. In the procession were a son, three
grandsons, a granddaughter and two granddaughters-in-law of William
Lloyd Garrison; the daughter of Abby Kelley Foster, the
daughter-in-law of Angelina Grimke and Theodore Weld and the daughter
of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell. The Concord banner was carried
by the grandniece of Louisa M. Alcott. Arrangements had been made for
a delegation from the Boston Central Labor Union but when the time
came the sole marcher to appear was the president, who courageously
marched alone carrying the banner of the union.

The second, called the Victory Parade, was even more successful. It
included about 15,000 marchers with a substantial men's section and
was viewed by 500,000 people. It was reviewed by Governor David I.
Walsh in front of the State House and Mayor James Michael Curley in
front of the City Hall and was followed by a tremendous mass meeting
in Mechanics' Building, addressed by the Mayor and others. Parades
were held also in other large cities.

The State Federation of Women's Clubs at its annual meeting in 1915
endorsed woman suffrage, on motion of Mrs. Herbert J. Gurney, by a
vote of 203 to 99. The extreme to which bitter feeling ran was shown
by a widely advertised attempt to organize a Non-partisan League among
the club women in consequence but only a few hundred joined out of a
federation membership of 65,000. It had been endorsed by the General
Federation and by 28 State federations but in no other had the
defeated minority undertaken to organize another society.

Thirty county fairs out of thirty-seven were covered systematically.
Special help in the campaign work was given by Ohio, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The question of woman
suffrage was presented before 621 organizations of men through the
efforts of a committee formed for that purpose, under Mrs. Evelyn
Peverly Coe's chairmanship. Women attended nearly all the primaries
and town meetings, distributing literature and urging the men to vote
yes.

As the election approached the work along all lines grew more
intensive. Well-organized victory automobile tours ran steadily
throughout the summer and fall, in the eastern part of the State under
the direction of Mrs. Walter G. Morey and in the western under Miss
Luscomb. Meetings were held at the fashionable hotels on the north and
south shores and outdoor meetings at the popular beach resorts.
Comparatively few were held indoors bu