ial Law at Simmons, and Mrs.
Park of Radcliffe.

On August 13 suffragists from different parts of the State again made
a pilgrimage to Lucy Stone's old home, West Brookfield, to celebrate
her birthday. Mrs. Cobden Sanderson, a daughter of Richard Cobden, one
of the "militant" English suffragettes, spoke at the women's colleges
and elsewhere. The Boston association, in connection with the Women's
Educational and Industrial Union, gave courses in citizenship,
addressed by heads of State and city departments. Mrs. Fessenden
conducted many classes in Parliamentary practice (these were continued
year after year), and there was a "suffrage day" in the woman's
department of the great Food Fair.

The Association of Collegiate Alumnae celebrated its quarter centennial
in Boston November 5-9, which brought many distinguished suffragists
from other States. In 1872 the New England Women's Club had given a
reception for the only three college women then in this city. In 1907
this association had 3,147 members, several hundred of them in Boston
alone. At the Whittier Centennial celebration at Amesbury on December
17 the poet's championship of equal rights for women was recalled with
his work for other reforms. The Boston Federation of Suffrage
Societies was organized by the Association for Good Government. The
State Federation of Labor and the State Letter Carriers' Association
endorsed woman suffrage.

The Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of
Suffrage to Women changed its organ _The Remonstrance_ from an annual
to a quarterly and sent out a copy broadcast. The suffragists followed
with an answer. The _Woman's Journal_ pointed out that the M. A. O. F.
E. S. W., according to its own official reports, had sold $40.86 worth
of literature in 1905, $13.50 worth in 1906 and $12.30 worth in 1907,
and that in 1906 the total receipts were $2,907, of which $2,018 were
expended on salaries.[81]

1908. The State annual meeting was held in Boston October 27, 28. Mrs.
Mead presided and Mrs. Ethel Snowden of England was the chief speaker.
There was a reception to Mrs. Howe, with addresses by Mrs. Maud Howe
Elliott, Mrs. Carota Von Koch of Sweden and Mrs. Howe. Miss Jane
Addams gave suffrage lectures this year at Radcliffe, Smith, Mt.
Holyoke and Wellesley colleges and Boston University, arranged by the
College Equal Suffrage League, with large audiences and much
enthusiasm. Mrs. Snowden spoke for the State association