Children Peace Movement Aims To Organize Nation
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt hosts a children's peace initiative led by Miss Katharine Devereux Blake and a seven member committee. The plan seeks signatures from every child to petition ambassadors in Washington and urge royal leaders to end war’s harms, backed by education channels and official tacit approval.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Katherine Devereux Blake
Women Principals’ Associatioo
Greater New York
Blake
Catt
William Churchill
Board of Education
Mary Garret Hay
Woman Suffrage Party
Hargot Holt Day
Women's Press Club
Mary Ware Dennett
Florence Guernsey
New York City
National Educational Association
America
Europe
Asia
Washington
Miss Blake
Department of Staff
Children’s Peace Movement
Woman Appointed United States Attorney
Annette Abbott Adams of San Francisco becomes the first woman to hold a U S attorney post. President Wilson endorsed her nomination despite opposition from Attorney General McReynolds. Adams is a leading California lawyer and UC graduate.
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Annette Abbott Adams
San Francisco
Adams
United States
Convention in Nashville Will Attract Suffragists Across U S
Delegates from over sixty branches in forty-three states travel to Nashville for the Fortysixth Annual National American Woman Suffrage Association convention. Wyoming Utah Idaho have disbanded since women gained the ballot while Arkansas New Mexico delayed uniting with the national body. North and South Carolina have joined since the last gathering.
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United States
Nashville
Tennessee
Mth
National American Woman ‘Suffrage “Association
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Arkansas
New Mexico
North
South Carolina
Harriet Taylor Upton
Ohio
Draper Smith
Nebraska
Jeannette Smith
Montana
Clara L. Darrow
North Dakota
Walter McNab Miller
Missouri
John Pyle
South Dakota
Anne Marlin
Nevada
Jane Addams to Tour for Suffrage Campaign
Miss Jane Addams first vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association will spend most of October on a campaign tour through Nebraska Missouri Nevada North Dakota and South Dakota where suffrage amendments will be voted on this fall. Her speeches are highly anticipated as she recounts what women have achieved since gaining partial suffrage.
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Jane Addams
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Nebraska
Miagouri
Nevada
North
South Dakota
Miss Addams
Filinola
Mann Demands Action on Suffrage in House
Washington reports Rep. Mann of Illinois, GOP leader, vows to force a vote on woman suffrage. He says he will use every power to place members on record, arguing the nation is ready for political equality. Heflin's past anti suffrage rhetoric is cited as a contrast.
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Washington
Representative Mann
Illinois
House
Congress
Wann
Heflin
Alaama
Mr. Mann
Alabama
Pure Food Advocate Backs Woman Suffrage in Missouri
F Hi Frick Missouri state pure food and drug inspector explains why he supports woman suffrage. He credits women in Consumers' League Housewives' League Civics and Health leagues for crusading for pure food and drugs and believes enfranchisement would accelerate progress.
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F. Hi Frick
Missouri
Pure Food and Drug
Food and Drug Department
Consumers’ League
Housewives’ League
Civics
Health Leagues
New York Suffrage Delegates Gather for Last Convention
Delegates from across New York state travel by automobile to Rochester for the annual suffrage convention, the last before the November 1915 referendum. Campaign visits extend from Long Island to the Adirondacks as towns host meetings and receive suffrage literature, with speakers including Miss Julia Lathrop of the federal Children's Bureau.
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New York State
Rochester
Long Stand
Adirondacks
Julia Lathrop
Buréad
Washington
Notable Officials Visit Child Welfare Agencies
Miss Mary Bartelme of the children's court Chicago and Dr Katherne Br vis, commissioner of corrections New York City, visited together to discuss urban child welfare and reform efforts in 1920s fashion.
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Mary Bartelme
The
Children's Court
Chicago
Katherne Brvis
Corrections
New York City
Suffrage Photo Play Now Ready for Release in Chicago
A new moving picture titled Your Girl and Mine will debut October 19 under Mrs. Medill McCormick and Willam N. Selig. Proceeds go to the National Suffrage Association. Stars include Olive Wyndham and Katherine Kaelred with Sidney Booth. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw aided prior to her tour. Trial shown in Chicago October 14. release follows nationwide. The play will feature at the National Suffrage convention in Nashville November 12–17.
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Medill McCormick
Willam N. Selig
Moving Picture World
Katherine Kaelred
Joseph
Sidney Booth
The
Yellow Ticket
Edwin Booth
Anna Howard Shaw
Chicago
Jgll
National Suffrage Association
Nashville
Tenn
New York Court Upholds Dismissal Of Teacher For Absence
The New York Court of Appeals ruled the Board of Education acted fairly in dismissing Mrs. Bridget C. Pelzotto last year for self reporting absence to bear a child. The superintendent Maxwell's report supported the action, detailing the lengthy absence from duties.
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New York Court of Appeals
Board of Educaton
New York City
Bridget C. Pelzotto
City
Maxwell
Board of Educations
Roosevelt Urges Men To Grant Women Ballot
Colonel Roosevelt on a speaking tour urged voters in Missouri and Ohio to adopt equal suffrage this fall. He said he could address men and women alike and urged Missouri voters to ensure their mothers wives and sweethearts have the same political voice as Illinois women. He cited liquor interests opposing suffrage and argued democracy requires equal rights for women and men in public life.
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Roosevelt
Missouri
Ohio
St. Louis
America
Illinois
Toledo
Michigan
Columbus
Mlinois
Miss Bronson’s Suffrage Speech Sparks Debate in North Dakota
A tale of Miss Minnie Bronson arguing against voting rights for women in North Dakota, with reactions from teachers and local advocates. The piece notes a writ of mandamus about Mrs Paixatto’s reinstatement, discusses motherhood as a married woman's function, and cites views on Colorado's suffrage impact while critiquing Bronson's one-sided argument and the broader suffrage debate. It also references the National association’s record on Mr Mann and a letter from Mrs Grace Trout.
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Minnie Bronson
North Dako
Congressional Committee
The
National Association
Mrr. Munn
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
Mann
Grace ‘Whbur Trout
Tiimoter Equal Suffrage Association
Baroness de Bazus Leaves Fortunes for Suffrage Cause
Announcement reports Baronesse de Bazus Mrs. Frank Estes left an estate valued around 2.1 billion to support woman suffrage. Bequests to Carrie Chapman Catt are said to promote the cause, though the sums are modest. Suffragists regret the timing will not aid the 1914 1915 campaigns. New York women had hoped the legacy would back a November 1915 suffrage amendment.
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deBazus
Frank ‘Este
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Mann Joins Suffrage Vote Push in Congress
Congressman James R. Mann of Illinois, longtime Republican minority leader and previously an anti suffragist, announced he now supports votes for women. He stated this stance amid the 1913 Washington parade and the ongoing suffrage debate in Congress.
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James R. Mann Ofllinois
Congress
Washington
Mann
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Crozier-French
Grace Wilbur Trout
David O'Neil
M. Carey Thomas
Bryn Mawr
Clara S. Laddey
New Jersey
Catherine W. McCulloch
House of Representatives
Ryman Auditorium
Franks
Miss Bronson
Miss. Bronson
Colorado
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