rs. Miller that the road was clear and
it would come to a vote June 19. The vote stood 31 ayes, 6 noes. The
House voted on June 24, giving 153 ayes, 44 noes.

Immediately after the vote in the House the work of the State
association was recognized when Representative Robert L. Wallace, a
friend in many Legislatures, moved to give its president the privilege
of addressing the House from the Speaker's rostrum. This was the first
time it ever was granted to any man or woman. Governor Sproul also
gave a special reception to the officers of the association and the
500 women who had journeyed to Harrisburg for the ratification. For a
number of years, the State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage had
been represented at all sessions of the Legislature by Mrs. Horace
Brock, the president, Mrs. John B. Heron and Miss Eliza Armstrong of
Pittsburgh, but to Miss Armstrong, a woman of seventy, it had been
left to fight the last battle on ratification and fifty legislators
supported her efforts to the end.

The example of the big Republican State of Pennsylvania unquestionably
aided in securing like action in a large number of other Republican
States. Its prompt action may be attributed primarily to Governor
Sproul's sincere interest but due credit must be given to all the
brave women who toiled for more than half a century to keep the torch
burning and to the leaders in the last years, especially Mrs. John O.
Miller, the president. The newspapers, from the editorial departments
to the youngest reporters, were always of the greatest assistance and
it was highly appreciated.

[LAWS. A complete digest of the laws relating especially to women and
children accompanied this chapter, comprising about 3,600 words and
including the laws for women in the industries, child labor,
jurisdiction of the Juvenile Courts, property rights of wives,
guardianship of children, divorce, mothers' pensions and others. It is
a distinct loss that the decision had to be made to omit the laws from
all State chapters for lack of space.]

FOOTNOTES:

[153] The History is indebted for this chapter to Mrs. Harriet L.
Hubbs, executive secretary of the State Woman Suffrage Association
1916-1919 and thenceforth of the State League of Women Voters and
active member of Legislative Committees for both organizations.

[154] These organizers were: Mrs. Evelyn Binz, Mrs. Laura Gregg
Cannon, Mrs. Ada Mundorff, Mrs. Alice Moore Dunbar, Misses Lillian
Howard, Emma