n and was treated with ridicule and contempt. On August 8
the association held its convention in the hall of the Federation of
Labor, its true friend. Walter McElreath of Fulton county offered a
resolution that the House of Representatives should be tendered for
the evening session, but Joe Bill Hall, a noted anti-prohibitionist
and anti-suffragist, marshalled the liquor men and they defeated it.

In 1912 the State association conformed to the plan of the National
and appointed a committee of education, who would offer money prizes
for the best essays on woman suffrage by the seniors of the high
schools, with Mrs. Helmer chairman and Miss Koch secretary. It worked
vigorously for the bill to permit women to practice law. Mrs. Rebecca
Latimer Felton became a member and was elected a delegate to the
national suffrage convention in Philadelphia. Attorney Leonard J.
Grossman joined the association and was made general counsel.

In 1913, while Mr. Grossman was attending the convention of the
National American Woman Suffrage Association as a delegate, he was
requested by James Lees Laidlaw, president of the National Men's
League for Woman Suffrage, to undertake the organization of a Georgia
Men's League. He did so immediately on returning home, with the
following officers: President, Mr. Grossman; vice-presidents, the Rev.
Fred A. Line, the Rev. J. Wade Conkling, C. W. McClure, Dr. Frank
Peck, E. L. Martin, ex-president Macon Chamber of Commerce; S. B.
Marks and L. Marquardt, ex-presidents of the State Federation of
Labor. Mr. Grossman toured the State on behalf of woman suffrage under
the joint auspices of the Men's League and the State association. He
drafted, at their request, proposed bills and ratification
resolutions; appeared before the annual conventions of the Federation
of Labor, obtaining their formal endorsement of woman suffrage;
secured also the endorsement of the Civic Educational League,
comprising a great majority of the Jewish citizens of Atlanta;
occupied church pulpits and addressed women's clubs, civic bodies,
city councils and legislative committees. The members of the Men's
League gave whatever assistance was required.

The many State victories in 1912 put new life into the movement in
1913. The Georgia Young People's Suffrage Association was organized
with Miss Ruth Buckholz as president. To represent the association
Mrs. Amelia R. Woodall, corresponding, and Miss Katherine Koch,
recording secretary;