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1 PRELIMINARY MEETING i
As a preliminary to the business of the Convention, A Boston Tea
L Party was held at Ashland, the historic home of Henry Clay, where
; Mrs. Desha Breckinridge received the guests. 1
j “'ith her was Mrs. Philip Snowden, of England, who, that same i
l evening gave a most convincing and enjoyable lecture on \Voman's ‘
~ Suffrage. :
The next evening, following the banquet at the Phoenix Hotel, 1
l Madame Schwinimer, of I'Iungary. spoke on “Peace.” telling many in- '
cidents of the war, and greatly impressing her audience. 2
’ The last evening of the Convention was opened with “Chivalry Up— J
, to-Date,” by Mr. W'alter J. Millard, who defined “(‘hiralry" as “a gener- l
1 ous act without expected compensation,” and said that the granting of 1
; \Voman’s Suffrage would bring it “up—to-date.” 1
l The Convention closed with the speech of our own Mrs. Breckin- ,
‘ ridge, “Ring Out the 01d, Ring in the New.” and her earnestness and i
l brilliance made a delightful but regretful close for her term as l’resi— i
I (lent, and close of the Convention. }
l Proceedmgsnfr Assomauon ‘
l The 'l‘wr'enty-sixt-h Annual~Conrenti021‘ of Kentucky Equal Rights 1
l Association: was called to order at the .l’liouni): Hotel, November 9th, - l
1915, at 10:30 o’clock. the llrrlf-siileirt in‘ tlie‘ciisiir. Reports of general .
I. officers was the first busihess.’ : , 3' , - " ' I
1 The President reported first the work of the State Organizers and I
. speakers sent to teachers’ institutes with the recommendation that in-
1’ dividuals in local Leagues do all the personal work they can.
Second, the plan to get the political parties to endorse in that
platform an amendment to the Constitution allowing women to vote
l with the result that three parties in Kentucky endorsed it.
i The President reported the work done in connection with the min-
isters and church convention. Two thousand letters were sent to l
ministers with the result that two conventions endorsed sufi’rage. l
The plate page about sufi’rage was sent to all country papers. The
first went to 100 papers and a second page was sent recently to 100
papers. The President suggested that the local Leagues in the future
' realize that they must not only be self-supporting, but also help the
State Association.
The First Vice-President repdrted work done in connection with ‘
bringing Mrs. Snowden to Kentucky and arranging ten lectures in ten l
' towns and that she could not supply all the calls for Mrs. Snowden as ‘
she proved such a drawing card. j
Second Vice-President reported her work as organizer. She visited l
four towns. LaGrange. Lawreneehurg, Mt. Sterling and Whitley City. f
The Chairman of Courtesies Committee presented Frau Schwimincr '
I to the Convention. l
Third Vice-President made report concerning the work she did in l
connection with the teachers’ institute at llart‘ford at the District 3
Baptist meeting and at the District meeting of the “I. C. T. U. l
Corresponding Secretary reported that she had not only attended E
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