them its vice-president. Mrs. Rebecca
M. Little, Mrs. Antoinette B. Kinney and Dr. Belle A. Gummel have been
regents of the university. Professor Maude May Babcock has been dean
of physical education and expression since 1892 and a trustee since
1897. Her culture and personality have left an indelible impress on
the history of this State.

From the beginning women have allied themselves with the different
political parties, occasionally uniting on a great issue like that of
Prohibition. From the time they were enfranchised by the State
constitution they have received the recognition of the parties. In
1900 women were sent as delegates and alternates to both national
presidential conventions and Mrs. Cohen seconded the nomination of
William Jennings Bryan. A number were sent in following years. In 1908
Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherdron was a delegate and a presidential elector,
carrying the vote to Washington. She was one of the two received by
President Taft and was royally entertained while in the capital. Among
other women who have acted as delegates and alternates since 1900 are
Mrs. William H. Jones, Mrs. Hayward, Mrs. Sarah Ventrees, Mrs. Gates,
Mrs. Lucy A. Clark, Mrs. B. T. Pyper, Mrs. L. M. Crawford, Mrs. Alice
E. Paddison.

Women have their representation on all political committees--Mrs.
Hayward is a member of the Democratic National Committee--and their
participation in politics is accepted without question. There are
about 10,000 more women voters than men voters. As a rule about 90 per
cent. of the women vote and about 86 per cent. of the men, as some of
the latter are in the mines or out of the State for various reasons.
Among the Republican leaders are Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Gates, Mrs.
Cherdron, Mrs. Jannette A. Hyde, Mrs. Cannon, Mrs. Wolstenholm, Mrs.
Loufborough, Mrs. William Spry, Mrs. Reed Smoot; Mrs. Martha B.
Keeler of Provo and Mrs. Georgina G. Marriott of Ogden. The Democratic
party has had among its leading women Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Alice
Merrill Horne, Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. Hayward, Gwen Lewis Little, Mrs.
Piercy, Mrs. S. S. Smith, Mrs. Annice Dee, Mrs. Inez Knight Allen and
Miss Alice Reynolds.

No State exceeded Utah in the proportion of the work done by women
during the World War. Mrs. Clarissa Smith Williams was the unanimous
choice for chairman of the State branch of the Woman's Council of
National Defense. She was eminently fitted for this position through
her long experience as first counsellor to