Rev. George L. Story, Miss
Eliza Eaton, Miss Blanche Dunham and Mrs. Laura Kezer, president of
the W. C. T. U. The convention congratulated women of the Methodist
Episcopal Church on their admission as delegates to the General
Conference, the Vermont conference having voted for it unanimously.

In 1902 the convention met at West Concord June 18, 19, among the
speakers being Miss Mary N. Chase, president of the New Hampshire
Suffrage Association, and Mr. Blackwell, who never missed a
convention.[186] The State Baptist Association went on record this
year in favor of women voting on license and prohibition and the
Universalist Church convention endorsed equal suffrage.

In 1903 the convention was held at Barton June 9, 10, with Mrs. Ida
Porter Boyer, a national organizer, among the speakers. The convention
of 1904 went to Woodstock, June 22, 23, and was addressed by the Rev.
Harry L. and Mrs. Canfield, suffrage leaders there, and many others.
It was announced that Mrs. Dorcas McClelan of Glover had left a
bequest of $150 to the association. A "composition" entitled Female
Education, written by a pupil in a Woodstock school in 1831, now Mrs.
Harriet Walker of Denver, 90 years old, was read and much enjoyed.

The convention of 1905 took place in Springfield June 7, 8. During the
year 10,000 copies of Opinions on Equal Suffrage by Vermont Men and
Women had been distributed and the _Woman's Journal_ placed in twelve
libraries. A memorial service was held for Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, a
life long suffragist. In 1906 the convention was held at Brattleboro
June 6, 7, with a long list of State speakers, including six
clergymen. A memorial service with tributes of appreciation was held
for Miss Susan B. Anthony.

Burlington entertained the convention June 13, 14, 1907, which had the
privilege of hearing Mayor W. J. Bigelow, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, now
president of the National Association, and State Representative H. H.
Shaw of Burlington. Mr. Blackwell presented a fine portrait of his
wife, Lucy Stone. Four prominent State workers had died during the
year, the Hon. Henry Ballard, C. W. Wyman, Miss Carolyn Scott and Miss
Laura Moore, the latter for twenty-two years secretary of the State
association, its leader and inspirer. She was known at the Capitol as
"the Saint of Barnet" and U. S. Senator Carroll S. Page once said: "If
the cause of equal suffrage should ever prevail in Vermont it will be
largely because of the seed sown by