New Britain herald., 1930-07-15
Careerists Work Together In International Forum

careerists who are elleged to know much more about competition.
 Yet this summer, 100 American business and professional women are going abroad to attend the first in ternational forum on the problems facing the working women, which will be held at Geneva, Switzerland.
 These voyagers are all members Of the National Federation of Busi- ness and Professional Women who came together in the first place be- cause they realized the benefits that accrue from cooperating with sister, careerists in talking over their mu- tual working problems.
 For Mutual Benefit
 Now. thoroughly schooled in cooperation at home. they are branching out into the interna- tional field, certain that women from 13 other countries can give them great benefit by their experi- ence. They will meet a cross-sec- ton of able European women in similar lines of work and by lee lures and round-table discussions they will take up some of the eVer-present posers confronting women out of the home.
 How shall women safeguard the interests of the older business women?" Do European women face the same handcaps that Lo for economic equality with men? If so, what have been their solu- tlons?' What about insurance for women workers?" What can American business women teach continental women about success in business and the professions? These will be discussed.
 The 100 American women at- tending this cooperation conven- tion give a real picture of the e1- tent to which American women have gone into every field of gain full endeavor. They represent all the states, each Of the 100 being d delegate from a different unit of the federation.
 Successful in Many Lines
 Farmers from the middle west, bankers from the east, oil opera tors from Texas, sheep growers from Montana, doctors, lawye-s, merchants, chiefs from all over, publishers, teachers, insurance women. cosmeticians, advertising specialists. theatrical managers, electrical engineers, department store experts all of these taken together give splendid compo- site picture of that modern phe- nomenon, the genus Successful American Woman"
 The list includes outstanding careerists. Grace NJ. Higgins, of Pampa, Texas, who furnished Rex Beach with the inspiration of his character, Barbara, in Flowing Gold" has managed a shop where railroad tank cars were repaired, has lost and won fortunes in oil, and now is secretary-treasurer of q construction company.
 Grace Irene Roberts. of Omaha, Neb,, is vice president and sales manager Of three large dairies with hundreds of salesmen under her supervision. Emma F.. Claus, or Gary. Ind. as secretary-treas- urer of a trust company, sits on d loan committee with nine bank presidents and passes upon hun dreds of thousands of dollars worth of loans.
 Go in Three Groups
 Lena Madesin Phillips, distin- guished lawyer, honorary presi- dent of the Federation, will lead the half of the tour that takes a northern trip, including a jaunt into Soviet Russia, before conven- ing for the conference. Miss Phil lips will preside at Geneva, too Mrs. Geline Macdonald Bowman Of Richmond, Va, a torceful two job woman, wife, mother and host ess of a charming southern home or one hand, advertising specialist and head of the largest direct mai advertising firm in the south or the other, will lead the southerr tour that hopes to see Mussolin, and have an audience with the Pope, before arriving at Geneva.
 Charl o. Williams, of Washing ton, D. C.. educational specialist will lead the third group, the Gen. eva Special.
 Meeting these women at Geneva are outstanding successful women from 13 other countries. There will be energetic. forceful Helen Fraser, director of a large manu- facturing company in England; Countess Eva von Baudissin, Ba- vsrian writer; Anne Martin Of Switzerland. director Of Saffa. that great exposition of vomen's work which has brought thousands ot tourists to Berne in the past fe" years.
 Other Celebrated Women Other famous delegates froIr abroad are Mime. De Munter-La tinis, one of Belgium's leading women lawyers; pr. Maria Castel lani, of Italy, who in competition with men in many European coun l tries recently won an importan actuarial position in the Interna | tion Labor Office; Mime. Martin Vernier. publisher; Mme. LeulI' Nagy, educator from Hungary | Fraulein Kathe Bohm. electric1 i engineer from Berlin, and Mime ] FL ADDED FANNY CAYc.