Women’s War Service in Agriculture Expands Worldwide
Suffragists mobilize two million women for war effort with hoe and spade brigades under Carrie Chapman Catt. Eight states lead agricultural programs in the United States, including a Fairfield County Farming School near Greenwich. In New York, Ruth Litt directs practical farming costumes for suffrage work, while New Jersey emphasizes potato culture. Abroad, Italy, Russia, and Germany see strong calls for women's full political rights, with petitions, congresses, and ministers urging enfranchisement as part of national service.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Connecticut
Greenwich
Miss Ryan
Misa Runtz-Rees
Fairfield County Camp Farming School
Frage Agriculture
Mra
Ruth Litt
New York State
Little
Jackwill Farm
East Patakogue
Long Island
New Jersey
Henry Wade Rogers
Suffrage Agriculture
Woman suffrage as a conserving wartime force
The National American Woman Suffrage Association calls women into active wartime service at the President’s invitation. Nebraska homesteaders have long caned and preserved produce for winter. now Nebraska suffrage groups urge women to grow and store food for export or the army, stressing practical support and national duty.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
United States
Nebraska
Flags That Float For Woman Suffrage
War brings woman’s freedom nearer as 22 nations’ flags march before the Senate on April 1. Carrie Chapman Catt led the showing for the Federal Suffrage Amendment, illustrating global progress while noting Ontario and French municipal suffrage moves and Italian municipal vote expectations.
In the Family by Earl Reed Silvers at Ferndale
Lawrence Wellington deceives Marjorie Sherwood by using a false name at a Ferndale lakeside resort. He reveals the ruse as they plan a Thanksgiving house party, and Marjorie forgives him after a day of disguise and romance. The pair reconcile as sunset shadows fall over the lake.
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Lawrence Wellington
Milton
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Lawrence
Dhess
Rastus
Marjorie Sherwood
Beach Haven
Marjorie
New York
Baltimore
New Yorks
George
Milton Wellington
Interesting trade briefs from early 20th century markets
Inquiries from Buenos Aires surround American automobile accessories and oak for Gentile furniture, while Peru’s 1915 silver exports to the United States reached 724,208 dollars. Demand for bicycles electrical goods and tented wares spans Uruguay Cape Town and South Africa, with 1915 South African wool exports totaling 26,181,021 dollars. US buyers dominate sugar imports from St Croix, Danish West Indies, and a major potash discovery near Burns Oregon prompts plans to drain Matheur Lake.
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United States
St. Croix
Danish West Indies
Population power claim sparks debate on Russia’s latent energy
Popular Science reports Russia may possess 18,000,000 horsepower in undeveloped water power. It notes a new aluminum foil thickness of one sixth of a bus dredth of an inch and mentions asbestos first used in ancient Rome cremation robes.
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Deropeas
Russia
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