tions at St. Louis the board can help very materially. If
the members of the board of lady managers can attend some of
these gatherings of 1903, and by personal effort and
representation assist in bringing the conventions here the
following year, the management will be pleased to have them do
so.
Very respectfully,
W.B. STEVENS,
_Secretary_.
Mrs. MARY PHELPS MONTGOMERY.
Record of 1903 Conventions of Organizations Composed of Women.
International Congress of Nurses, New York City; International
Board of Women and Y.M.C.A. Conference, Cleveland, Ohio;
Daughters of Liberty, National Council, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Daughters of St. George, Columbus, Ohio; Daughters of Veterans'
National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio; Ladies' Aid Society of the
United States, Providence, R.I.; P.R.O. Sisterhood Supreme, St.
Louis, Mo.; Ladies' United Veteran Legion National Convention,
Brooklyn, N.Y.; National Council of Women, New York City;
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Chicago, Ill.; National
League of Women Workers, Syracuse, N.Y.; Women's and Young
Women's Christian Association, St. Louis, Mo.; National Congress
of Mothers, Detroit, Mich., May 5-8; Daughters of the
Revolution, General Society, New York City, May 10; King's
Daughters and Sons, St. Louis, Mo.; Knights and Ladies of Honor,
St. Louis, Mo.; Knights and Ladies of Security, St. Louis, Mo.;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, St. Louis, Mo.;
P.E.C. Sisterhood, St. Louis, Mo.; Spanish-American War Nurses,
St. Louis, Mo.; United Daughters of the Confederacy, St. Louis,
Mo.; Woman's Christian Temperance Union, St. Louis, Mo.; Woman's
Relief Corps, St. Louis, Mo.; Council of Jewish Women, St.
Louis, Mo.; National American Woman Suffrage Association, New
Orleans, La.; Ancient Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem, Kansas
City, Mo.; Ladies of the Maccabees, Port Huron, Mich.
In a letter from Mr. Howard J. Rogers, in charge of congresses,
which will be appended to this report, he says:
"I beg to state that, in my opinion, the only feasible way is
for the secretary of the board of lady managers, acting in
behalf of the board, to communicate with the secretaries of the
various women's organizations, such as Federation of Clubs,
etc."
Our committee suggests that a separate committee be formed to
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