GEORGIA 135 for a State charter was filed under the name of the Equal Suffrage Party of Georgia. On July 29 a meeting was called for permanent organization and with representatives from different parts of the State present the following were elected : President, Mrs. McDougald ; first vice-president, Mrs. John Dozier Pou of Columbia; second, Miss Mildred Cunningham of Savannah; secretary, Mrs. Henry Schlesinger; treasurer, Mrs. Benjamin Elsas; organizer, Mrs. Mary Raoul Millis; auditor, Miss Genevieve Saunders, all of Atlanta. Members of the Executive Board were: Mrs. Mary Meade Owens of Augusta; Mrs. Mayhew Cunningham of Savan- nah; Miss Anna Griffin of Columbus; Mrs. Charles C. Harrold of Macon. Affiliated branches were organized with presidents as follows: In Savannah, Mrs. F. P. Mclntire; in Augusta, Mrs. Owens; in Columbus, Miss Anabel Redd; in Atlanta, Miss Kleanore Raoul; in Macon, Mrs. Harrold; in Athens, Mrs. V. B. Hill; in Albany, Mrs. D. H. Redfearn. From these centers a great deal of work was done for suf- frage in the adjacent smaller towns. The city organizations opened offices and committees of local women were put in charge t' the work of raising money and distributing suffrage propa- ganda. Tens of thousands of letters, leaflets, books and speeches were distributed throughout the State. All of the women's clubs uriH-fl to endorse suffrage; schools were asked to debate the Mihject and prizes offered for the best arguments in debate and in written composition. Suffrage parades on foot and in auto-
- i es were had in all the cities, suffrage plays put into the
theaters, suffrage slides into the movies and every means of atin^ the public was used. The best national speakers were Jit into the State and immense audiences worked up for them. The beloved Dr. Anna Howard Shaw spoke in Atlanta oo. The National American Woman Suffrage Asso- ciation, of which the Kcjiial Suffrage Party was an affiliati' heart v CM operation in securing these speakers. The party held annual conventions, where new officers were generally of democratic policy. The second took place 'lanta Nov. 17. 101;. where Mrs Mcl)nn^al<l was re-elected ident and the other officers selected were Mrs. J. D. Pou of
