g speech.

Toward the close of the convention the following resolutions were
presented by the committee, Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, chairman, and
adopted:

WHEREAS, women already have the ballot in twelve States of the
Union and one Territory and in seven foreign countries, and the
trend of civilization the world over is toward enlarged rights
for women; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the National American Woman Suffrage Association,
in convention assembled, again calls upon Congress to submit to
the States the Constitutional Amendment providing for nation-wide
suffrage for women.

We rejoice in the recent granting of full suffrage to women in
Denmark and Iceland; Municipal suffrage in South Africa and an
enlarged local suffrage in the provinces of Canada and the States
of our Union....

We express our heartfelt sympathy with the women of all countries
now suffering through the war and our earnest wish for the speedy
establishment of peace with justice. Since women must bear their
full share of all the burdens and sufferings of war they ought in
fairness to have a share in choosing those in high places who
settle the question of war or peace.

The heroic work done for the sick and wounded by the women of
every land shows them to be worthy of the ballot, their right to
which Florence Nightingale declared to be an axiom, and their
plea for which has been endorsed almost unanimously by the
International Council of Nurses representing nine nations.

The association reaffirms that its policy is non-partisan and
non-sectarian, opposing no political party as such and opposing
no candidate because of his party affiliations but judging every
candidate by his own attitude and record.

We believe the home is the foundation of the State; we believe in
the sacredness of the marriage relationship, and further, we
believe that the ballot in the hands of women will strengthen the
power of the home and sustain the sacredness and dignity of
marriage; we denounce as gross slander statements made by the
enemies of woman suffrage that its advocates as a class entertain
opinions to the contrary.

The thanks and appreciation of the association are tendered to
its retiring president, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, for her long and
arduous service to this c