ches and suffrage slides in movie theaters 150
Concerts (indoor, 10, outdoor, 3) 13
Suffrage booths in bazaars 6
Number of Headquarters (Borough 4, Districts, 20) 24
Campaign vans (drawn by horses 6, decorated autos 6,
district autos 4), vehicles in constant use 16
Papers served regularly with news (English and foreign) 80
Suffrage editions of papers prepared 2
Special articles on suffrage 150
Sermons preached by request just before election 64
A _Weekly News Bulletin_ (for papers and workers) and the _Woman
Voter_ (a weekly magazine) issued; many unique features like
stories, verses, etc.; hundreds of ministers circularized and
speakers sent to address congregations; the endorsements of all
city officials and of many prominent people and big organizations
secured.
In order to accomplish the work indicated by this table a large number
of expert canvassers, speakers, executives and clerical workers were
required. Mrs. Catt as State Campaign chairman was a great driving
force and an inspiration that never failed, and Miss Hay in directing
the party forces and raising the money showed remarkable ability.
Associated with her were capable officials--Mrs. Margaret Chandler
Aldrich, Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Martha Wentworth Suffren, Mrs. Robert
McGregor, Mrs. Cornelia K. Hood, Mrs. Marie Jenney Howe, Mrs. Joseph
Fitch, Mrs. A. J. Newbury, and the tireless borough chairmen, Mrs.
James Lees Laidlaw, Manhattan; Mrs. H. Edward Dreier, Brooklyn; Mrs.
Henrietta Speke Seeley, Bronx; Mrs. Alfred J. Eno, Queens, and Mrs.
William G. Willcox, Richmond.
The spectacular activities of the campaign caught and held public
attention. Various classes of men were complimented by giving them
"suffrage days." The appeal to the firemen took the form of an
automobile demonstration, open air speaking along the line of march of
their annual parade and a ten dollar gold piece given to one of their
number who made a daring rescue of a yellow-sashed dummy--a suffrage
lady. A circular letter was sent to 800 firemen requesting their help
for all suffragists. "Barbers' Day" produced ten columns of copy in
leading New York dailies. Letters were sent in advance to 400 barbers
informing them that on a certa
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