Evening star., 1928-06-04
Rv the Assneiated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
Women of every walk In life. from
housewife" to Assistant Attorney Cen
eral, are among the 64 official woman
delegates to the Republican national
convention.
Fewer in number than in 1924. 1t is
nevertheless expected that they will
constitute a more effective political
group this year because of their four
years additional political Background
Some woman leaders even consider
their decreased numbers as evidence
of increased masculine respect for the
woman in politics.
Variety of Occupations.
Men know now that women can't
be stamped: that's why they send few
er of them" the way one woman poll
tician put it.
The wide variety of occupations rep
resented by the woman delegates also
is regarded as indicative of a gener-
al state of mind The feeling that fem
mime political activity is no longer a
quiXotic notion OF the woman politician,
but normal phase of the normal
woman'S civic responsibility.
The Maine delegation OF women, in
Guiding two housewives" lawyer. a
D. A. r. official and the vice chairman
and secretary of the Republican State
committee, Is an illustration of the wide
variety of interests among the women
delegates. Other States are sending wom-
an ranchers. newspaper owners. State
officials. stenographers and social leaders.
The womans roster includes such ma
tionally known names as Mrs. Mabel
HN{liahrandt hn firet ~
Assistant Attorney General, who will
be a delegate at large from California: !:
Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick. daughter
of the late Senator Mark Hanna and
widow of former Senator Medill McCor-
mick, delegate at large from Illinois;
Mrs Alvin T. Hert Of Kentucky, vice
chairman of the Republican national
committee. and Mrs. Marion Marjorie
Scranton OF Scranton, Pa, vice chair
man Of the State committee, who will
succeed Mrs. Barclay Warburton on the
national committee.
Other Delegates.
Mrs. William K du pont, national
committeewoman from Delaware, Is the
only woman delegate from her State.
and Mrs. Mccormick and Mrs. Scranton
the only ones from theirs.
The other seven women who are alone
on their delegations are Mrs. c. 4. q.
CresSwell of Arizona, Mrs. II. Fl. Carter
OF Iowa. Mrs. Clara Holmes of Mary
land, Mrs. NJ. S. Dietrich Of Nebraska,
Mrs. Hugh Clark Of Ohio, Mrs. Margaret
Tucker of Vermont and Mrs. Erick H.
johnson of Wisconsin.
In all, seven national committee
women will be official delegates from
Connecticut. Delaware, Illinois, Ken
tucky, Michigan. New York and Vir-
giuia and four from Mississippi, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas will
be alternates.
Kentucky has on its delegation not
only the vice chairman OF the national
committee, but Mrs. Katherine Langley,
the only woman member of Congress
who viii attend the convention. Mrs
Mccormick Is candidate for the House
from Illinois. Both Mrs. Rogers of
Massachusetts and Mrs Kahn OF Cali
fornia were called to their homes by
personal affairs soon after the adjourn
ment of Congress.
A father and daughter will be with
the New York group. as Miss Sarah
Schuyler Butler, an alternate at large.
is the daughter of DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler. president OF Columbia Univer-
sity and delegate from the nineteenth
district.
New York Has Six.
New York's six woman delegates. the
largest number from any State, will I'M
| clude Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, national
committeewoman. and Miss Florence
Wardwell who was a member OF the
committee on rules and order Of busi-
ness at the 1924 convention.
Three other women at the coming
convention were members OF committees
/ In 1924. Miss Katherine Byrne. who will
succeed Mrs. John B. Russ as national
committeewoman from Connecticut. and
Mrs. Frank Hall Davis, an alternate
| from Pennsylvania. were both OIL the
permanent organization committee, and
| Miss Martha Mcclure, vice chairman OF
the Iowa State committee. and an alter.
nate at large. was on the committee tC
notify the vice presidential nominee.
| A number OF other women scattered
| through the various delegations have
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