in politics, was always an
ardent and influential supporter of woman suffrage. Among the pioneer
workers who are still living are Mrs. Ione T. Hanna, the first woman
elected member of a school board in the State; Mrs. Alma V. Lafferty
and Mrs. Harriet G. R. Wright, former members of the Legislature; Dr.
Mary Barker-Bates, Dr. Minnie C. T. Love, Mrs. William N. Byers, Mrs.
James B. Belford and Mrs. Celia Baldwin Whitehead.[20]

The State Association has been non-partisan but its members personally
have been connected with the various parties. This does not mean that
they always have voted a straight party ticket; they have not, neither
have men, and scratched tickets are common. Women do not necessarily
"vote just as their husbands do" but many a pair go amicably to the
polls and with perfect good feeling nullify each other's vote. It is a
noteworthy fact that during all the years no bill which the State
association actively opposed has been passed by the General Assembly
and every bill which it actively supported has been enacted into law.
It has thus conclusively been proved that, while women must band
themselves together for bettering the condition of their sex and for
the general good of the State, yet having planned together they must
work out their problems through their political parties. The
association has consistently opposed the so-called National Woman's
Party with its "militant" methods, giving wide publicity to
resolutions adopted Oct. 2, 1917, which said: "We denounce the methods
and actions of the women 'picketing' the White House as unpatriotic
and not in accord with the principles of this association; we declare
they have impugned the good faith of the United States in the eyes of
Russia and other foreign nations ... and we request the Attorney
General of the United States to institute an investigation of the
association supporting the 'pickets' and the sources of its money
supply...."

Though actively engaged with serious problems of State government, of
city administration and of home economics, the association has never
overlooked the fact that social activities are essential to good
government and right living and has made its social affairs a
noteworthy feature during the past years.

There has never been any question among the people generally in
Colorado as to the benefit of woman suffrage. Sanitary conditions are
improved, beginning at everybody's back yard and extending through
every busine