er change was made in
the board, most of whom had served over ten years. With the
cooperation of all the societies the meeting at the auditorium in
Newark addressed by Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst of England was a great
success.

This record of details, much condensed, represents the seed-sowing in
the first decade of the century in preparation for the harvest which
came at the end of the second decade.

NEW JERSEY. PART II.[120]

In December, 1911, a Joint Legislative Committee, representing the
four woman suffrage organizations in New Jersey was formed with Mrs.
George T. Vickers as chairman, and in January, 1912, a resolution for
a submission to the voters of a woman suffrage amendment to the State
constitution was first introduced in the Legislature at the request of
this committee.

On Oct. 25, 1912, a parade was given in Newark under the auspices of
the State Suffrage Association with all four organizations represented
among the marchers, who numbered about 1,000 men and women. This was
followed by a well-attended mass meeting at Proctor's Theater,
arranged by the Women's Political Union, at which Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, president of the National Suffrage Association, was the
principal speaker.

The twenty-second annual convention of the association was held in
Trenton in November, when the following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. E. F. Feickert; first vice-president, Mrs. F. H.
Colvin; second, Miss Elinor Gebhardt; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Charles P. Titus; recording secretary, Mrs. Charles P. Eaton;
treasurer, Mrs. Anna B. Jeffery; auditor, Miss Bessie Pope.
Twenty-five local branches were reported with a total membership of
2,200.

In December the Legislative Committee was re-organized on the basis of
equal representation for each of the four organizations. Mrs. Everett
Colby was elected chairman and Mrs. Minnie J. Reynolds was engaged as
legislative secretary, who resigned in six months to become field
organizer for the Women's Political Union. This committee continued to
function until 1917, when the Women's Political Union, the Equal
Franchise Society and the Men's League having disbanded and their
branches having joined the State association the political work was
taken over by its Legislative Committee. In 1914 Mrs. Philip McKim
Garrison succeeded Mrs. Colby and she was succeeded by Mrs. Robert S.
Huse in 1916. Among those who served actively were Miss Bessie Pope,
who gave valuable and c