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DEMAND RlXfcASE I* PICKETS.Suffragists Here Will Ash W'iUon I ^lo Free Them from Prison. jOne of the flr»t political diotm of the women of New York City, following their enfranchisement. will be a meeting of women voter* of the Committee of UM Tbou*and. to be held 8unda ^ evening At Public School 4v. 314 tJtsi Twentieth Street, at b o'clock, to pave the way for a aeman I upon President Wusoa for the immediate releaae of theimprisoned women suffrage p»ckeu In Occoquan Prison and U»* Ihdoraemeot of the Federal suffrage amendment.The oommllt** la a new organisation* ot ■elf-aupporilitg women Mr* Charles | Heard I* the Chairman Following themeeting, the women will take the mm- , night express lo Washington to oaii upon the President on Monuay morning 1 A special committee of th* women t* \! Interviewing Congressmen with a v**w r I to arranging m*- interview with Mr.W llaon. While the w6men will ask tot I the releaae of the imprisoned picket*, i• they are not affiliated with the Wo- , man * Party, which has bwn doing the tpicketing - , . V. 1Fifty women are already pledged *o , Jmn the delegation to M* the President, and a I aoim-i wishing to Increase *»»*■ t number are Invited to attend the meet- ( lag raady to antraiii with them other women member* of the commit- , tee are Jane Oicott. organiser of the , Hook keeper*. Stenographer*, end Ae-eountanui' I'nlon. Cornelia Hwtnnerton ( of th* Twuihers Union, lam Hoger*. cartoonist. fluila F. Walker. I»r Agnes , Cloud. Amy ‘ Mall Hlrka. I Ulan Todd of the Brownsville Mothers Association. Ixmiae Grant, Minnie Alice |K is* am. Bertha H*dkin. NoraSmitheman ' iThe city Party ha* had forty different , headquarter* during the campaign, and , jsome of these will b» ke; ! Open for rdu- ( catianal work, among them that of the Third Assembly District at 821 West , Fourteenth Street, which will t»e a po-lit leal centre. Oaaae* for the study of condltlona In the district will la held , and classes In citlsenship to instruct ! men and women In the functions of ( i American Government will be formed
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Fri, Nov 09, 1917
Page 13
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