ticipation of women
in all our civil affairs will be voluntarily sought as an infusion of
indispensable new elements into our citizenship."

The convention of 1903 was held November 28 at Newport, with Miss
Harriet May Mills of New York as the chief speaker. The master of the
State Grange declared his belief this year in the equality of the
sexes and urged that some provisions be made for the higher education
of Delaware women. The convention of 1904 was held November 22 in
Wilmington with an address by Dr. Shaw and $25 were pledged to the
National Association. In 1905 the convention was held November 4 in
New Castle, with Dr. Shaw the speaker. A pledge of $25 was again made
to the National Association and Delaware's quota to the Oregon
campaign was subscribed. The State convention took place at Newport on
Nov. 6, 1906. This year the G. A. R. endorsed both State and national
suffrage.

The convention held Oct. 2, 1907, in Wilmington, arranged to send the
State president to the congressional suffrage hearing at Washington.
The outside speaker was Mrs. Susan S. Fessenden of Massachusetts. A
chairman of church work was appointed. Reports showed that much
suffrage sentiment was now manifested in the State.

The convention of Nov. 12, 1908, at Newport, was addressed by Mrs.
Rachel Foster Avery and Miss Lucy E. Anthony, the latter describing
the great suffrage parade in London in which she had taken part. A
memorial to David Ferris, a prominent friend of woman suffrage, was
read by Miss Emma Worrell. The Higher Education of the Young Women of
Delaware was discussed by Professor H. H. Hayward, dean of Agriculture
in Delaware College.

The convention of Nov. 29, 1909, in Wilmington, was addressed by Miss
Campbell and Miss Mary Winsor of Haverford, Penn. Memorials to Henry
B. Blackwell and William Lloyd Garrison were read by Mrs. Gertrude W.
Nields. The national petition work for a Federal Amendment was
undertaken in Wilmington with Miss Mary R. de Vou and Mrs. Don P.
Jones in charge; in the rest of the State by Mrs. Cranston.
Legislators and the State at large were deluged with literature. Miss
Perle Penfield, a national organizer, was sent for one week by
courtesy of Mrs. Avery, president of the Pennsylvania association. A
hearing was arranged by Professor Hayward before a Senate committee in
the interest of the higher education of women in Delaware, without
result.[28] A telegram and a letter were sent by the State presi