de a longer stay in Florida and Vermont. Mrs.
Shuler went to the three campaign States twice, spending five
weeks in South Dakota, holding a suffrage school there; five
weeks in Michigan and nearly five months in Oklahoma, later going
to West Virginia. Others who were sent by the National
Association on special missions were Miss Louise Hall, Mrs.
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Anna C. Tillinghast and Miss Eva Potter to New
Hampshire; Miss Mabel Willard to Delaware; Mrs. Cunningham, Miss
Marjorie Shuler and Mrs. Mary Grey Brewer to Florida, while Mrs.
Brewer made a trip as special envoy to five of the western
States. Our nineteen national organizers have been in twenty
States. In eighteen part or all of the expenses have been borne
by the National Association. At present we have ten organizers in
the field.
To the one who has made our victories possible, our national and
international president, Mrs. Catt, women owe a debt of gratitude
that can never be paid. Her strength and sagacity, her unerring
judgment and masterful leadership have acted as a stimulus and
inspiration, not only to those of us who have been privileged to
work at close range but also to the women of the entire world.
Our national suffrage headquarters have been a place of peace and
happiness because of her patience, good-nature and sympathy. Her
battle for the past fifteen months has been with adverse
conditions and reactionary forces, which are always the hardest
to combat, but not once has her courage faltered or her strength
of purpose failed.
Our Ammunition: At national headquarters in New York City our
work is departmentalized and functions through the Leslie Bureau
of Suffrage Education under three department heads: The _Woman
Citizen_, Press Bureau and Research. These cooperate with a
fourth department, the National Publishing Company, and all are
so closely co-ordinated that they work as one.
The _Woman Citizen_--Our National Organ. (See special report.) As
you will remember, the Leslie Commission took over the Press
Bureau March, 1917, and since then has paid all of its expenses.
In order to keep our official machinery moving, there are about
fifty people on the two floors at 171 Madison Avenue, New York.
Circularization: The _Woman Citizen_ has been sent each week
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