Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01


Mobilize to vote--Mobiization Day
for Citizenship November 2.
WITH the addition of d number of
w prominent European feminists
to the International Advisory Council
for Equal Rights. organized last year
by the National Woman's Party, this
body has grown within the past Few
months to represent the strongest
group of advanced feminists in the
world, In the opinion OF leaders in the
movement for complete equality OF
sexes in both political and economic
fields.
Delegates from the Woman's Party
to the recent Paris corclave, OF suffra-
gists who remained abroad after the
adjournment Of the session have Wis
tied the prominent suffrage organiza-
lions of England. France, Switzerland,
Austria and ireland, outlining for the
feminists OF these countries the prog
ress that has been made in America
in gaining equality for the fair, sex
At the same time they have enlisted
the services of several outstanding
women as active members of the Inter
national Advisory Council to swell
the original number.
Among the leading feminist figures
OF Europe who are identified with the
council are: Lady Rhondda; English
peerless in her own right, who heads
the Six Point group of England and
is fighting for representation In the
House of Lords; Nine. Molaterre-Sal-
Her member OF the board of the In
ternational Woman Suffrage Alliance
and a leader OF Paris suffragists; DIR.
II. Stegemann of Germany, member
- snl.- a.
Quintana of Seville, Spain; Mile. Marie
Svolou Of Greece, Dr. Aletta Jacobs of
Holland. Mile. Wilma GIucklick OF
Hungary, Mrs. H. s. Skeffington of
Ireland, Princess Daniel Poliakoff OF
Russia, Marguerite Cobalt of SwitZer-
land, DR.. Ellen Gleditsch and NATHAN
Betsy Kjelsberg Of Norway. Nine.
Hoda, Charaoui Pasha of Egypt and
Nine. Helen Romiciano and Mile. Hell:
enc Vacaresco of Rumania.
In addition Great Britain has seven
other Representatives on the council.
and France and Germany each have
three.
Lady Rhondda. Nine. Gravitsch
renee, who is another English com.
mittee woman. already have an
nounced their intentions to come TO
America next year to attend the ma
tional convention of the Woman's
Party.
A CABLE received this past week at
headquarters of the National
Wonlan's Party from Miss Anita Pol
liter, national secretary, who has
Won1an's International League for
Peace and Freedom in Dublin. Ireland
told Of the passage OF, the equal rights
resolution, for which Miss Pollitzer
was working.
The fact that this body of women
gathered from all over the world
adopted this resolution is looked upon
by members of the Woman's Party
as a sign that the women Of the for
eign nations are becoming aroused tC
the possibilities for independence open
to them through a universal fight fol-
equality.
Miss Pollitzer went from Dublin to
London, where she addressed several
meetings on the equal rights issue
From London she expects to go to
Paris to speak before other suffrage
organizations, telling about the sue.
cess of the wonan's movement in this
country.
Miss Pollitzer was assisted in her
efforts to have the equal rights reSo
luton passed upon favorably at the
Dublin convention by a group of rep
resentatives from the Woman's Party
including Miss Lucy Branham of Bal
timore, one OF the national organizers
Mrs. Alice Park of California and Miss
Anne Martin of Nevada.
Mrs. Lola Maverick Lloyd of Chi
cago, former Illinois State chairman
was chairman of the resolutions com
mittee at the convention.
~
IN response to an invitation for the
4 National Womans Party to send
speakers to the various international
gatherings held in Geneva, Sw1tzer
land, this past week Miss Doris
Stevens, national vice president. spent
| several days In the Swiss city de-
scribing the progress and experience
of American feminists I'm their fight
for equality.
Miss Stevens was sent to the Paris
convention in June and subsequently
to London, where she led the Woman {
Party delegation in the mammoth suf
frage procession on July 8, which is
| said to have been 3 miles In
length. After speaking. in Geneva
Miss Stevens expects TO return ia
America
Miss Burnita S. Matthews Of Wash
ington has returned from England