Suffragists Hope for Equal Rights Plank at Democratic Convention
In St Louis on June 13 suffrage leaders expect the Democratic National Convention to adopt an equal rights plank. Officials delay until resolutions committee acts next Wednesday. Hearings planned with prominent Democrats as anti suffrage voices led by Mrs Arthur Dodge prepare to argue against any favorable mention. National groups split between a general favorable declaration and immediate action on the Susan B Anthony amendment.
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Resolutions Committee
Untis
Arthur Dodge
New York
McCombe
National American Suffrage Association
Congressional Union
Woman’s Party
National
The
Union
Woman's Party
Congress
WOMAN'S MARTYRDOM AND REMEDY ADVERTISEMENT
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a grand old remedy for female ills. It appeals to readers by describing the pain and misery women endure at home and claims thousands have been restored to health using the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkhanm
Women Suffrage Telegram Shapes Fight in Committee
The National woman suffrage leaders press for a Borah telegram endorsing federal equal suffrage while arguing the Republican plank, with Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt in the loop. Field urges Wilson to back the Anthony amendment, promising five speakers’ support. Congressional union and Woman's Party rally, citing electoral college leverage, as suffrage funds are raised in St Louis.
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Senator Borah
Carrie Chapman Catt
Nationals
Sarah Bard Field
Oregon
Woman's Party
Wilson
Anthony
Congress
Afest
Congressional
St. Louis
Rumor of Russian Occupation Near Czernowitz
June 13 Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina, is rumored to be occupied by Russian forces though no official confirmation exists. A Russian advance has captured Sobronovtze, ten miles northeast, with roads from Olina and Sobronovtze offering defense. Bucharest telegram cites Austrian evacuation to a line four miles west and persistent Russian success amid stubborn Austrian resistance near Kolki north of Lutsk.
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Czernowitz
Bukowina
Sobronovtze
Olina
Bucharest
Romania
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