The Mankato free press., 1922-03-10
WOMEN VOTERS LEAGUE

There are many interesting endeay
ors that women of this city and 9th
er cities are doing work in, but man.
people have not had the opportuni
to know just what certain organiza.
lions are doing. For this reason a
series or articles has been pfenared
by women or Mankato, and they will
be printed from time to time. The
first article is on '"rhe League. Of
Women Voters" written by Mrs. j.
w. Andrews: ----. ..-...
Mathew Arncld oace said: III ev-
er the world sets q time when wo-
men shall como together purely a1c
simply tor the good Of mankind II
will be a power such as the world
has never seem
Two years ago when / attended
the Suffrage association in Chicago
which was merged at that time into Q
League OF Women Voters. l noticed
the wonderful spirit of cooperation
among these representatives from ev :
cry state in the union. At that time
thought Mathew Arnold's prophesy
would come true: but find we wo.
men are very human after all. We
are prone to partisanship and jeal-
ousies and the great ideals the wo-
men had, that organized this body
had to be shattered because the wo-
men are not a unit in It. The one
kind OF partisanship Mrs. Gait warned
US against-the kind that makes us a
republican or democrat because our
forefathers were, and not from prin-
ciple-crops out and destroys this
oneness OF spirit which could ac-
nnT1 MI oh
Is being done but not as much as
town is republican the democratic
women are sure this Is republican
organization and for the good Of that
body. and IL the leader is a democrat
the republican women are very sure
the organization is working for the
good of the democratic party.
81 have attended nearly every con
vention of the League of Women Vot
ers since it was organized and l can
say thiS,-that ! never heard partisan
politics talked either in groups Oh
from q platform. There Is. still an
other great draw back and that is
good and intelligent women. Mrs. T.
G.. Winter, our much beloved national
G. +. w. G. president says. that this
is harder to control than the bolshev-
ist movement"
"The League of Women Voters is
going much In an educational way.
Field workers are sent out through
the rural districts getting the women
together and teaching them citizen
ship. Then national and state chair
mar of different reform movements
with their sub committees are doing
q great work. 1t was through the
League of Women Voters in coopera-
tion with the republican and demo
Shepard Towner Bill in the interests
of maternity. Mrs. Maude Park
Wood, the national president of the
League of Women Voters, camped at
Washington until this war passed.
The League is interested in better
and more unified laws for men and
women. Child Welfare, which of
course includes Child Labor Social
Hygiene, Women in Industry, Ameri-
canization, and other things of vital
interest for the betterment of the
world. It is also interested in better
and purer politics which the following
League of Women Voters had been
organized in Columbus Ohio the wo-
men found that the town was being
run by political machine that was
a great detriment to this otherwise
beautiful city. They thoroughly Or
ganized and appointed committees for
every ward and precinct to find out
just where the trouble lay. They
succeeded in q recall of the mayor
and broke up the political machine
that had been running the city for
sometime. This is only one illustra-
tion of many which could site.
$50 we have hopes that eventually
the women will come to see what they
for the good of mankind. l believe
we can bring about peace for the
world If we work in harmony.
II do not wish to be understood as
disparaging parties; the slogan of
that Chicago convention. was, get into
a party. We are hoping that the in.
fiuence of the good women in coop
ertaion with the good men will purify
them, but it seems that In our muni-
cipal and state politics there is no
issue between the two great parties,
only the better man, be he republican
or democrat, and here the League Of
vice as ! have before illustrated. Let
us take as our slogan, Service and
as our motto The Golden Rule then
/ am sure we shall in a measure he
able to make the world Safe for
democracy" and I know of no better
phrase even though this may be con-
sidered hackned by many people,
that so express the condition We
would like to see exist.
"The organization of the League of
Women Voters in Mankato meets
every other Saturday at the Y. NJ. c.
A. Professor A. H. Morris of the
Teachers college is giving instruc-
tions in parliamentary law, and at
each session lecture is given by
some Of our men and women Of the
city capable OF 50 doing on citizen
very much like to have the women of
the city take advantage of this in
struction and so join forces In making
the world better place in which to
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