Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
BY CoRINNE FRAZIER.

A N Illuminating survey of the
~ progress made by women in the
II field of practical politics since
4 a the passage of the constitu-
tional amendemnt giving wom-
en- the privilege of suffrage has been
made by the National League of Women
Voters. The study reveals that wide
field Of interests have claimed the at
tention of women who have entered
upon political or governmental careers
since the gates have been thrown wide
to them and indicates also that their
efforts have been accompanied by
marked success in practically every field
they have chosen.
Responsible appointive offices in the
Federal Government have been held
by numerous women during the past
decade. including two assistant attorney
generalships, and at present a repre-
down posts lin the high places, .
testifying to the ability and efficiency
shown by those who have gone before,
which paved the way for the ever
increasing number of feminine political
executives. The group now in respon-
sible Federal offices includes such well
known figures in the feminine ranks as
Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau; Miss Jessie Dell, member
of the United States Civil Service Com
mission; Miss Mary Anderson, director
of the women's bureau, Department OF
Labor; Mrs. Bessie P. Brueggman
chairman of the United States EN-
ployes' Compensation Commission; DR.
Louise Stanley, chief of the Bureau Of
Home Economics, Department of Agri.
culture; Mai. Julia Stimson, head Of
the Army Nurse Corps, the only woman
with the rank, insignia and rights Of
major in the United States Army
| Miss Beatrice Bowman, head of the
Navy Nurses Corps; Mrs. Ruth B
Shipley, chief Passport Division, De.
partment of State; Miss Anita Phipps
! in charge of women's activities in TIT
War Department, and a group of women
| throughout the country who serve a!
| collectors of internal revenue and Gus
/ toms, in addition to one commissioner
| of immigration, Mrs. Anna G. M. Till
! inghast, who is stationed at Boston, anc
| the superintendent of the Fedora
Prison for women at Anderson, w. Va.
Miss Mary Harris.
Five women have passed the Staet
Department examinations for foreign
service, with Miss Lucille Atcherson. O
| Columbus, Ohio, in the role of trai
blazer. Miss Atcherson began her serv
! ice in 1922 and was connected will
the American legations in Berne ant
Panama, resigning from the latter pos
| in 1927 to marry. Two of the five arr
now serving, one as vice consul a
| Amsterdam and the other as vice coun
sell at Valparaiso, Chile. The othel
two are now awaiting assignments.
| Three women occupy the position o
| American trade commissioner in th'
Department of Commerce at present
the, survey shows. Miss Elizabeth
HumeS is in Rome, Miss A. Viola Smith
| at Shanghai and Miss Gudrun Carl
son at Oslo, Norway.
On Capitol Hill, Is women have sa
| in the Congress of the United States
one in the Senate (for just two days
I believe) and IL in the House of Rep
resentatives. Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Eel
| ton is the only one OF her sex VIII.
could be addressed as Senator"
There, are eight women now in tn
House whose names are too well known
1 to need repetition. Three of them ar
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