Women in War Effort Led by Suffrage Leaders
Quote from Woodrow Wilson praises women’s partnership in sacrifice and rights. Dr Anna Howard Shaw heads the National Council of Defence Woman's Committee with eight of eleven leaders from the suffrage movement. The committee directs conservation publicity and morale work, showcasing patriotism and intelligence of American womanhood.
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America
Wilson
National Council of Defence
Anna Howard Shaw
Europe
National Council
Woman's Committee
National Woman Suffrage Association
States
Womanhood of America
National American Woman Suffrage Association
THE
Council OF National Defense
Work of Women's Overseas Hospital Units
Mrs. Raymond Brown reports to the National Suffrage Association in St. Louis on American women serving in France during World War I. They established hospitals for women and children, treated battlefield casualties, and earned the Croix de Guerre for bravery. The narrative covers multiple units, refugee care, gas-attack wards, and postwar relief efforts.
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Raymond Brown
National Suffrage Association
St. Louis
France
M. Allemand
America
French War Department
Paris
Chateau Ognon
Chateau
Germany
Belgium
Galveston Woman Earned War Cross in War Service
Dr. Ethel Lyon Heard wife of Dr. Allen G. Heard of the University of Texas Medical College served with the Red Cross in Chalons near Reims. She managed a maternity hospital under bombardment and shelling while aiding wounded and evacuees, delivering babies amid raids. She urged voting for the suffrage amendment on May 24th.
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Ethel Lyon Heard
Allen G. Heard
University of Texas Medical College
Galveston
Red Cross
Army
Chalons
Reims
Dr. Heard
Chateau Thierry
Mary Anne
Epee
Mery
Heard
Equal Suffrage Association of
Texas
The Bravest Battle by Joaquin Miller
A compact reflection on mothers as soldiers in silent, unglamorous wars. The speaker honors women who endure lifelong struggles within their homes, comparing their steadfast endurance to battles waged far from fields and drums.
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Joaquin Miller
Women and War Effort Unite for Vote
The piece highlights women’s pivotal roles in wartime support from Red Cross nurses to factory workers and nurses of soldiers. It argues equal suffrage is essential to sustain progress in peacetime fighting disease and corruption, urging giving women the vote so they may share in the national duty.
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Red Cross
St. Mihiel Salient
Argonne Forest
Mother's View on Suffrage Amendment
Mrs. E A Watters president of the Texas Congress of Mothers argues that woman suffrage protects the home and children. She says voting would free women from petitioning and urging men for better laws and conserve time money and energy for home life and child nurture.
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E. A. Watters
The
Texas Congress of Mothers
Women Vote Appeal to Save Texas Infants by May 24
The piece argues worldwide infant death rates favor female suffrage noting New Zealand and equal suffrage cities show lower rates. It cites Kansas cutting infant deaths after a 1913 Child Hygiene Bureau and urges Texas to grant women the vote on May 24 to reduce Texas infant mortality from 60 per 120 births.
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New Zealand
United States
Kansas
Pershing Praises Women in War Effort Message
General Pershing replied to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw praising the patriotism of women as a constant inspiration until the national task is accomplished.
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Pershing
Anna Howard Shaw
Woman’s Committee
The
Council of National Defense
England’s women win war aid and suffrage urged by Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George credits women for Britain’s war effort in hospitals, munitions, and offices and says democracy’s pledge is fulfilled with women’s complete suffrage. He asks if Texas can do less.
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Lloyd George
Great Britain
England
Texas
Texas Woman Decorated by Two European Governments
Miss Robert Lee Cromwell former Corpus Christi High School principal and University of Texas Summer School teacher volunteered for Red Cross service. She earned decorations from Russia and Belgium for distinguished war work and faces U S voting rights debate tied to Texas suffrage amendment vote on May 24.
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Texas
Robert Lee Cromwell
Corpus Christi High School
University of Texas Summer School
Red Cross
The
Russia
Miss Cromwell
Czar
Elizabeth
Albert
Belgium
New York
Just Men of
Kings of Two Nations
How to Mark Your Ballot for May 24 Suffrage Amendment
Instructions accompany the official ballot urging voters to mark the Suffrage Amendment on May 24. The note emphasizes voting for the amendment regardless of other choices.
Texas Prohibition and Amendments Ballot Text
Official ballot items on Prohibition and multiple Texas constitutional amendments regarding governor salary state credit for home assistance and related provisions. Voter guidance shows FOR and AGAINST positions across Article IV and Article III sections with varying wording and errors.
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State of
Texas
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Woodrow Wilson
BRAVE
Caroline Finley
First Suffrage Overseas Hospital Unit
Alice Gregory
Carolyn Mountain
Overseas
Doctor Heard
Mery sur-Seine
Pye
Sol
Ethel Lyon
Equal Suffrage Association
Chalons Sur
Marne
Mothers of Men
A. Mother's View
General Pershing
Prohibition
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