The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

PLAN A MERGER
FOR SUFFRAGE
Delegates Arrive for Last
Meet of Old Organization
And Making of New.
SESSION ATTRACTS
LEADERS OF NATION
Monument to Pioneers
For Votes for Women to
Be Placed in Capitol.

Delegate are already arriving for
the most remarkable gathering ~
women that has ever been held In
( the United States.
The occasion is the hrst and last
national convention fwomen 10 ~
held under the auspices Of the Ma
tionaI women's Party The first acts
will be TO disband the National
Woman's Party and form the Ma
tionaI Woman's Union. which will
include all factions and all shades
Of political belief among women
voters OF the country.
The first ac tof the enfranchised
womanhood Of the country" said
Miss Alice Paul chairman Of the
National woman's Party yesterday.
will be to abolish laws whereby in
some States women are forbidden 70
practice the learned professions,
married women have ocontrol over
their property or earnings. and
mothers are held 20 have no right
or control over their Children.
Demand Changes.
We will also 60 on record as Do
termined that public and political
Offices OF every sort shall he nnrn 10
women as freey as IN men
Does that include tho right IN h..
! a candidate for President and IN he
appointed TO positions I'm tho cah.-
net" Miss Paul was asked.
, 1T docs" she replied There ss
= no resso nwhy political Offices or ar
kinds should not he oren 10 vom.u
candidates Women are better 6trrd
than men 10 handle many kinds ~
administration duties"
| one resolution - ~ 71i-,,-s lrrf--.
the convention dec1ares that y omen.
having won their political freedom.
will not "consecrste themselves m
tho duty Of seeing that this free
dom is not lost in any international
government that is established
FOreisS. Delegates
/ II was explained by leading su0-
fragists that women see in the
league Of nations and other inter
national associations tendsnry ~
/ work against the removal Of Laws
by which women are held in sunIo,-
! tion by men. They are determined
! to fight this tendency.
! Mrs. BainhridCe Colby. wife OF tho
! Secretary Of State, will greet the
| foreign delegation. which Includes
Princess Anne AzEeptjan. Of Ar
! menia; Nine. Thit Jenson. Of Den4
mark. Miss Anna Stephanek. ot
CzeCho- SlOvakia: Mme. ne Neyra. ~
/ the Phi!ippineS. and Mrs Verms
Swanson Howard. Of Sweden
/ Represe entatiTcs OF every political
{ creed in the United SJates-Demo-
Gratis, Republicans. Communists. So-
cialists and Farmer-l.a boriLes-wrU
| be given a day in which TO present
I their claims TO the woman vote
| A monument 10 the three great
! pioneer suffrage lraders-NIiss Susan
B. Anthony. Elizabeth Cady stanton
I and LuCretia NOtt-wiu arrive in
! Washington today accompanied hv
| the sCulptress, Mrs Adelaide John
son. II will be placed iu Statuarv
/ Hall at the Capitol pending formal
presentation during the convention.
The SuffraEist, national organ ur
/ the woman.S party, will he changed
ito an organ known as Tho F-,..-
woman
/ Miss Wilson 60 Talk.
1 Miss Margaret Wilson. daughter
. the President rs amonE tho prvnI-
/ in"nt women who have accepted rn-
Nit8tionS Io address tho ron,rn-
/ tion. AStho result Of Miss Wilson's
acceptance. both tho incoming and
outgoing administrations are rep
4 resented on tho program Mrs.
Harding wife Of IA" President
elect, recently accepted the invita-
tion OF Mrs Lawrence Lewis. 0y
Philadelphia, To serve on the pres
"ntation commlttee oC the national
memorial statue OF the suffrage pto-
ne"rs. which rs 10 be unN oHed in
the Capitol February %.
In agreeing To address the rom
vention Miss Wilson. who will DIS
CUss the work Of the community
center organization. said:
Il shall b. very much interested
in bringing TO the attention Of tho
women Of the country tn" Comwu-
nifty center work which D rrrI IFS
Of great importanro To the v0Ifar"
and prosperity of tho nation"
Many Speaker.
The other women speakers IN
clude.
Miss Julia Lathrop. chief OF the
children's bureau. Department u
Labor; Miss Mary Anderson. chief
Of the womaus bureau. Department
Of Labor; Miss Ethel Smith. ISIS
lative secretary OF the WomCn's
Trades Union League Miss jHuIs
De Nilbiss. surgeon, United SLa.rs
Public Health Service: Miss Ida
Hafford. director OF the neral
Federation Of Womans Clubs. MIS-.
Florence Kelley. general sCg~CJdrg
Of the Consumers League: Mrs.
Philip Moore, president Of Jn, NJ
tional Council ut Women. Mrs
Henry Willard. president Of the Ma
tional woman's Peace party. Miss
Mabel KittredFo, president Of the
woman's international League;
Mrs. Ellis Yost. legislative chairman
of the W {. T. u; Miss Mary Stew
art, secretary Of the Federation Of
Business and Professional Wumcn's
Clubs: Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle. head
Of the woman's police bUresu:
Washington: Miss Henrietta Adj
ton, executive besq OF the bureau
Of social hygiene,