ent
was passed.

In 1916 the convention was held in Memorial Hall, Topeka, and the name
Equal Suffrage Association was restored. Governor Capper commended the
women for their good influence on legislation. Mrs. Catt, president of
the National Association, reviewed its activities, and urged Kansas
women to work for the Federal Amendment and go to the national
political conventions. Money was raised for the Iowa campaign. There
had been several attempts to organize a "militant" suffrage society in
Kansas under the name of the Congressional Union and a number of men
and women had been innocently led into it. A "question box" conducted
by Mrs. Catt did much to clarify the situation, making it plain that
there was no chance of united work by the two organizations as they
were diametrically opposed in methods. She addressed the Commercial
Club at a noon luncheon and many business men testified to the good
results of woman suffrage. Mrs. W. Y. Morgan was elected president.
The Kansas members of Congress, all of whom were in favor of the
Federal Amendment, were continuously urged to press for its
submission. About fifty Kansas women marched in the great suffrage
parade in Chicago at the time of the Republican national convention in
June.

The convention met in Topeka June 21, 1917, and Mrs. Morgan declining
re-election, Mrs. Charles H. Brooks of Wichita was made president. The
annual meeting of 1918 was held in Wichita June 12. The money had been
raised to send two envoys to the Southern States and then on to
Washington, Mrs. Henry Ware Allen and Mrs. Yaggy, both of charming
personality and belonging to the Democratic party, to obtain the help
of Congressmen from the South, and it is gratifying to remember that
the securing of the last necessary votes in the House in January might
be attributed to the efforts of these two women. It was voted to send
money and speakers to help in the Oklahoma campaign, where the liquor
interests were making a strong fight against the amendment. Mrs.
Brooks' excellent work soon brought results. It was hard to raise
money for anything except winning the war but she never lost sight of
the fact that winning votes for the Federal Amendment was winning
democracy for the world. Almost without exception the officers of the
association represented families with men in uniform. The suffragists
sold in the Third and Fourth Liberty Loans $20,000,000 worth of bonds
and they worked in every "drive" throug