04, where it was
reported that the result of sending fraternal delegates to
thirty-seven State gatherings was the adoption of woman suffrage
resolutions by nineteen. The convention of 1905 was held in
Philadelphia, November 14, and all auxiliaries reported large gains in
membership. This year suffragists had ably assisted the City Party in
a reform campaign and advanced their own cause. Kennett Square
entertained the convention Nov. 6-8, 1906. An increase of 1,182 in
membership had been made during the year. In 1907 the State convention
was held in the western part of the State, taking place in Pittsburgh,
November 6-8. A resolution was proposed for the first time to ask the
political parties to put woman suffrage planks in their State
platforms by Miss Charlotte Jones but it was voted down as
impracticable. The State Grange, Letter Carriers' Association and
State Woman's Christian Temperance Union adopted suffrage resolutions
during the year. A junior suffrage auxiliary of 400 Pittsburgh girls
and boys was represented.

Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery succeeded Mrs. Blankenburg as president at
the convention held in Norristown Nov. 4-6, 1908. The proposed program
of the National American Association to secure an enormous petition
calling upon Congress to submit a woman suffrage amendment was
undertaken cheerfully, although it was a heavy task for a small group
of workers with no headquarters and limited finances. The State
convention took place at Newton Nov. 22-24, 1909, and Mrs. Avery was
re-elected president. The Equal Franchise Society, representing a
group of prominent women of Philadelphia, had been organized in the
spring as an auxiliary of the State association and the increase of
work caused by advance throughout the State made the establishment of
headquarters imperative. A committee was appointed to arrange for
State and county headquarters in Philadelphia and a sum sufficient to
sustain them for three years was pledged.

The convention of 1910 was held in Harrisburg and Mrs. Ellen H. E.
Price of Philadelphia assumed the presidency. This year was organized
the Equal Franchise Federation of Western Pennsylvania, later changed
to Federation of Pittsburgh, its leaders destined to play a very
important part in suffrage annals. Julian Kennedy was the first
president, one of the very few men who served as president of a woman
suffrage organization. The State Federation of Labor not only adopted
resolutions endorsing w