ony of men in high authority in every belligerent land; and
whereas, all truly civilized, intelligent people now wish to make
a final end of war and to organize the forces of civilization so
as to make future war impossible; and whereas, women compose half
of society with very special and peculiar interests to be
conserved and protected--all too frequently overlooked by
men--therefore

Resolved, that we urge the President of the United States to give
women adequate representation on the United States delegation to
the Peace Conference to meet in Paris. We urge him to select
women whose broad experience and sympathies render them competent
to support and defend every point which bears upon the
establishment of liberty for all the peoples of the world and
especially upon the proper protection of women and children in
peace and war. We urge him to select women who may be relied upon
to uphold free representative institutions, based upon the will
of the people in every land in which independence is established,
in order that democratic institutions may make an end of war."

No attention was paid to this resolution by the President or the
Government and no women were appointed on the Peace delegation as a
recognition of their work and sacrifice.

The Woman's Committee gradually closed up its affairs and at a
meeting on Feb. 12, 1919, Dr. Shaw was instructed to write to the
Secretary of War that it believed its work to be at an end and
tendered its resignation to take effect when, in the judgment of his
Council, its services should no longer be required. This resignation
was accepted by President Wilson on February 27 with a splendid
tribute to the work of the committee. The announcement was formally
made on March 15, and the committee passed out of existence.[151] Two
of its members, the chairman and the resident director, Miss Hannah J.
Patterson, received from the Government in May the distinguished
service medal.

Secretary of War Newton D. Baker in a Foreword to Mrs. Blair's report
said: "The chairman of the Woman's Committee of the Council of
National Defense from the beginning was Dr. Anna Howard Shaw--ripened
by a long life devoted intensely to the advocacy of great causes;
cheered and heartened by recent victories for the greatest cause for
which she had fought in her long and unusual life; loved and honored
by her sex as their