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HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

NEBRASKA secretary, Mrs. Mary G. Ward, in charge. Mrs. Young edited the Headquarters Message and Mrs. Myrtle W. Marble of Huni- boldt attended to the publishing and mailing. A Suffrage Cook Book was prepared and published and became a source of con- siderable revenue. Mrs. Lulu S. Halvorsen of Nebraska City was press chairman. Miss Laughlin spent a month speaking and organizing. The State convention was held at Geneva Novem- ber 2 1 -December i, Mrs. Ellis Meredith of Denver a principal evening speaker. With the withdrawal of Miss Gregg and the conviction that no amendment of any kind could be carried under the existing law, the interest of the local organizations began to decline and the two brave and faithful women who had carried the heaviest part of the burden were now finding it too heavy for their strength. Mrs. Young took the headquarters to her own home in Broken Bow and Mrs. Marble did all kinds of work at all times if it helped the cause. Mrs. Young kept the clubs at work during 1905 and a full delegation of fourteen was sent to the national convention at Portland, Oregon, but her health began to fail and at the State convention held at Broken Bow October 10-12 she was com- pelled to give up the presidency. The executive board needed her counsel and experience and she accepted the position of honorary president. Mrs. Marble was made president and the other officers were re-elected with Miss Mary H. Williams as historian. Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford of Colorado was the prin- cipal speaker. There were seventeen addresses of welcome from representative citizens. Mrs. Marble kept up the work in 1906 as far as it was pos- sible. She began publishing an annual report of the year's work, a pamphlet of about 70 pages, containing a roster of the clubs and much useful information, and continued it during the four years of her presidency. With Miss Williams she attended the national convention at Baltimore. The State convention met at uln, October 2, 3, in All Souls' Church with Dr. Shaw as ing speaker. A memorial meeting was held for Susan B. Anthony, with the Rev. Newton Mann of Omaha, her former OT in Rochester, . Y.. as speaker. The State convention of io; met in Kenesaw October I, 2.