32O HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE reported. The Woman's Welfare League of St. Paul joined the State association and did excellent work for suffrage. Mrs. Hall was re-elected president and removing from the State later Mrs. P. L. De Voist of Duluth was selected to fill out her term. 1 In October, 1913, at the annual convention in St. Paul, Mrs. Bright was elected president. The Minneapolis Equal Suffrage Club, which had been organized independently by Mrs. Andreas Ueland, joined the State association and later became the Henne- pin County suffrage organization. A Women Workers' Suffrage Club was formed with Mrs. Gertrude Hunter, president. In November, 1914, at the convention in Minneapolis, Mrs. Ueland was elected president and served for the next five years. 2 It was reported that the Everywoman Suffrage Club of colored women had been organized in St. Paul with Mrs. W. T. Francis president. The clubs of St. Paul and Minneapolis, at the request of the National Association, had joined in the nation-wide dem- onstration May 2 with mass meetings in each city, a street meet- ing and parade in St. Paul at noon and a joint parade in Minne- apolis in the afternoon with 2,000 men and women in line. In October, 1915, the convention took place in St. Paul. Up to this time headquarters had been maintained free of charge in Minneapolis, at first in the office of Drs. Cora Smith Eaton and Margaret Koch and for many years in the office of Drs. Ethel E. and Annah Hurd. This year they were opened in the Essex Building of that city and a paid secretary installed. Or- ganization by districts was arranged for. In conformity with plans sent out from the National Association, quarterly confer- ences were held in different sections of the State. "Organization day" on February 15, Miss Anthony's birthday, was celebrated
- A State Anti-Suffrage Association was organized in Minneapolis in 1912 and later
branches were formed in other cities. The president was Mrs. J. B. Gilfillan of Min- neapolis and other active workers were Mrs. E. L. Carpenter, Mrs. Edmund Pennington and Mrs. Frank Reed of Minneapolis, Mrs. J. W. Straight of St. Paul and Mrs. J. L. Washburn of Duluth. Time was given to their speakers at the last three hearings granted the State Suffrage Association by the Legislature. Miss Minnie Bronson, secretary of the National Anti-Suffrage Association, came from New York for one. 1 Too much credit for the final success of woman suffrage in Minnesota can not be given to Mrs. Ueland, president of the association for the last five years of its existence. She organized the entire State, raised large sums of money each year, induced many prominent women to join in the work, carried out the instructions of the National Asso- ciation to the letter, secured legislation, and not only took advantage of every opportunity for propaganda but created opportunities.
