mbers in 1914.

In February, 1918, the duties of treasurer of the Women's Oversea
Hospitals were added to those of the association and the sum of
$178,000 has passed through the special treasury of the hospitals
to carry on the splendid war work undertaken by the National
Suffrage Association. A balance of about $35,000 remains in that
treasury, the use of which in some form of memorial this
convention will be asked to designate.[126]

The receipts of the treasury since I took office have been, for
1914-1915, $43,186; 1915-1916, $81,862; 1916-1917, $103,826;
1917-1918, $107,736; 1919-1920, $97,379; a total of $443,989.
Adding the fund raised for the Hospitals the total is $611,991.
Each year I have solicited funds for the National Association
from hundreds of suffragists, in addition to the large sums
pledged at the conventions, and have had always most generous
responses. In November and December, 1919, 38,000 letters were
sent out signed by the president and treasurer of the National
Suffrage Association asking for a ratification fund of $100,000.
Very gratifying returns have come from this appeal and are still
coming....

We come to this final convention of our National Association with
a balance in the treasury and it must be determined here whether
or not this sum is sufficient to finish the fight for nation-wide
suffrage. Because of your sympathy and generous cooperation I
have found the treasurership a real pleasure. The actual work has
been lightened by the faithful service of Miss Eleanor Bates,
accountant of the association since 1912. We cannot too
gratefully acknowledge also the devoted service of many others,
who, unheralded and unsung, have helped to make possible this
victory hour....

With this report were ten closely printed pages of perfectly kept and
audited accounts. They showed a balance of $10,905 in the treasury.
Mrs. Rogers continued the duties of her office at unanimous request
having given up to the present time about seven years of most
efficient service, spending days, weeks and months at the national
headquarters with no remuneration except the joy of helping the cause
of woman suffrage. At one session through the efforts of Miss Mary
Garrett Hay and Mrs. Raymond Brown, pledges of $44,500 were obtained
for the League of Women Voters, Miss Lucy