Show History Made In Campaign By the Women By y HERBERT DERBERT PLUMMER IMER WASHINGTON No Nov 16 16 What What Whatever ever else historians of the future may set down as the significant trends to develop in the 1932 presidential campaign campaign cam cam- its it's a pretty safe bet that cam I the evolution of the activity of women in politics will have large mention Well might the historian of th the thC fu future future future fu- fu ture record that the year 1932 marked the tho real real beginning of the transition from the American womans woman's Idea that her duty was merely to cast her ballot to that of engaging actively in the political po po- game herself herself even even to seeking public office in wh wholesale fashion Exactly of them were candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates In 31 states this year ear And they were not aiming low either cither Three sought seats scats in the senate semite 28 seats in inthe inthe inthe the house and two the gubernatorial chair The chronicler of women's part Inthe in inthe inthe the political show of 1932 will find plenty to interest him however aside from those who actually went out in inquest inquest inquest quest of office Not the least is the entrance of Alice Roosevelt Longworth into the picture as an active campaigner That speech of Princess Alice a few days das before the election i for lor r the Hoover cause and her magazine magazine article before be fore tore made some some political history A whole chapter could be written around what happened down in Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Ar Ar- kansas when Mrs Hattie Caraway licked six men in a rough and tumble political campaign to enter the senate sen sea ate as the first woman ever elected to a full year six term Then theres there's the part played by Dolly Gann sister of Vice President Curtis Mrs Gann arose to be one of f the most sought after speakers In the campaign by her stumping for tor the Republican ticket Ruth Bryan Owen Representative Mary T. T Norton Mrs Charles SabIn and Nellie Tayloe Ross arc are arc others who took leading parts in the cam earn |