till 1915 when she was made honorary chairman. She did not relinquish
the work but continued to assist her successor, Mrs. W. H. Thorp. For
eight years Mrs. Farmer kept press headquarters in the Old Capitol,
St. Paul. She added new papers to the list which accepted suffrage
matter till it had 500, about all of them, and much of the suffrage
sentiment in the State can be traced to her years of work. The
quarterly bulletin was edited by Mrs. Julia B. Nelson.

In October, 1904, the convention met in Anoka and Dr. Shaw addressed
large audiences. Miss Marion Sloan of Rochester was made
vice-president. During the year the association offered prizes for the
best essay on woman suffrage to the students of the four Normal
Schools, many competing. The annual meeting for 1905 was held in
Minneapolis in November. In answer to the many calls a Lecture Bureau
of twenty well-known speakers directed by Dr. Annah Hurd had been
organized; a generous contribution was sent to Oregon for its
campaign.

In March, 1906, an impressive memorial service was held in Minneapolis
for the beloved leader, Susan B. Anthony. Another was held in
Monticello in November during the State convention. It was reported
that the Governor had appointed Dr. Margaret Koch, one of the active
suffragists, to the State Medical Board; that many organizations had
passed resolutions endorsing suffrage and that in June Mrs. Stockwell
had presented the greetings of the National Association to the General
Federation of Women's Clubs in convention in St. Paul. In October,
1907, the convention met in Austin. During the year a Scandinavian
association had been formed by Dr. Ethel E. Hurd, with Mrs. Jenova
Martin president, and a College Equal Suffrage League at the State
University by Professors Frances Squire Potter and Mary Gray Peck,
with Miss Elsa Ueland president. Miss Laura Gregg, sent by the
National Association, had organized suffrage committees in twelve
towns. It was decided to circularize the teachers of the State.

In November, 1908, the convention was held in Minneapolis with Dr.
Shaw and Professor Potter as speakers. Mrs. Martin was elected
vice-president. The energy of all suffrage workers had been turned
toward the great petition to Congress for the Federal Amendment
planned by the National Association and directed in the State by Mrs.
F. G. Corser of Minneapolis. Mrs. Maud Wood Park made a tour of the
State in March speaking in eight colleges in the inter