iation to join or serve the party of her choice in any
capacity whatsoever as an individual."

Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, chairman of the committee, offered
fourteen resolutions, the last which were acted upon by
representatives of the National American Suffrage Association, the
first having been presented in 1869. They illustrate the wide scope
of women's interests considered by that body. After full discussion
the following, which are somewhat condensed, were among those adopted:

Whereas, women may now vote for President in twenty-six States of
the Union, and for all elective officers in England, Scotland,
Ireland, Canada and throughout the largest part of Europe; our
eastern and southern States are now the only communities in the
English-speaking world in which women are still debarred from
self-government; our nation has just emerged from a war waged in
the name of making the world safe for democracy and ought in
consistency to establish real democracy at home; and every
political party in the United States has endorsed woman suffrage
in its national platform; therefore be it

Resolved, that we call upon the 66th Congress to submit the
Constitutional Amendment for nation-wide woman suffrage to the
States at the earliest possible moment.

Whereas, one-fourth of the men examined for the army were unable
to read English or to write letters home to their families, be it

Resolved, that we urge the establishment at Washington of a
national department of education with a Secretary of Education in
the Cabinet.

Resolved, that this association earnestly favors a League of
Nations to secure world-wide peace based upon the immutable
principles of justice.

Resolved, that we protest against the unfair treatment of
professional women by the United States authorities in declining
the services of women physicians, surgeons and dentists in the
recent war, thus compelling loyal, patriotic women to serve under
the flag of a foreign government. We recommend that in future our
Government recognize the fitness of accepting the services of
professional women for work for which their training and
experience have qualified them.

Resolved, That we urge our Government to bring about the prompt
redress of all legitimate grievances, as the removal of the sense
of injustice