is campaign. This was brought to the
attention of the State president, who later wrote: "Although urged
from many sides and by some of the ablest women of the State to begin
a campaign for 1912 in the summer of 1911, I withstood all such
requests." A division of opinion arose among the women of Portland
regarding the wisdom of delay and Dr. Shaw's letter was submitted to
the Woman's Club, an organization which up to this time had taken no
active part in work for suffrage. Now a motion prevailed to enter into
the campaign and authorize the president, Mrs. A. King Wilson, to
appoint a committee for this purpose. The personnel of the committee
was: Mrs. Frederick Eggert, Mrs. William Fear, Mrs. George McMillan,
Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, Mrs. Grace Watt Ross, Mrs. Sarah A. Evans,
chairman; Mrs. William Strandborg, secretary. This committee waited on
the State president and submitted a plan whereby all the various
groups of women which were forming might be co-ordinated and operate
from one headquarters, the committee offering to assume all financial
expense for them. The plan was not approved by her and the committee
and all other groups were compelled to work independently of the State
organization.

The Portland Woman's Club Committee opened headquarters in January,
1912, occupying two rooms in a centrally located office building for
the entire ten months of the campaign. Dr. Shaw, through the
generosity of a friend, contributed $200 a month toward their
maintenance. Mrs. Strandborg, a newspaper woman of large experience,
sent every two weeks a short, spicy letter to 210 papers throughout
the State. Many appreciative notices were given by the press.

Almost simultaneously with the opening of headquarters by this
committee a number of independent societies were formed for
propaganda, which sent out organizers and by summer there were no
counties and but few towns or hamlets without a suffrage society. With
the assistance of Miss Anita Whitney of California and Mrs. Helen Hoy
Greeley of New York the women of Oregon University organized a large
college suffrage club; the State Agricultural College did the same and
these were rapidly emulated by the smaller colleges and schools. The
State Federation of Labor endorsed it and sent organizers into the
field as did many fraternal associations.

The first concerted effort made by the State Association was at Salem
Feb. 16, 1912, in the Hall of Representatives by permission of
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