Arizona republican., 1922-03-22
OUTLINES WORK
INITIATED BY
WOMEN vO 7 TERS
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, Ma
tional Presid mt Of
League, Addresses Big
Gathering At The Wom-
ans Club.

Illleui every seat in the women CLUB.
Mrs. Maude Wood Park, national
president Of the League Of Women
Voters, detailed yesterday afternoon
the purposes of the organization, told
in graphic way of the work al
ready accomplished and outlined the
work which must necessarily be done
by women to remove the handicap
under which they are laboring in
national affairs. Mrs. Parks spoke
under the auspices OF the Civics Ed
llcational department Of the club,
" Mrs. Grace Yarwood, chairman.
Mrs. Park is speaker above the
ordinary, with a voice OF peculiar
!. charm and a personality and magnet
ism OF address which carry with them
he conviction that she. knows exact
IN what she wants. and the best
means Of acquiring H. Her talk aWak-
aned her hearers to the new respon-
sibility which they must assume IN
the politics of the country II they
expect to accomplish any radical
changes in the legislation. and gave
many Of them an entirely new con-
scept Of what the League OF Women
Voters stands for.
Mrs. winfield Smith Of Seattle. or
ganizer OF tl.5 League OF Women Nol-
ers. made a short Introductory talk
sf in which she told Of her visits to
eastern cities and of the eager ques-
tions asked her about the work ac-
"A complished with the vote by their
more fortunate western sisters. Mrs
smith said that she was forced to
tell them that while some OF the wo-
men were active in the work. taken
as whole there was very little 10
tell of the actual accomplishment.
Worked For Vote
"The west was given the franchise
without effort. but the rest OF the
country had to work for it, and for
three quarters of a century In order
to carry out the final movement. How
have the women of the great west re-
duited the men for what they gave?"
asked Mrs Smith.
She said that to date women were
using about two per cent Of their
potentiality, and likened the League
3a.of Women Voters TO q great schooi
which women might attend and learn
that which would make them usetui
citizens. Then with few graceful
words she introduced Mrs. Park as
\ tire person who could tell them the
purposes Of the league better than
anyone else in the organization.
Mrs. park humorously described
gathering of club women IN Wasnlng-
ton. come together to awaiting tne
passing Of the 18th amendment ana
the remark of one, when 1t was I'm
ally certain that the Dill nad passeu
'sWell. its all over"
she liked this remark 70 tne
Children OF Israel In the WILDERNESS
who spent every spare moment they
could find. recounting theirpasteX-
neriences or telling what they were
going to do when they got to the land
4 flowing with milk and honey.
women, in taking on the dutles
OF the vote, " said Mrs. Park, iouI,1
that the Promised Land never Coulu t,,a
flow with milk and honey until the
soil had been titled and the flocks
tended and all things necessary done
10 make the land profitable
"Just having suffrage doesn't get
~ anyvhere unless we make use OF
Il and it has always seemed 70 me
that the plan made for the national
league That is, to give the women
training in the citizenship tney aLe
bound to need. ana 70 Wnlcn allo -, w. .,,a
an Of all parties might come anu anu
find out what the movements lhey
might want to work in, with no party
obligation attached
PerpIexina Problems
Mrs. Park told OF the many PEI
,,ieTing situations which arose before
1ha league was well organized, ana
~ how the colleges had graduaiiy
come to realize the good being done
and to cooperate with the WoInel
yale University opened its doors last
~, ~ Az women OF Connecticut. Civ
ing them a weeks course in cltlzen-
shin during which women came from
Eli over the state to sit through the
clasSas and study about their OWN
gnvernment. Harvard joined with the
other colleges to give the women
a course in civil government, ana lne
university OF Virginia last summer
opened a school Of citizenship whlen
was SO successful that the teacher
was sent over the state az Wy ~.
pense OF the university to enlghten
those women who had not been aole
E ~ attend In Texas Mrs. Park found
wornen attending classes during con-
ventio9l week to learn all aDouI tlle
constitution Of the state, so thal tney
might be informed when the time
came to vote on changes. THESE class-
es and the assiduous work OF the
women surprise and conlounu lne
men. said Mrs Park, many OF lhenl
admitting that they themselves know
nothing about the supJeSts unN0A
The citizenship school might be of
interest in Arizona II the form or a
onIestionnaire issued in the East en-
titled "Know Your Own Town We're
followed. This QUESTIONABLE was
used to good advantage in Blr1nlng-
ham Ala. where the women came
to know their own town so well that
thev oyerthrew a corrupt city gov
ernment and established another
along clean. safe lines.
No Royal Road
"There is no single royal road TO
good government" went on Mrs
park. "and the league does not try
ia lay out any set plan which must
be followed. 1t only rosters tne .,.
ave women Of the East realize how
little you in the West need us, from
state point of view. What we have
and do in our states is of no interest
70 YOU But we need you. and we
w;li never as a nation, be able to 90
what we should do as women. II only
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