Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Jeanette Rankin of Montana, the first
tUOman to SIT as a member of the United
States Congress.
EAMILY relationships, such as marriage and
divorce and guardianship of children, and
property rights which concern real estate, in
heritance, dover and the right of contract are
receiving their attention.
There are no figures which may be cited TO
gauge the degree of women's political interest
at the polls. No separate record Of women as
voters is kept.
Court and other international measures. which
have been proposed to the Senate, has been
manifestly due to the interest and support OF
women as well of men," Miss Sherwin AYERS
people ask why women have got no
further" she repeats "The questioner is
usually thinking of smashing national defeat
or victory. Proof of women's effectiveness in
politics Is to be found rather in legislation to
promote better living conditions and in more
efficient citizenship locally-in support of city
charters, for instance"
American women are taking advantage of
training in State Legislatures and county and
city Offices preparing for higher Offices, &C
cording to Miss Sherwin. There is hardly a
position in county government that women
have not held.
lust the same, the latest survey Of the
status of women in public offices issued by
the National League of Women Voters Novem-
Der /, 1929 shows that women have made
themselves at home in the field of practical
politics.
The National Republican and Democratic
Committees, once the political stamping ground
for men, include women today. Every State
has a woman representative as well as a man.
Even the Executive Committees, the policy
making groups, have let women in. The
Democratic National Committee has among its
vice chairmen Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross of
Wyoming, who has the added distinction of
being the flrst woman Governor in the United
States, and Mrs. Florence Farley of Kansas.
Mrs. Henry MoskowitE formerly sat with the
i've men on the Executive Committee and helped
plan platforms and Mrs. Emily Newell Blair
has also had this honor.
In the Republican camp Mrs. Alvin T. Hert
OF Kentucky has the distinction Of being the
only vice chairman of the National Committee.
Men have recognized women's ability sum-
GENTLY to appoint them as well as to elect them
Outstanding officeholders who occupy ap-
pointive positions under the Federal Govern
ment have variety Of important work In
trusted to them. Many heads of bureaus and
trusted assistants on the stats of Government
Offices in Washington are now women.
Two women have held the position Of as
sistant to the United States Attorney General.
Mrs. Annette Adams of California was an as
sistant in the Department of Justice during the
Wilson administration. In 1921 President Hard
ing appointed Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt
as an Assistant Attorney General and she re-
manned in this post until June I. 1929.
FIVE women according to the report issued
at the close of 1929, have seen foreign
service In the diplomatic or consular depart
ment.
In the Senate of the United States woman
mas mad her day, too. A very brief day. to be
sure, with a 24-hour limit, but during that
period woman mingled with the men in the
Upper House. Mrs Rebecca Latimer Felton,
aged 81, was appointed on November 81, 1922.
by the Governor of Georgia as an honorary
appointment to I'LL vacancy of day.
The Lower House has seen dozen women
Representatives, eight of whom are serving at
present.
At the end of 1929 the names of 149 women
were being carried on the rosters of % State
I,egiSIaturesis 70 Ftesgsitstts 1tt
Two women have been Governors, Mrs Nellie
Tayloe ROSS OF 'wyomfngpn0W vice president
Of theli National DenocratlcE Committee, end
Mrs. M A. Ferguson OF Texas