New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-26

washington. IJcC. %. WV omen
of the country made the year 1928
memorable for the part they took
in politics.
The feminine political strength,
which has been accommodating since
women got the vote eight years
ego. had chance TO make itself
telt because of the presidential
election And the women left no
stone unturned. They were on the
lecture platform. on the air and at
home in political headquarters of
both parties. where special room
were prepared for them. r
Not only were various wonens'
organizations working zealously
for one or the other presidential
candidates. but big organizations
like the General Federation Of Wo-
mems clubs and the League of Wo-
men Voters concentrated on get
ting women to the polls, regardless
Of what party they favored. They
played a prominent part In getting
out record breaking number of
voters.
The federation has campaigned
for years for larger and more in
telligent vote. The past year,
through Its department of Ameri-
can citizenship. it conducted a ST..
900 essay contest in grade and high
schools on why I should vote. -
Virtually every state in the union
participated. The League Of Wo-
men Voters reached $4,000. 900 per-
sons through its weekly radio
Voters Service" which began
hroadcasting ten months before
election.
Support women Of the country
gave the Kellogg multilateral peace
treaty was outsta ndang during the
year. Since the FORMULATION of
the treaty the general federation
Of club women, through its depart.
ment OF international relations,
has been working for the treaty's
ratification by the United States
senate. Thousands OF petitions.
signed by hundreds OF thousands of
names, have been circulated by the
$4,000 member clubs and placed in
the hands Of the nations law maxi
ers.
Another step forward by women
in 1928 was the creation OF the In
er-American Commission of wo-
men at the sixth Pan-American
conference In Havana last spring
to investigate the legal status OF
women In all countries Of North
and South America with a view to
establishing uniform laws. Miss
Doris Stevens was appointed chair.
man.
The creation of the commission
came about through a suggestion
by the National Womans party.
The latter organization interjected
equal rights for women" as an is
sue in the campaign. The members
put on an active campaign for Her.
bert Hoover. concentrating their
efforts in New York city.
On November 6 three women
were elected to the house OF rep
resentatives. They were Mrs. Ruth
Hanna Mccormick. daughter OF the
late Mark Hanna and widow OF the
late Senator Medill Mccormick of
Illinois; Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen.
daughter Of William Jennings
Bryan. and Mrs. Ruth Baker Pratt,
the first woman to be sent to con-
! gross from New York.
Women were anything but idle
the past year. too, along humani-
tartan lines. Women volunteers Of
the American Red Cross have con.
cluded record breaking year TO,
peace-time work. They made 1885,.
040 garments. more than 100000
surgical dressings for emergencies
$4,000 Christmas bags for U. S
soldiers and sailors in foreign serv'
ice and 379 books OF Braille for the
blindy
At the first Pan-Pacific Women:
conference. held in Honolulu, q
movement was started in investi
gate conditions under which wo
men are working in the Hawaiian
Islands. Miss Mary Anderson, di
rector of the women's bureau O
the department of labor. was on,
OF the principal speakers. The CO