addressed the students of the Woman's College of
Brown University.

On June 2, 1902, the endorsement of the State Central Trades and Labor
Unions was secured. Harry Parsons Cross, a leading lawyer, gave two
courses of lectures on the Legal Status of Women and Parent and Child
in Common Law. This year the organization met with a great loss in the
removal from Rhode Island of the Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer, who had
served the society from its inception, officially and unofficially,
with signal devotion. Henry B. Blackwell gave a notable address at the
annual meeting. To him, Lucy Stone and Alice Stone Blackwell the State
association was indebted for invaluable services on many important
occasions.

In 1903, at the annual meeting a letter was read from Mayor D. L. D.
Granger of Providence, heartily endorsing woman suffrage. Mrs.
Charlotte B. Wilbour and the Rev. Mrs. Spencer were made honorary
presidents of the association. In 1904 and thereafter a prize of $25
from the Elizabeth Buffum Chace legacy was given for the best essay on
woman suffrage written by a student of the Woman's College. Mrs.
Dewing declined re-election in 1905 and Mrs. Jeannette S. French was
chosen president, serving two years. Events of the year were two
lectures by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American
Suffrage Association. In 1906 Mrs. Mary F. W. Homer was elected
corresponding secretary and her wide experience in suffrage work in
Massachusetts was a valued contribution at a time when re-enforcements
were greatly needed.

In 1907 Mrs. Rowena P. B. Tingley was elected president. Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, in her 88th year, gave a remarkable address in April. The
association secured an endorsement of woman suffrage and equal pay for
equal work by the United Textile Workers of America, who met in
Providence. Mrs. George D. Gladding, daughter of Mrs. Dewing, was
appointed chairman of the Committee on College Work and initiated the
movement for the College Equal Suffrage League by securing Mrs. Maud
Wood Park to address a meeting of college women at the home of Mrs.
Dewing and also to speak at the Woman's College. The league was
organized December 11.

In 1908 Mrs. Tingley was re-elected president but because of ill
health the duties of the office devolved largely upon Mrs. Gladding,
first vice-president. The 40th anniversary of the association was
celebrated December 11 in Churchill House, the women's club house,
named for one of the d