It had been long thought by both State and
national leaders that if the amendment could be brought before them
they would give a large majority for it. Probably no State ever went
into a campaign under more favorable auspices and until the last few
weeks it seemed that victory was certain and the women had learned
that it was not entirely a State matter but one of national interest.
The national president, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, gave six weeks of
time to the campaign and liberal contributions of money, as she
considered Iowa her State, having spent a large part of her life
there. The honorary president, Dr. Shaw, other national officers,
State presidents and men and women suffragists from many other States
rendered valuable help in time, money and service of all sorts. Large
numbers of Iowa women who had never helped before now did effective
work. The long-time suffragists devoted themselves wholly to the
campaign. Many Iowa men gave great assistance. A Men's League for
Woman Suffrage, John H. Denison, president, was organized with
headquarters at Des Moines and branches in all the large cities, forty
altogether. These leagues not only assisted with counsel but raised
funds, placed speakers and helped get out the vote. O. G. Geyer was
the executive secretary and the State offices of the League adjoined
those of the State Suffrage Association. There were the closest
cooperation and the greatest harmony in the work of the two
organizations. An unusually well-conducted press campaign was carried
on with Mrs. Rose Lawless Geyer at the head of the press department
and she and Miss Alice B. Curtis, executive secretary, gave long hours
and invaluable service to the campaign. Five-sixths of the newspapers
not only used plate matter and a weekly press letter but supported the
cause editorially and some of them refused the paid advertising of the
"antis."

Dr. Effie McCollum Jones was finance secretary; Miss Mabel Lodge was
the first organizer in the field and there is a long list of men and
women whose names deserve mention for the abundant time and unstinted
devotion they gave to the campaign. In some of the counties along the
Mississippi River, where the situation was the most difficult, were
strong groups of men and women workers. Miss Anna B. Lawther of
Dubuque headed one of the most active and the record of the river
counties would have been even blacker than it was but for the
herculean work that they did. In Keokuk, t