ha Salicath,
Miss Eline Hansen, Mrs. Charlotte Eilersgaard, Miss Rasmussen,
Denmark; Mrs. Anna B. Wicksell, Mrs. Frigga Carlberg, Miss Jenny
Wallerstedt, Sweden; Miss Fredrikke Moerek, Miss Marie Scharlenberg,
Norway; Mrs. Saulner, Switzerland; Mrs. Henry Dobson, Australia; Miss
Rosika Schwimmer, Hungary; Mrs. Mary Wood Swift, Miss Belle Kearney,
Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, Miss Lucy E. Anthony, Miss Nettie Lovisa
White, Mrs. Lydia Kingsmill Commander, United States.
[223] The reports from the various countries prepared for this
congress filled fifty-seven pages of the printed report and fully
justified Mrs. Catt's statement.
[224] The committee which had been appointed to prepare for the
congress and had been working for many months beforehand consisted of
the Executive Committee of the central board of the National Suffrage
Association and the presidents of sub-committees formed for different
purposes. Miss Signe Bergman acted as president, Miss Axianne
Thorstenson as vice-president, Miss Anna Frisell as treasurer, Miss
Nini Kohnberger and Miss Elise Carlson as secretaries. Mrs. Virgin was
at the head of the Finance Committee. The work of the Press Committee
was directed by Mrs. Else Kleen. Mrs. Lily Laurent was at the head of
the Committee on Localities. Mrs. Lizinski Dyrssen headed the
Committee for Festivities. Mrs. Ezaline Boheman was the head of the
Information Bureau. Miss Lamm and Miss Anden directed the work of the
thirty university students who served as pages and whose kindness and
swift and silent service none will ever forget. At the head of the
Travelling Committee was Dr. Malin Wester-Halberg, who arranged the
journey to Lapland, gave information about all excursions, etc.
[225] International headquarters were established in London, the paper
was greatly enlarged and published there under the title, _Jus
Suffragii, International Woman Suffrage News_, and Miss Mary
Sheepshanks was appointed editor, a post which she filled most
satisfactorily during the following six troubled years.
[226] Because of the war which devastated Europe for the next five
years these pledges could not be kept and the Alliance did not meet
again until 1920. Meanwhile the United States contributed enough so
that the London headquarters were kept open and the paper did not miss
an issue.
[227] The English church of Geneva also for the first time admitted a
woman to its pulpit, which was occupied on the following Sunday, June
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