Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-23
BDP'l)F WOMEN
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lo~oFas Likely 10 De Found in
Seats at Next state
Legislature
MANY BooMs sPRlNGlNG up

WITH the frst whisperings Of spring.
i Vo0p's aspirations for the Legislature
4 ore pushing through the political earth
/. md prumise a fair garden Of candidates
) NJ the May primary. H'.@
Niss Martha @. Thomas. known as
y1<tV Thomas TO thousands Of Bryn
1Awt college graduates, announced her
e9ndiA1ty TODAY. She lives in Whit
ford. chester County.
Miss Thomas probably will be the first
woman elected to the General Assembly
from Chester County, At recent
meeting, OF men leaders. including SEN
ator Larry Eyre, it was decided to
have 0ae woman In the county delega-
tion q. the House at Harrisburg.
The Chester County organization has
1s also in the enviable position Of having
the support Of women's organizations
there.
Active in Many Fields
Az the last primary Miss Thomas was
nominated for delegate to the proposed
state constitutional convention. Voters
throughout the state. however, rejected
the convention plan.
Miss Thomas Is treasurer Of the Penn
sylvania League Of Women Voters and
% 4 director Of the West Chester Hos
pital board and Of the West Chester
Recreation Association. She is active
in numerous Chester County educa-
ticnal aid philanthropic projects.
Miss Thomas also is prominent in the
activities Of the Pryn Mawr Alumnae.
After, her graduation she served sue
cessfu1ly as warden Of Pembroke Hall,
4 position which made her official
hostess Of that important division Of
the college.
There is a possibility Of contest
against Miss Thomas. however. as Isa-
belle Darlington. n member Of the Chcs.
ter County bar. is candidate for the
Legislature. Miss Darlington has manv
friends and may make a strong fight If
she remains in the field.
A woman candidate for the Lcsisla-
t,re from Delaware County 10 oppose
Mrs. +. l.. Melick. who is already out
for the office. may be announced to-
morrow night al a meeting in Chester
Of the Woman's Republican Club OF
Delaware County
Has Started Campaign
Mrs. Mclick's campaign already is
under way. Today she is distributing
"hiers' throughout Delaware County,
The "f,iers" bear the heading WHO
Is Mrs. Mclick?' and then tell Of her
work as a member Of various women 5
organizations. She says she believes
I'm the educational and rccrcational
value of motion pictures. and stands
for the best possible legislation con :
cerning them. She also stands for the
utmost efficiency and economy in State
Government.
Mrs. j.. Claude Bedford will preside
aud the principal speaker will BIZ State
Banking Commissioner Fisher. regarded
as a candidate for Governor.
Among the names mentioned as pos
sible candidates for the Legislature are
Mrs. Bedford. Mrs. Frank +. Barber.
of Swarthmore. and Mrs. John s. G.
Harvey, Of Radnor.
Mrs. Bedford and her associates sup
ported Judge Isaac Johnson at the las,
election and are opposed to the candi-
dacy Of Mrs. NIelick, who campaigned
against the veteran Delaware County
jurist. .nui,.
Another candidacy brought fhfwarl
today is that Of Miss Gertrude AIcKin
ney. chairman of the Butler County
League of Women Voters and vice
chairman Of the Western district Of the
State Federation Of Pennsylvania Won
en-. Miss Mckinney believes she would
make a capable representative at Har-
risburg