather than TO any lack of interest in both
cities and counties ii was sufficiently heavy
to put TO rout those persons who until then
had been unconvinccd that women really
wanted the ballot or would exercise il if
they had ii. 1t was the first general pri-
mary In which the women had participated,
and they proved that they did want the
ballot, that they not only knew how TO use
II, but would use it. and that from this time
forth their voices would be increasingly
heard III the management of State and party
affairs.
This political activity on the par, OF the
women is gratifying. 1t is an augury OF a
better brand of politics in Virginia ana
with their vital interest in the homo in
schools, and everything that pertains IN
better citizenship, their influence, backed bv
their ballots, viii! be an asset to the State
the value OF which is immeasurable In Tho
campaign that impends they will do their
share The primary was rather i'm tho ma
ture OF Il try-out for them, and now that
the strangcncss has worn off and they have
proved themselves on the hustipgs ana nj
the polls, they are prepared for real cam
paigning shoulder to shoulder with tboir
husbands and brothers.
While political activity on the part of tho
women in Virginia is something now ,boir
influence in the management of tho Stoto,s
various institutions for years has been nf in
caicuiaDle benefit. Heretofore they have
been compelled to depend for recognize
on appointment, rather than TO demand il
OF right as now they may, but the roster of
the State discloses a Surprisingly largo pum-
Der OF women who are giving Virginia loyal
service. Perhaps few people realize how
large that number is Glance at the roster.
On the State Board of Charities and Cor
rections we find Mrs j. f. Mcconnell. of
East Radford and Mrs Robert W. Shultice
OF Norfolk; on the Chiidren's Code Com
mission Mrs. Louis Brownlow. of PETERS
burg; Mrs. W. W. King OF Staunton; Miss
Nora houston. of Richmond. and Dr. Mary
Brydon, of Richmond On the Virginia
Council of Defense. Miss Ella Agncw: ON
the state Board of Health Mrs Charles
Hall Davis. OF Petersburg; on the Commits
sion TO Study Educational Conditions in Vir
ginia, Miss Bessie Taylor, OF Richmond: ON
the Virginia Normal School Board. Miss
Belle Webb, of Prince George and Mrs \
j.. Staples. Of Roanoke; on the State Board
OF Examiners Of Graduate Nurses Mrs r
Croxton, of Richmond; Miss Elizabeth Tar-
rison Webb, of Richmond; Miss Emma I.
Harlan OF CharlOttcsyille Miss Virginia
Thacker, of Roanoke; Miss Angelica Didier
Of Winchester, and Miss Julia ST. Lo MeIli-
champe of Pulaski On the Virginia Home
and Industrial School for Girls Board Mrs
George j. Cameron Jr., OF Petersburg: Mrs
Kate Langley Boshcr, OF Richmond. Mrs
S. p. Waddil. OF Richmond; Mrs " &
Mcneil, of Richmond; Miss Sarah 3d. Roller
OF Richmond. On the board OF the virginia
Industrial School for Coored Girls Mrs
Henry Lane Schmclz. OF Hampton: Mrs w
S. Mcneil, OF Richmond; Mrs C.. p. Card
well, Of Hanover airs - -. Munford of
Richmond Mrs l.. T. Titus, OF Norfolk and
Maggie Walker. OF Richmond On the board
OF the College Of William and Mary Mrs
d. j. Munford. of Richmond: ON ,hc vir
ginia War History Commission. Miss Mary
Johnston. OF Warm Springs: Mrs. william
G. Stanard, OF Richmond: Mrs Lucion n
Cooke. OF Roanoke. Mrs. H. 49, Munford NJ
Richmond; Mrs. Fgbert G. Leigh. Ir of
Richmond, ana Miss Julia SulIy of Rich
mond.
Quite an imposing list ana convincing