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WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 665 ference Mariana W. Chapman of Brooklyn was made superin- tendent of the department and the name was changed to Equal Rights for Women. This official action committed all the Yearly Meetings of this branch of Friends to the endorsement of political rights for women. Realizing the need for increased enthusiasm and active partici- pation in the imminent struggle for the enfranchisement of wo- men, members of the New York Yearly Meeting organized the State Friends' Equal Rights Association, with annual member- ship dues to meet necessary expenses. A definite list of members was thus made, who could be called upon when opportunity for service occurred. At Westbury (Long Island) Quarterly Meet- ing in 1901 a proposal was approved that this association should ask to co-operate as an auxiliary with the National American Yoman Suffrage Association and at the following annual con- vention of that body in Washington, D. C., it was represented by five delegates. In December, 1902, Mrs. Chapman, president of the Xew York association, addressed a meeting in Philadelphia and a branch was formed there, which in less than three months numbered about 200 members, with Susan W. Janney as presi- dent. The Baltimore Yearly Meeting quickly followed with a paid-up membership of 85, which increased the following year to 114, with Elizabeth B. Passmore president. In 1904 the entire dues-paying membership was over 500. The New York association sent letters to members of the State Senate and Assembly bearing on woman suffrage bills and was active in all State suffrage campaigns. Much energy was de- 1 to public meetings and literature. The Philadelphia and Baltimore associations worked mainly along educational lines. This year the Baltimore branch sent out 4,000 leaflets For Kqual The Philadelphia association rcnr-ani/cd in 1905, with -rolled instead of a paid membership. Their Yearly Meeting large body with a membership scattered over Pennsylvania, Jersey, Delaware and the eastern shore of Maryland. . . . The a- -is continued their work, holding meetings and id tables," especially at tin 'innal and biennial con- one of the most effective of the-e meeting being held in 1914, addressed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, YOU T