xt70rx937t9n_76 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70rx937t9n/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70rx937t9n/data/46m4.dao.xml unknown 13.63 Cubic Feet 34 boxes, 2 folders, 3 items In safe - drawer 3 archival material 46m4 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Laura Clay papers Temperance. Women -- Political activity -- Kentucky. Women's rights -- Kentucky. Women's rights -- United States -- History. Women -- Suffrage -- Kentucky. Women -- Suffrage -- United States. Laura Clay correspondence with Anna Howard Shaw text Laura Clay correspondence with Anna Howard Shaw 2020 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70rx937t9n/data/46m4/Box_4/Folder_12/Multipage3209.pdf 1909 September-December 1909 1909 September-December section false xt70rx937t9n_76 xt70rx937t9n NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUEERAGE ASSOCIATION

MEMBER OF NATIONAL. COUNCIL OF WOMEN AND OF INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SLJFFRAGE ALLIANCE

PRESIDENT, ANNA HOWARD SHAW, MOYLAN‘ PA RFCORDINC; SI’CRI‘TARY, ELLA S. STEWART.
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5 LAURA CLAY‘ 189 NORM! MILI. STREET

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CORRFSPONDING SECRETARY FRANCES SQUIRE POTTER. ALICE STONE BLACKWIZLL.

505 ITII’IH AVENUE. NEW YORK. G HI'ACON STREET BOSTON Mmzc

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I am »_ h, ., 1“,: is rather a.
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who Lave not been first tested in her own state
assoc ation. I have also tald her
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 505 Fifth Ave” Few York, Sept. 20,1909.

Hear Fember of iho Official Boar :*

I an unclesing a copy of a portion of a
letter veceiveé froa firs. Fitzgerald, of Boston; The money to which she refer.
is too gsooooo which we appropriated at Buffalo for work among working girls in
the seat for the purpose of organizing working girls' leagues. Some of the
money has already been used ii Pennsylvania - I think One Hundrod Bollars ‘ the
remaining four huydrod is still in the treasury and can be ufiilized for that
puryuso but I do not think it should be ample ed in hiring an or anizer for
Vassachusseiis unless the erranizatiOp is strictly among working'wamen. Mrs.
“iizgeralo and tho Passochussefifs women have been doinr r aflwai deal of work
and I would be glad to vote something to assist them in organizing these work-
ing girls but that money should be used exclusively for that p rpose and no
other as that was the stipulation when the appropriation was made. Will You
please send me your vote in regard to this matter?

I wish you could come into our National Headquarters and see how
fine we look and how buoy we are. we are eagerly looking forward to the coming
of Professor Potter this week when we hope to take hold of the National work
in good shape. I have not thought it wise to send a letter out to the state

presidents until I talk over with Professor Potter just her plan of wow»

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Please reply to this request as seen as possible.

A sufficient number of votes have been received approyriating $500.00

if necessary for the petition headquarters in Washingoon.

I note thaz 0n gage four of the yest executive meeting iv Seattle
the statement is made "A motion prevailed fibdt the Sneak 5. Anthony fund be
referred to the new finance cenmittee", but after we went into the business

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MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ALLIANCE AND NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

President, Dr. ANNA HOWARD SHAW, Recording Secretary, Mrs. ELLA S. STEWART.
Moylan, Penn. 5464 Jefferson Avenue, Chicago. "Is.
In Vice President. Mrs. RACHEL FOSTER AVERY, ““3““ M's' HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON'
Warren, Ohlo.
Swarthmore, Penn.

. . Miss LAURA CLAY, I89 North Mill Street.
2nd che President. Mu. FLORENCE KELLEY. Auditors Lexington. Ky.
I05 East 22nd Street. New York.

Miss ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.
Corresponding Secretary. Prof. FRANCES SQUIRE POTTER.

6 Beacon Street. Boston. Mass.
505 Fifth Avenue. New York- Headquarters Secretary. ProI. MARY GRAY PECK.

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MEMBER OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF' WOMEN AND OF INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ALLIANCE

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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, 505 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK

October 12th 1909

Dear State President

PEOGPESS. At the last official meeting
of the Official Board at Seattle, after the close of the
Convention, we discussed the advisability of making PrOgress,
which is our National organ, a weekly instead of a monthly
publication. We had had so many letters from Presi~
dents and Suffragists all over the country urging us to
print a weekly paper, that we felt there was a call for it
and certainly there is need for it. I think we are the
only great National association of Suffragists anywhere, or
of any other reform movement as far as I know, which has
not an organ worthy of it. PrOgress coming out once a
month is of comparatively little value in carrying the news
from Headquarters to the world. By the time the news
reaches the worker it is old and past, and our present sheet
is so small that we are able to publish very little news
in it, nothing like the amount we should in order to meet
the State needs. In fact, even a triflinc report of
State work in the present sized issue would more than fill
all the space there is, without leaving any room for any
outside information. Of course, a weekly organ is the
desirable thing, and so it was decided at this meeting of
the Official Board to ask the States to express their Opinm
ion as to the advisability of making Progress a weekly
paper, and if this should be done, how much support we could
eXpect from the different Stated. How many subscribers
would each State President undertake to secure in her State?
Would the united effort be made throughout the country to
secure advertising matter which would help to pay for issuing
the paper? Would any State which now issues a small sheet
for the purpose of carrying its news to its members, take
space in the National organ, paying to this organ the amount.
of money which it now pays for issuing its own sheet? This
matter is very important, because if we are tosmart a weekly
organ, we will have to have financial assistance or it cannot
be done. We have been assured that we must have from ten

 

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to twenty thousand dollars back of us before beginning, in order
to make it quite a success. Will you make any suggestions
which you think would be helpful in regard to this matter,

and kindly reply before the first of November, as that is

the time when the decision must be made, in order to enter

the paper in the New York Post Office?

If it is decided that it is illmadvised to at~
tempt a weekly paper at present, would you recommend increasm
ing the present monthly issue to twice its present size?

NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS. The work has Opened

up in the New York Headquarters in a very auspicious way, and
we are hoping for very good results because of the change
of location and the Opportunities which are Opened for ag~
gressive work. Prof. Potter has written for the Now
vember issue of Progress an account of the Headquarters and
of the scepe of the work planned for the coming year. I
trust that you will respond to her suggestions and let us,
as far as we can, keep in touch with you and your work. We
will all be glad of any suggestion which you may make which
will be helpful in carrying on the National work, and in any
way that we can be of service to you, you can always call
upon the Headquarters, and we will be ready to respond.
Because Prof. Potter has so exhaustibly written this matter
for Progress, I will not elaborate on it in this letter,
but simply refer you to the November issue of PrOgress when
it shall appear in order that you may know our plans. This
letter is simply to inquire in regard to your wishes respectm

ing PrOgress,~ whether or not it shall be a weekly; what
assistance We can expect from your State, or whether you pre—
fer it to remain a monthly with increased size.

THE PETITION WORK. I want particularly to
call your attention to the Petition work. The Secretary
at Petition Headquarters in Washington writes us that it is
almost impossible to get answers from many of the State Pres~
idents, or any definite information in regard to the success
of the Petition work. I cannot urge too strongly upon
you the fact that this work was taken up by a vote at the
National Convention, in which nearly every State President
present and the delegates voted to do the work, and it seems
to me that when such a vote is taken by a Convention we should
geel it a sacred obligation to carry it out. The National
Association has been at tremendous expense in doing this Pew
tition work. The money has largely been contributed out«
side of our own National Association, and the money has not
been taken from the treasury. We owe it to the peOple who
eXpected that we would act in good faith in the matter, and
therefore furnished the money, to do our best in raising a
sufficient quota for our own States. Will you not see to

 

 State President, «mm #5.

it that the peeple who have the Petition work in charge in

your State are stirred up to carry it on, and that all Petitions
shall be immediately collected as far as they are filled and
sent to the Petition Headquarters at 1825 H. Street, Northwest,
Washington, D. C. Now let us make a rally on this Petition
work, and before the first of January let us come as near hav«
ing our quota filled as possible.

In a letter which lies before me, the Secretary
at the Washington Headquarters says: "I am discouraged in rem
gard to some States. I have written to the State Presidents
over and over again and received no reply, and in other States
the replies are so indifferent that I cannot get hold either
of the lists of those who are trying to fill the Petitions or
get the Petitions returned. There are doubtless thousands of
names collected remaining in the hands of the people who are
collecting them. How shall we stir the officers of the
State up to recogniZe their responsibility in this matter?"

Will you not, as far as you have any power, act
immediately in securing the return of Petitions which are
fiII§d7"in"sending to Labor organizations, W. C. T. U. and
other groups of women the Petitions, so that at least you can
get within something like a reasonable number of the prOporm
tion allotted to your State? Do not put this matter off.
Remember, the work was begun because of your votes, and there«
fore that you and every other officer and delegate at the Bufw
falo Convention is responsible for the result as far as your
own State is concerned.

We attended a meeting last night which nominated
Hearst. On Saturday I wrote Mr. Hearst a letter, asking him
if he did not believe that women should be represented upon the
School Board of New York City by women, and asked him to reply.
The reply came last night, when, in the platform of the party
which Mr. Hearst represents, there was a clause stating, ”We '
believe that every child should have a seat in the Public Schools
and that the conditions should he hygienic, and in order to see
cure this end, we are in favor of women being placed upon the
School Board." flhen Mr. Hearst said that everybody knew where
he stood upon the great questions before the peOple, a woman’s
voice from the upper gallery shouted out, "Where do you stand
on Woman Suffrage,", at which the police started for her; but
she stood up calmly andeaid, "I am not disturbing the meeting.
I only want to know where the gentleman stands on Woman Suffrage."
Mr. Hearst very calmly said that he was amazed that such a ques"
tion should be asked, because for many years he had not only be»
lieved in Woman Suffrage, but he had advocated it; that if women
had the ballot there would be a seat for every child in the Pub—
lic Schools and that women would not be jammed as they are now
in the Subway; that wherever women had the ballot it had worked

 

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well, for in Colorado, in spite of the two great political
parties, they had elected Judge Lindsay and carried out other
reforms, and he believed that they would do it everywhere if
they had the Opportunity. It was a straightwout, square
statement of his position, without any attempt to crawl out of
it.

We are putting questions to different candidates
and making them give some kind of an answer. New York City
affords a great many Opportunities for workn What we need is
workers.

I trust the year is Opening up with as fine pros»
pocts for you as a State as it is for us as a National organiza«

tion, and that we may look forward to the most aggressive and
successful year of service in our whole history.

Faithfully

 

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MEMBER> OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN AND OF INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ALLIANCE

PRESIDENT. ANNA HOWARD SHAW. MOYLAN. PA. RECORDING SECRETARY. ELLA S. STEWART.
5464 JEFFERSON AVENUE, CHICAGO lI.I S
IST VICE-PRESIDENT AT LARGE. RACHEL FOSTER AVERY, ‘ _
SWARTHMORE‘ PA_ TRI:.ASURER. HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON.
WARREN. OHIO.
2ND VICE-PRESIDENT AT LARGE. FLORENCEGKELLEY. ‘ LAURA CLAY. 189 NORTH MILL STREET.
105 EAST LLND STREET. NEw YORK AUDITORS LEXINGTON. KY
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PRESII‘II'NT MISS? M CAREY THOMAS; I‘IWYN MAWI‘? PA
I-II‘ATmlIAR‘TERS SFCRFTARV MARY GRAY I’IE'CK

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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, 505 FIFTH AVE.. NEW YORK

OCtOber 11th 1909

Dear Eember cf the Official Beard

I have not communica t-d Aith you very often
cumin; ta New York, booaus e we have beeE So busy
mg cuxsg;ves into some definite shfipe for work
IT has caazzrteé—all The time, AS A911 as a1: of
inf energies. But im the MEAE -mz, numerous coma

m1-i”0‘i~V5 hava some it us 0% TI lQL‘ LII*euts n4"
,%¢%§}}%”Luubtie s be cf inte res t to yum nil, ha} we had
pgort unit} ts coly IL; fiend tTI AA Out. Ifi'the

gluce, in regard to -

WASEINCTON. I have received several com
muniCAIIcns from Dr. E=I1ton, all of zhich are trying to
she; T1 t perfect harmony pr3vails iv the State among ’
tlIe Suffragists, and TE thy are wri.ttcw in I Apirit
HTTich fleas not AhcA tT=t hA rmcny Tr-vaIis in her own
scu1,noz t. a she has Teen at 15 to gr as; yet tha real
situgtion, aad either figAeres cr refuses to race nize
the faci thfit she or the State “asoci1tion are in the
leAst raspeneible for cozditiona. The LEIAItuLAte
thing About the situAtion tLere nov 3 tIAT awether
silit hag arisen between Era. BageI and Lre. Eu: ton.

It sesms tTat KIA. BATE anfi the Kan ley 51318 and some
athera Aeoideé to hclu street nee tin'rs. ' Ere. Eut-
ton objectei to this IinJ cf procedure AId so another
division has ariIeA among th.en. EGIT it will Acrk
cut, I 3: act kno . The AL:using §art cf the situa-
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MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ALLIANCE AND OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

PRESIDENT. ANNA HOWARD SHAW. MPYLAN. PA

IST VICE-PRESIDENT, RACHEL FOSTER AVERY. TREASURER, HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON.
SWARTHMORE. PA WARREN. OHIO.

2ND VICE‘PRESIDENT. FLORENCE KELLEY. s LAURA CLAY- ‘89 NORTH MILL STREET‘
105 EAST 22ND STREET. NEw YORK ‘ AUDITORS ‘ LEX‘NGTON- KY'
1 ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. FRANCES SQUIRE POTTER. 6 BEACON STREET. BOSTON, MASS

505 FIFTH AVENUE' NEW YORK' CHAIRMAN PRESS COMMITTEE. IDA HUSTED HARPER.
505 FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK CITY

RECORDING SECRETARY. ELLA S. STEWART.
5464 JEFFERSON AVENUE. CHICAGO. ILLS. AUXIUARIES HEADQUARTERS SECRETARY, MARY GRAY PECK.

COLLEGE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE.
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FRIENDS EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
PRESIDENT, MARY BENTLEY THOMAS. EDNOR. MARYLAND

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MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ALLIANCE AND OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

PRESIDENT. ANNA HOWARb SHAW. MOYLAN. PA

IST VICE-PRESIDENT. RACHEL FOSTER AVERY. TREASURER. HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON.
SWARTHMORE. PA WARREN. OHIO.

5 LAURA CLAY. H39 NORTH MILL STREET.

LEXINGTON, KY.
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. FRANCES SQUIRE POTTER, G BEACON STREET. BOSTON. MASS

505 F‘F‘T” AVENUE NEW YORK" CHAIRMAN PRESS COMMITTEE. IDA HUSTED HARPER.
505 FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK CITY

2ND VICE-PRESIDENT. FLORENCE KELLEY.

I05 EAST 22ND STREET. NEW YORK AUDITORS

RECORDING SECRETARY. ELLA S. STEWART.
5464 JEFFERSON AVENUE, CHICAGO. ILLS. AUXILIARIES HEADQUARTERS SECRETARY. MARY GRAY PECK.

COLLEGE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE.
TELEPHONE 4990 MURRAY HILL PRESIDENT. MISS M. CAREY THOMAS. BRYN MAWR. PA

FRIENDS EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
PRESIDENT. MARY BENTLEY THOMAS. EDNOR. MARYLAND

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Prescott, Ariz. bctober 9, lgOJ.

Deer Miss bhnw _ A _ _
I received both your letters While in the field, and as soon as'l re-
turned I took up the matter with Mrs. “unds about getting an interview with ur. Tai’to
She made inquiry of several men and they did not think it would be.possible to get an

in nterview, owing to the shortness of his stay in each town. “9 will visit only Phoenx
e;1d Prescott, and will remain but an hour in each place, and the committees are so anxiu
to make a good impression so that he will give his influence for Stetehood, that they as
crowding the two hours more than full, and one man told her they were begging of him

to take the time to Spin into the Salt River Valley, because they went more irrigation
there. 1 So we thought the next best thing was to have Mrs. “unds end him a special 1
Adelivery letter to meet him at Phoenix which will be his first stop, asking him to mentn
suffrage in his addresses in 00th towns; and e are also writi ng the Preside ent of the

W. C.T. U. who lives in Phoezlix to get a note to him by special messenger; and we felt
that-if two 'lerriterial organizetio ns mode the request, he will probably heed it if we
can ' the lett rs into his hands. ' ' -

'_ We are also going to send a duplicate of Mrs. munds letter to Yuma, which is
the first town he will reach in.the Territory, and where the train is to stop five
minutes. 116 probably will not get that letter, but we are going to send it anyway.
This seems'ell that as can do. ‘ .

Now as to myself: ' once in Oklahoma when Mr. Owens sent me out to get signature
to e petitibn in a certain district, he requested that I should get a certain men
to head the petition if I Could. So I we.nt to so e this man first, and he not only
refuse: to sign, but he. said: You are out for a good time, and I dont blame you; if
I coul lget ;o travel around and nave my expenses paid, I would do it too. I thg
that was pretty tough then, when I ploughing around in mud to my shoe tops, but it
comes pietty near being true in Arizona, for I am certainly he ving the time of my life.
hrs. nunds is a Constant delight to work with, and her knowledge of conditions and
people is invaluable. And then it is so restful to ones nerves to work without
a particle 01 friction, and to be in no fighting factions.
My trip in the,Verde Valley was a daily joy. I had long stag 5e rides/ 1nd some rides
on horseback, through the most beautiful scenery, and there were numerous caStles
and caves of the Cliff Dwellers, where I picked up some pieces of.oottery, and speculetd
on the kind of ancestors I must have had. Then there was a curious well 20U feet in
diameter to whicfl no bottom he 5 ever been Iound, surrounded by caves, and there are
soda springs, and all sorts of queer .zsnd beautiful trnng s that I am consten tly seeinf, d
and the trips instead of tiring me are a constant delight.
" I have had fine audiences all along, and I paid all my Collections with
my expenses ( All my expenses with my collections) and ho.d some over, and I got a
lot of signers on the membershil cards. J Of course we ere-zrying Miss Ulay' s plan
of having no dues, wrich is the only practical thing tor these far away settlements,
for nobody could eVe r get the dies collected, and if they paid tE1em the Iirst
year ~Eile I use on the epot, they n,ver Could c llect them again. But if‘these mem-
berhhipsitsill me an anything in the power of numbers, we surealy are getting the
numbers. And when I think of those long Winding mountain roads that hays to be
travc led in lumber we guns in the dark, I juttwonder at the audiences I have. ‘

. Arizona has a hign grade of intelligence, both in town and country; So many
people have come here for their.health that have left cultured homes, and they are
readers and are Well posted. ‘Away out in the country twentynfive miles from
thez'ailroad they k