Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Tennessee. Fourth: Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser (O.)--Michigan, Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Fifth: Mrs.
James Paige (Minn.)--Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Wyoming and Montana. Sixth: Mrs. George Gellhorn (Mo.)--Nebraska,
Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri.
Seventh: Mrs. C. B. Simmons (Ore.)--Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada,
Utah, Arizona and California.
Chairmen of Departments.--1. American Citizenship, Mrs. Frederick P.
Bagley, Boston; 2. Protection of Women in Industry, Miss Mary
McDowell, Chicago; 3. Child Welfare, Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, Austin
(Tex.); Social Hygiene, Dr. Valeria H. Parker, Hartford (Conn.); 5.
Unification of Laws Concerning Civil Status of Women, Mrs. Catharine
Waugh McCulloch, Chicago; 6. Improvement in Election Laws and Methods,
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, New York; 7. Food Supply and Demand, Mrs.
Edward P. Costigan, Washington, D. C.; 8. Research, Mrs. Mary Sumner
Boyd, New York.
The recommendations of the Committee on Plans for Citizenship Schools,
appointed by the National Suffrage Association, Mrs. Nettie Rogers
Shuler, chairman, were adopted as follows:
1. That a normal school be held in the most available large city in
each State, to which every county shall be asked to send one or more
representatives, the school to be open to all local people. 2. That no
State shall feel that it has approached the task of training for
citizenship which has not had at least one school in every county,
followed by schools in as many townships and wards as possible, with
the ultimate aim of reaching the women of every election district. 3.
That minimum requirement of a citizenship school should include (a)
the study of local, State and national government; (b) the technique
of voting and election laws; (c) organization and platform of
political parties; (d) the League of Women Voters--its aims, its
platforms, its plans of work. 4. That each State employ a director for
citizenship schools to be under the direction of the national director
of such schools. 5. That the States urge the assistance of State
universities through summer schools, extension departments and active
participation by professors from these departments to make the
teaching of citizenship of real benefit to the State. 6. That the
States invite the cooperation of local men w
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