written. A letter from the Irish Women's League
of Dublin and one from the English Women's Equal Rights Union to the
State president indicated the world-wide spirit of fraternalism which
embraced even Mississippi's modest organization. Good work was done by
the new superintendent of press work, Mrs. Dent. Not only did editors
by this time willingly accept material but some of them wrote
favorable editorials. The Yazoo City _Herald_, edited by N. A. Mott,
was a new recruit. The _Purple and White_, a Millsaps College paper,
was supplied with suffrage material by a bright senior, Janie
Linfield.

For the first time suffrage headquarters were maintained at the State
Fair by the Equity League of Jackson. Furnishings were loaned by Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Warren from their beautiful home "Fairview." A rest
room for mothers and babies was provided, other tired visitors were
also welcomed and the suffrage booth was the most popular place on the
grounds. For the first time the association was invited to take part
on Woman's Day at the State Fair, when representatives from the
women's State organizations held a joint meeting, and the president,
Mrs. Thompson, spoke for the suffragists.

Letters were sent to the Mississippi members of Congress urging them
to vote for the Federal Suffrage Amendment and to President Wilson,
pleading for his favorable consideration. Motion pictures were
utilized in three ways--suffrage plays were shown, local clubs selling
tickets received a part of the proceeds and suffrage slogans were
thrown on the slides between pictures.

The State convention was held in the Senate Chamber of the new Capitol
at Jackson in April, 1913. At the evening sessions all seats on the
floor were taken, the galleries filled and chairs brought from
committee rooms to accommodate the audiences. Music was furnished by
the Chaminade Club of Jackson. Mayor Swepson I. Taylor gave the
address of welcome. Others who spoke were Mrs. Fannie S. Clark, Mrs.
E. T. Edmonds, president of the Equity League, and Mrs.
Royden-Douglas, president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. In
her president's address Mrs. Thompson recommended that the association
ask the next Legislature to submit to the voters a State
constitutional amendment giving women the ballot, and this was
unanimously adopted. The Rev. E. T. Edmonds of the First Christian
Church of Jackson spoke on Woman Suffrage in New Zealand, where he had
been a resident.

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