must be given in the
public schools in civic government, patriotism and the duties of a
citizen.

Among the women who were active in legislative work were Mesdames
Lillian Mitchner, C. C. Goddard, W. R. Stubbs, J. D. McFarland, E. E.
Rodebush, E. S. Marshall, Lilla Monroe, A. H. Horton, Lottie Case,
Frank Lindsay, Festus Foster and S. S. Estey.[54]

RATIFICATION. Governor Henry J. Allen called a special session of the
Legislature for the purpose of ratifying the Federal Suffrage
Amendment eleven days after it had been submitted by Congress on June
4, 1919. Representative Minnie J. Grinstead introduced the joint
resolution and it was passed unanimously on June 16 by both Houses and
approved by the Governor and forwarded to the Secretary of State on
the 17th.

FOOTNOTES:

[52] The History is indebted for this chapter to Lucy B. (Mrs. William
A.) Johnston, president of the State Equal Suffrage Association when
the victory was won. She is under obligations to H. G. Larimer,
legislative reference and bill drafting department; Miss Henrietta
Alexander, legislative reference librarian; L. J. Pettyjohn, Secretary
of State; Miss Lorraine E. Wooster, State superintendent of public
instruction; Miss Suzanne Henry, Supreme Court law clerk; Dr. S. J.
Crumbine, secretary State board of health; Mrs. Herbert Jones,
department vital statistics; Miss Linna Bresette, State labor
department; Miss Clara Francis, librarian State Historical Society.

[53] Among the many who aided in campaign work were Judge and Mrs.
Frank Doster, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Codding, the Hon. A. M. Harvey, the
Hon. Geo. Waters, the Hon. C. C. Gafford, the Rev. Festus Foster, the
Rev. S. S. Estey, D. D., William Allen White, Sim Bromlette, John J.
Brown; Mesdames Doster Cook, C. W. Smith, Nanon Herren, Lucia Case,
Lida Buckley, Sherman Medill, Margaret Brandenburg, Edwin Knapp, L. S.
Corbin, Adrian Greene, Adrian Sherman, Pansy Clark, Z. Nason, Geo. W.
Rose, Effie Van Tuyl, Eva M. Murphy, Effie Frost; Misses Laura French,
Eva Corning, Florence Welch, Bertha Hemstead, Olga House, E. Galloo,
Mary Dobbs, Dorothy Sherman.

[54] A complete resume of the unexcelled welfare legislation of the
past twenty years was sent with this chapter but had to be omitted for
lack of space. The first State constitution in 1859 guaranteed the
same educational rights to women as to men. The State University at
Lawrence has 54 women on its faculty; the State Agricultural College,
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