had no
superior in organizing ability. The plan followed the lines of the
political parties and was already in use by the Woman Suffrage Party
of New York City, which she had founded.

In January, 1914, Campaign District Conferences and Schools of Method
were held, followed by a convention and mass meetings in every county.
During the year twenty-eight paid organizers were constantly at work.
Mrs. Catt herself visited fifty of the up-state counties. The annual
State convention October 12-16, was preceded by a state-wide motor car
pilgrimage. On every highway was a procession of cars stopping along
the route for street meetings and converging in Rochester for the
convention. There was little change in officers. Three vice-presidents
were added, Mrs. Alfred E. Lewis of Geneva, Mrs. Livermore, Mrs.
Notman. Mrs. Cannon was succeeded as corresponding secretary by Miss
Marion May of New York. Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Shuler were added to the
board of directors. A comprehensive program of work for 1914-15, laid
out by Mrs. Catt, gave a definite task for each month and included
raising a $150,000 campaign fund, each district being assigned a
proportion; school for suffrage workers, special suffrage edition of a
newspaper in every county, automobile campaign, work at county fairs
and a house to house canvass to enroll the names of women who wanted
the suffrage. Mrs. Catt's plan also included parades in all the large
cities and schools in every county to train watchers for the polls.

As was expected the resolution for the suffrage amendment was passed
by the Legislature of 1915, the vote to be taken on the day of the
regular election, November 2. Forty paid organizers were kept in the
field and a convention was held again in each county. By autumn each
of the 150 assembly districts was organized and in addition there were
565 clubs and 183 campaign committees. About 2,500 women held official
positions, serving without pay. It was estimated that about 200,000
women worked in some capacity in this campaign. Twelve thousand New
York City public school teachers formed a branch under Katharine
Devereux Blake as chairman. Each paid fifty cents dues and many gave
their summer vacation to work for the amendment.

The Equal Franchise Society, in charge of the literature, printed
7,230,000 leaflets, requiring twenty tons of paper; 657,200 booklets,
one full set sent to every political leader in the State; 592,000
Congressional hearings and