State Federation of Women's Clubs, which now had a
suffrage chairman, co-operated with the State Equal Suffrage
Association in the effort to obtain a Primary Suffrage Bill, such as
had been passed by the Legislatures of Arkansas and Texas. Mrs.
McMahon, a national organizer, and Miss Skinner did organizing and
legislative work from March 6 to April 22. The former was sent to work
for Presidential suffrage, but the State Board believed that Primary
suffrage had a better chance. This, however, met with so much
opposition that it was never brought up. The moment the Federal
Amendment was submitted by Congress a delegation of women--Mrs. Frank
Stranahan, chairman of the Legislative Committee; Dr. Safford, Mrs. W.
S. Jennings, Mrs. Edgar A. Lewis--went to Tallahassee to try to have
the Legislature ratify it, arriving one day before adjournment. They
quickly canvassed the members and found a small majority willing to
vote for it but there was no time. Governor Sidney J. Catts could
have called a special session for the next day but insisted that there
was no assurance of ratification, as some of the men listed as
favorable were in the habit of changing their vote, and he did not
want to put the members on record. Some of them who were alleged to be
supporters declared that they would not stay over even for one day. It
was impossible to persuade the Governor to call a special session at
any time afterwards, but in 1920 Florida women were enfranchised by
this amendment.

SUFFRAGE. By special acts of the Legislature, charters were granted to
various cities giving Municipal suffrage to women and the voters
accepted them. Sixteen towns had such a charter: Felsmere, Aurantia,
Cocoa, Orange City, Deland, West Palm Beach, Delray, Florence Villa
(where Dr. Anna Howard Shaw had a winter home for a number of years),
Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Moore Haven, Orlando, Clearwater, Dunedin, St.
Petersburg, Tarpon Springs. Felsmere was the pioneer, receiving its
charter in 1915.

FOOTNOTES:

[32] The History is indebted for this chapter to Alice G. (Mrs.
George) Kollock, prominent in the work for woman suffrage in Florida,
with thanks to others who assisted.

CHAPTER X.

GEORGIA.[33]

The first suffrage society in Georgia was formed at Columbus in 1890
and the second in Atlanta in 1894. Here the first State convention was
held in 1899 and the State association, auxiliary to the National
American Woman Suffrage Association, neve