The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-11-04
Mrs. Lena B. Mathes is
Superintendent


The Woman's Department OF the
League is in charge of Mrs. Lena B.
Mathes. For long time Mrs. Mathes
has been organizing Chicago women
to give effective support to Prohibit
ton. Her department is now state
wide IN its activities. Under her di-
rec.ion women everywhere in Illinois
will be given the special cooperation
needed 10 make their efforts Tor en-
lorcement effective. Meetings will be
held in various towns throughout the
state and information for the organi-
zation of women will be sent TO all
parts oi the state. Organization plans
will be furnished and special help will
be given to the women OF any COM
munity. Through such centralized
leadership it is planned to make the
women citizens OF Illinois the most
effective force possible in support OF
the Eighteenth Amendment.
A Well Qualified Leader
No woman in America is better
qualified for the leadership OF woman
citizens than Mrs. Mathes, head OF
The Woman's Department OF the
Ant-Saioon League. In 1918 Mrs.
Mathes organized the Woman 5
Church Federation OF Chicago. was
its president for seven years and Is
now honorary president OF this or
ganization. She has organized Wom-
ems Church Federations in other
Towns in Illinois and in various parts
Of the United States.
It was the work OF the Temperance
Committee OF the Woman's Church
Federation which resulted in the
elimination of liquor advertisements
from cnc OF our large daily papers
and similarly this organization po,Hed d
thousands of letters into Mayor
Thompson's office, urging him to
close the saloons on Sunday.
Mrs. Mathes served several years
on the Board OF Directors OF the Dry
Chicago Federation and spent her
time speaking i'll the churches and
lining up women in the campaign to
circulate the petition for the vote.
Mrs. Mathcs served on the Law
Enforcement Committee, the Legis-
latiyc Committee and the Social
Hygiene Committee of the Council
OF National Defense. When war was
declared the Woman's Church Fed
Grafton was the first womans or
ganization 10 establish an Office at
the headquarters OF the Council OF
Defense.
Active In Many Groups
In her cndcavor to link the church
up with all good work through CO.
operation she has come to occupy
positions in other Wonen's organiza-
tions and serves on committees of the
various Boards of Relief-the Near
East, Russian Relief, Feeding OF the
German Children, etc. She is mem
Der of the Legislative Committee OF
the Woman's City Club. Chairman OF
the Legislative Committee OF the
Chicago League OF Women Voters,
on the Executive Committee of the
Illinois Vigilance Association, mem
Der of the Board of Directors OF the
Illinois League of Women Voters,
member of the Nationl Board of Di-
rectors of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom, is a
member of the National Committee
on Reduction of Armaments through
international Agreement of the Ma
tional League OF Women Voters. She
is OH the Board OF Directors of the
Illinois Woman's Legislative Con-
gress.
She was for four years teacher OF
Ecclesiastical Sociology i'll the Bap-
tist Training School. The daughter of
Baptist minister and defendant on
mothers side oil a long line OF min
isters and missionaries OF old Eng
iish stock in Virginia.