Evening star., 1922-07-23

partment of the national woman's
party comparatively recently. and is
one Of ten woman lawyers engaged in
the complicated work of looking up
all laws of the different states Of the
Union which in any way concern
women and their affairs. This work
is being done by states and special
notations are made concerning all
laws that in any way discriminate
against women. At present Miss Bass
is working on Texas. having just
completed an outline of all such laws
of the state of Georgia.
1t is a speech regarding these laws
of Georgia. especially those which
discriminate against women, that Miss
Bass will give at a meeting called
for tomorrow night in the garden
back of the national womans party
building at 25 1st street northeast.
at O'Clock All members of the
Georgia Society and all others in
terested in this subject are invited
to attend the meeting, the primary
motive of which is to discuss the
| women's campaign in Georgia in all
of its phases.
Determinations lne laws Oh tnIS
one state indicate some of the many
problems to be met with by women
in the different states all over the
country. They also indicate some of
the many opportunities for woman
lawyers in the United States for spe-
cializing in cases concerning their
own sex or cases regarding children
now and in the near future. The fight
is on in many states. In Georgia
ex-senator Hoke Smith and almost
every member of the present delega-
tion in Congress have offered aid to
the women in fighting these laws.
The nine other woman lawyers wh"
have been commissioned to the, :ar'-
of working in the library of
, United States Supreme Court to
this first comprehensive report O
legal position of woman in
United States. and the. states
which they have been assigned to
prepare digests are: Mrs. Burnita
Shelton Matthews Ga member of the
District Of Columbia bar, LIB. and
LL.M.), New York state: also the
drafting of model state bills for the
legislature; Miss Emma Void. Colo
RADIO. South Dakota: Kansas and
New Hampshire, Vermont. Rhode
island and Connecticut; Miss Eta
Louise Taggert. Minnesota, wyoming.
Montana and Utah; Miss Mabel Hiatt.
Nebraska and Arkansas, MISS boTotny
Bealse, Nevada. Washington. Idaho
and Pennsylvania: Miss Aida Smith.
federal laws; Miss Alma Partridge.
Ohio. Illinois, Iowa. Indiana and New
Jersey; Miss Olive Lacey. Delaware.
South Carolina. Kentucky. Tennessee
and North Caralina: Miss Beatrice
Clephane, West Virginia and Okla
| homa-
Miss Bass has as we'll as Georgia
and Texas, the states Of Arizona. New
Mexico. California and wisconsin.
Digests have already been COM
pleted on the states Of Alabama,
| louisiana, Florida. Mississippi. Vir-
ginia, Maryland. Massachusetts,. Mis-
souri,. Michigan, North Dakota,
Georgia and the District of Columbia.
The results Of these digests will be
presented at the national conference
Of the society next November as a
basis for formulating a constructive
program to remove the legal and
economic ,handicaps from the women
! Of this country. aLws to be investi-
gated as a basis for determining on
q federal amendment include those
on welfare, support. alimony. federal
| homesteads. federal citizenship, fed
eral immigration, white slavery and
passports.