Women War Partners Highlighted By National Council
The piece lauds women leaders in the suffrage movement and wartime relief efforts. Dr Anna Howard Shaw heads the Woman's Committee of the National Council of Defence with eight of eleven leaders from suffrage ranks. American women surgeons earned Croix de Guerre for brave work under fire in France, aiding wounded and refugees, and later aiding prisoners and relief efforts post-armistice.
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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
Chateau
France
Germany
Belgium
Galveston Woman Earns War Cross in Red Cross Service
Dr. Ethel I von Heard wife of Dr. Allen G Heard of the University of Texas Medical College earned the War Cross for distinguished service with the Red Cross in Chalons Sur Marne and near Reims She ran a maternity hospital under bombardment guiding evacuations and delivering twins amid shelling and air raids before evacuating patients to safety and returning home to advocate suffrage on May 24th.
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Ethel I.von Heard
Allen G. Heard
University of Texas Medical College
Galveston
Red Cross
Army
Chalons
Reims
Dr. Heard
Chateau Thierry
Mary Anne
Mery
Heard
Equal Suffrage Association of
Texas
The Brave Battle Fought Within A Mother's Heart
Poem excerpt attributes a timeless struggle to mothers who bear, endure, and quietly persevere. It contrasts battlefield imagery with the inner, unseen warfare waged from infancy to death, praising steadfast resilience and sacrifice of women.
Women of War Effort Call for Vote and Equal Share
The excerpt highlights women's crucial roles in wartime support from Red Cross nurses to nurses behind trenches, hospital workers, logistics, and home front activities. It argues that women contributed to victory and deserve the vote to continue shaping peace and national welfare.
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Red Cross
St. Mihiel Salient
Argonne Forest
Mother's View on Suffrage by Mrs. Watters Emphasizes Child Protection
Mrs. E A Watters president of the Texas Congress of Women argues that woman suffrage best protects children by freeing women from petitioning and pressuring men for laws. She says voting gives women more time at home with children and for child nurture, reflecting most state women as home makers deserving protection of their homes.
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Pye
Mery
E. A. Watters
Texas Congress of Lott
Texas Women Vote Proposal Aimed at Reducing Infant Deaths
The piece argues for granting Texas women the vote on May 24 to help cut infant mortality. It cites New Zealand and U S examples, noting Kansas dropped infant deaths from 120 to 70 after establishing a Child Hygiene Bureau in 1918 and suggests suffrage cities have lower rates.
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New Zealand
Peo Ny
United States
Kansas
Pershing Praises Noble Women In War Effort
General Pershing replied to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, head of the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, praising the patriotism of American women as the constant inspiration until the great national task is accomplished.
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Pershing
Anna Howard Shaw
Woman's Committee
The
Council of National Defense
Lloyd George praises women and suffrage in Britain
Premier Lloyd George credits women in hospitals munitions and offices with keeping Britain and the Allies in the war effort. He notes Britain has granted women full suffrage and asks if Texas can do less.
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Lloyd George
Great Britain
England
Texas
Texas Heroine Cromwell Decorated by Two Nations
Miss Robert Lee Cromwell, longtime Corpus Christi High School principal and UT Summer School teacher, served as Red Cross nurse in Russia and on the Western Front. She received the Czar’s recognition and the Queen’s Medal from Belgium. The piece argues for Texas suffrage in the May 24 election, noting her vote rights would return if the amendment passes.
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Texas
Robert Lee Cromwell
Corpus Christi High School
University of Texas Summer School
Red Cross
Russia
Miss Cromwell
Czar
Elizabeth
Albert
Belgium
New York
Kings of Two Nations
How to Mark Your Ballot for the Suffrage Amendment
The official ballot guidance for May 24 instructs voters on marking the Suffrage Amendment. It emphasizes voting for the amendment while noting other choices may also be cast.
Prohibition Ballot Text and Texas Constitutional Amendments
Official ballot listing Prohibition positions and votes on multiple Texas constitutional amendments. Includes amendments to Sections of Articles IV LV and Article 3 and a housing credit provision. Features FOR and AGAINST choices for governors salaries and state credit to assist heads of families in home acquisition or improvement.
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State of
Texas
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Woodrow Wilson
Women's Overseas Hospital
Raymond Brown
National Suffrage Association
St. Louis
M. Allemand
French War Department
Paris
Chateau Ognon
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Caroline Finley
First Suffrage Overseas Hospital Unit
Alice Gregory
Carolyn Mountain
Doctor Heard
Mery sur-Seine
Dual Suffrage Association
Chalons Sur
Maine
Ethel Lyon
Mothers of Men
Joaquin Miller
General Pershing
Prohibition
Ana
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