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KENTUCKY 215 lobby work at Washington under the auspices of the National Suffrage Association were Mrs. John Glover South, Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Smith, Mrs. Edmund M. Post, Mrs. Samuel Castle- man, Mrs. Charles Firth and Mrs. Samuel Henning. They were equally helpful in the State political work and among many others who deserve especial mention are Mrs. James A. Leech, Mrs. J. B. Judah and Mrs. Robinson A. McDowell. The associa- tion is indebted to Mr. McDowell for legal assistance. An im- portant factor was the press work of Miss Eleanor Hume. 1 The organizing of classes in citizenship was begun in the summer of 1919 and the services of a specialist in politics and history, Miss Mary Scrugham, a Kentucky woman, were secured to prepare a course of lectures for their use. These were pub- lished in the Lexington Herald and supplied to women's clubs, suffrage associations and newly formed Leagues of Women Cit- izens, soon to become Leagues of Women Voters. The Equal Rights Association voted at its convention in Jan- uary, 1920, to change its name to the League of Women Voters as soon as ratification of the Federal Amendment was complete or Presidential suffrage granted. The league was fully organ- ized on December 15, with Miss Mary Bronaugh of Hopkins- ville chairman. The first vice-president of the State Equal Suffrage Associa- tion, Mrs. South, was elected as chairman of the Women's Division of the National Republican Committee, and the second president, Mrs. Castleman, as Kentucky member of the Na- tional Democratic Woman's Committee. 1 In addition to the presidents the following served as officers of the association: Vice- 'nts: Mrs. Mary B. Clay, Mrs. Mary Cramer, Mrs. N. S. McLaughlin, Mrs. John Caslleman. Mrs. E. L. Hutchinson. Mrs. Charles Firth. Mi- .ludah. Mrs. Smith Samuel Castleman, Mrs. Leech, Mrs. McDowell, Mrs. Joseph Alderson. Mrs. F. A. Rothir 'Tiding scnrtnri- s: Mis Anna Milln. v C. Roark, Mrs. Alice Mer, Miss Clay, Mrs. tli. Recording snntaries: Mrs. Kmma Roebuck, Mrs. McDowell, Mrs. Firth, Mrs. J. D. Hays. Treasurers: Mrs. Isabella Shepherd. Mrs. WarflHd Her 'udah. Auditors: Miss Laura White, Mrs. Charlet L. Nield, Mrs. W. F. Lillard, Mrs. Alderson. HlttorUns: Ogle, Mrs. M. B. R- Mrs. Obenchain. Members National < ommittee: Miss Mary K. Giltner. Mrs. Post, Miss '