enate committee but was not taken from the calendar. On February 6
the resolution to submit an amendment to the voters received 76 ayes,
56 noes in the House, lacking the required two-thirds. It was not
acted upon by the Senate. On February 19 the Presidential suffrage
bill was referred to a Senate committee and on the 26th was returned
with a favorable minority report but not acted upon.

Early in 1917 the misdeeds of Governor Ferguson culminated and a great
campaign was begun to secure his impeachment. He was the implacable
foe of woman suffrage and of every great moral issue for which women
stood, therefore at the very beginning of the campaign word was sent
to the committee in Austin that the State Equal Suffrage Association
had abandoned all other work temporarily and placed its entire
resources at their command. The offer was accepted at once and the
character and value of the services which the women performed may be
judged from the following statement from D. K. Woodward, Jr.,
secretary of the Central Committee in charge of the campaign:

The impeachment of former Governor Ferguson could not have been
brought about without the cooperation of the women of the
State.... Their work was under the direction of Mrs. Cunningham,
president of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association, who came at
once to Austin and established headquarters. The women were asked
to reach the remote sections, to eradicate prejudice and leave
understanding in its stead.... They did all that was asked of
them and more. The most confirmed skeptic on the question of
women's participation in public life must have been converted had
he witnessed the unselfish, tireless, efficient work of these
hundreds of devoted women and the striking ability of their
leader, whose genius for organization, knowledge of public
affairs and public men of Texas and sound judgment on all
questions of policy were of untold value....[178]

Then came the entrance of the United States into the World War and the
suffragists consecrated time, strength, life itself if necessary to
its demands. The call to the annual convention held in Waco in May,
1917, indicated with what directness and intelligence the women
approached their added responsibilities. It was "a call to the
colors," to work for the war. War and Woman's Service; What can we do?
Our Need of the Ballot to do it; True Americanism, were among the