9, with the president, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt, in the chair. A cordial address of greeting was
made at the first morning session by Mrs. Millicent Garrett Fawcett,
president of the National Union of Women's suffrage Societies, the
hostess of the guests from many nations. Preceding chapters have given
an idea of the wide scope and the general character of these
international meetings and the names of those who earliest represented
their countries and their associations. Here at the end of the first
five years the list of delegates and alternates filled four and a half
printed pages and seventy-three fraternal delegates were present from
forty-one different organizations; in addition there were speakers on
the program who were not on these lists.

Among the organizations sending fraternal representatives, men and
women of distinction, were International and National Councils of
Women, Actresses', Artists' and Writers' Leagues, Women's Federation
of the British Liberal Party, Conservative and Unionist Women's
Franchise Associations, Men's Suffrage Leagues, Independent Labour
Party, International Women's Socialist Bureau, Ethical Societies,
Women's Trade Unions, Industrial Suffrage Societies, Women's National
Press Association, Women's Agricultural Clubs, Fabian Society,
National Committee against the White Slave Traffic--the list is almost
endless. Naturally all wanted to be heard and how to permit this and
leave any time for the regular proceedings of the convention became a
serious question. The United States, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany,
Netherlands, Norway and Sweden sent their full quota of six delegates
and six alternates. Five were present from Finland, six from Hungary
and five from South Africa. The Government of Norway had sent as its
official delegate Mrs. Staatsministerinde F. M. Qvam, president of the
National Woman Suffrage Association. A National Association had now
been formed in France and its secretary, Madame Jane Misme, brought
its request for affiliation. A similar request was presented by Mlle.
Daugotte, delegate from a new association in Belgium, and both were
unanimously and joyfully welcomed.

At the first evening session the speakers were Mrs. Qvam, Miss Annie
Furuhjelm, Finland; Mrs. Isabel May, New Zealand; Armitage Rigby, Isle
of Man, all testifying to the good effects of woman suffrage in their
respective countries, and Mrs. Catt delivered her president's address,
a thorough review of