s especial credit for the strong,
workable organization which was built up so carefully in preparation
for the campaign year. The State convention was held in Scranton,
November 19-24. There was every indication that the next Legislature
would submit a constitutional amendment and the Executive Board asked
for a campaign fund of $100,000, of which $30,000 were pledged at the
convention. Mrs. William Thaw, Jr., of Pittsburgh offered $10,000 if
the fund reached $50,000 by April 1. With this splendid foundation the
State was ready to take up the actual work of the campaign in 1915.
Mrs. Charles Wister Ruschenberger of Strafford announced that she
would have a replica cast of the Liberty Bell to be known as the
"woman's liberty bell." Later Dr. Mary M. Wolfe of Lewisburg was
elected chairman of the Finance Committee and the $50,000 were raised
on time.

The Legislature of 1915 submitted an amendment to be voted on at the
regular election November 2. Mrs. Roessing was president of the State
Association and Miss Patterson was chairman of the Woman Suffrage
Party, whose plan provided for organization by political districts,
recognizing every political division from that of the State unit down
to the precinct and township. The State was divided into nine
districts but as very few women could give sufficient time to head a
division comprising from seven to ten counties, only four were
supervised by chairmen--Mrs. Anna M. Orme, Mrs. E. E. Kiernan, Mrs.
Maxwell K. Chapman and Miss Mary J. Norcross.

Allegheny county had four experienced organizers, Philadelphia four,
Montgomery three, Bucks two, Chester, Washington, Luzerne and McKean
each one. Eighteen other organizers worked under the supervision of
Miss Patterson.[154] They visited every one of the 67 counties during
the year, formed new organizations, stimulated those already
established, conducted booths at county fairs, addressed women's
clubs, teachers' institutes, Chautauquas, picnics, farmers'
institutes, men's organizations, political, church, college and
factory meetings. During the last three months of the campaign they
conducted county tours and held open air meetings daily. They formed
central organizations in 64 counties under competent chairmen. Cameron
and Pike were the only counties where there were no societies but in
Cameron there were active workers. In the other eleven counties
central organizations were not formed but legislative districts and
boroughs we