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MICHIGAN 313 walls of the woman's section at the State Fair; in other places they were exhibited in store windows. Mrs. Catt had stipulated for this petition because of its educational value and its influence on the voters and the public. The work was done by volunteers. Few campaigns ever had so much help from organizations out- side of those for suffrage, among them were the W. C. T. U., Federation of Women's Clubs, State Grange, State Farmers' Clubs, Gleaners, American Federation of Labor, Anti-Saloon League, and Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense. The Men's League was an important factor. The clergy almost as a unit gave generous endorsement and constant help. The support of the press was nearly unanimous, many papers refusing pay for space from the "antis." Most valuable assistance came from the two great fraternal insurance organizations of women, Ladies of the Maccabees and the Women's Benefit Association of the Maccabees, Miss Bina M. West supreme commander, which had had the experience of having to defeat two referenda aimed at crippling their form of insurance. Partly for this reason they were especially interested in securing the franchise for women. The Ladies of the Maccabees confined their work mainly to the women in their own large organization. The Women's Benefit Association assumed the responsibility of organizing six congressional dis- tricts. They financed their own work entirely, using their own skilled organizers whenever it was necessary, especially in the I pper Peninsula, where no other workers were sent. The story of Mr<. Locke and Mrs. Droelle reads like that of the pioneers in the far western countries. This contribution, if measured in dollars, would have represented many thousands. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pope, Mr. and Mrs. (Itistavus Pope, Mrs. John B. Ford, Mrs. Delphine Dodge Ashbau^h and Mrs. Sherrard contributed nearly half of the amount required for the entire campaign. The teachers of Detroit financed a worker for several months, as did the Detroit ess women. Many of the larger cities financed their own campaigns for the last six v mong the individual men who gave great financial a ^i stance at this time were James Couzens, Chas. B. Warren, member of the Republican National VOU VI