President of the League to Enforce Peace.

I desire officially to pay tribute to the passing of Dr. Shaw.
Aside from her epic contribution to the cause of progressive
American womanhood it is in no sense perfunctory to say that
whether in war time Washington, organizing and directing the
eighteen thousand units of the Woman's Committee of National
Defense, or with indomitable courage and power going up and down
the country pleading great public causes relating to the war,
this woman of seventy years was an inspiration to all of us.
There was no one in American life who epitomized more finely
Roosevelt's philosophy that in the public arena one must to the
uttermost spend and be spent. It was a magnificent and enduring
trail that Dr. Shaw blazed. Everywhere her endeavors had the
impersonal and unselfish touch that marks the great protagonist
of new ideals. She was a gallant and stirring figure in the
history of this country and leaves the government of the United
States distinctly in her debt.

GROSVENOR B. CLARKSON,
Director United States Council National Defense.

As a member of the Council of National Defense I wish to express
my very sincere appreciation of the patriotic service that Dr.
Shaw rendered during the past two years, the magnitude of which
cannot be appreciated except by those intimately familiar with
it. Her distinguished service medal was well earned.

FRANKLIN K. LANE,
Secretary of the Interior.

I hardly know how to write you about the death of our dear Anna
Howard Shaw. She has been such a tower of strength to our cause
everywhere and now her place knows her no more! There is one
comfort in that she lived long enough to know of the triumph of
your cause in the passage of the Federal Amendment. She will be
sorely missed and deeply mourned, first and foremost in America
and Great Britain, but really all over the world, in every
country where woman's cause is a living issue.

MILLICENT GARRETT FAWCETT,
Honorary President,
National Union of Societies for
Equal Citizenship of Great