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Show Salt akf arilmm I I Mrlfll Sol SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 2. 1969 SOCIETY FEATURES WEDDINGS DRAMA MUSIC 'XX 4"- -i 11 X, ' ' .'"a" 'VT. at the Legislature. In Senate gallery 1 vy$ $ ' It was Ogden Leagues day Tuesday : ART BOOKS II f iji I members listen to discussion on drug laws and the corporate franchise tax. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of National American Woman Suffrage Women Voters Drive ? u , - &, ' v' - '. r $ ' s? , ' ( Assn., led parade in New York, 1917. In 1919 Mrs. Catt was in Utah for formation j of league of Women Voters. Nationally, League was bom in February, 1920. '' By Hazel S. Parkinson Tribune Club Editor Utah voters who have used the League of Women Voter's at election times know the guides are indeed valuable, efforts. reliable, guides Utah Suffrage The guides provide information on all candidates (including school boards and judiciary) up for election as well as information on issues and propositions on the ballot. Now it's the Leagues turn to ask Utah citizens for help. Nationally, the League is beginning an 11 million dollar finance drive which will launch the League into its next 50 years. The 50th anniversary kickoff is planned March 11 in Utah when Leaguers will invite state legislators to share a birthday cake and punch during a session break. The League of Women Voters of the United States was organized February, 1920, in Chicago, it is a voluntary, organization open to women citizens of voting age to encourage the informed and active participation of all citizens in government and politics. So what will all that money be used for ? Largest portion will be earmarked to expand and strengthen existing programs such as the voters guide, voters service, educational activities and the support of community projects and services to attack the most urgent social and economic problems. Prior to last election, the Utah LWV published 15,000 voter's guides. In Ogden some ot the guides were printed in Spanish for local use. More money is needed to expand this service. In the League sponsored a first of its kind, Western States Water Conference held in Salt Lake City. National experts participated in discussing water importance and problems of the West. Both the Utah League's constitutional study and government study guides are used in American government classes in some Utah high schools and colleges. The league was one of several womens organizations who sponsored an Air Pollution Conference for Women in February at the University of Utah. So popular was the meet that another is currently being considered. Members donated over 400 hours of time demonstrating voting machines in areas where they were used last general election. If use of voting machines is broadened, services of League members will be greatly sought. All of these services take funds. Future plans at the leagues state level are to expand the study of Utahs public education system and to continue its n, Though the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote, wasn't ratified by the necessary of states until Aug. 26, 1920, its anticinumber (three-fourthconsensus the Chicago convention in February of was at pation ly20. This saw the retiring of the womans suffrage organization and the birth of the League of Women Voters of the United States. The suffrage movement began in the USA in 1848 at the first womans rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Two suffrage associations, the National and American, were organized in 1869. The two merged in 1890 into the National American Woman's Suffrage Assn. It disbanded in 1920. However the Utah League of Women Voters was organized Nov. 17, 1919, at a conference held in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the NAWSA at that time, was present. Mrs. F. S. Richards was first league president in Utah. Mrs. Susa Young Gates and Mrs. Donnette Smith Kesler were Utahs representatives at the Chicago convention. Today, League members also are carrying on positions of leadership in the state. Mrs. James W. Ure is a member of the Utah State School Board; Mrs. Jerry Landa and Mrs. James Orme are members of the Salt Lake City Board of Education. Mrs. Brigham E. Roberts is chairman of the State Welfare Board and Mrs. Philip S. Frederick is chairman of the State Air Conservation Committee. Mrs. M. E. Harris Jr. is a member of the State Board of Mental Health and Mrs. Bryce E. Roe is a member of the State Board cf Health. non-prof- See Page ' "S s V s s O W-- i, Dennis R. Dailey, State Division of Health, explains measurement of sulphur dioxide (pollutant) to Mrs. Richard Laramee, Mrs. Ted Burnett, Mrs. Ralph Benovvitz and Mrs. Philip R. Frederick. Column 1 sy A Jtk , Members of the League of Women Voters of Utah heard Gov. Calvin L. Hampton at recent League Day J M Draper Jr. (next to the governor), League president, addressed Senate. at Legislature. Mrs. Delbert , Mrs. Robert J. Stuart, left, past national president, Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Bryce E. Roe, chat at league sponsored Western States Water Conference Feb. 11. League to launch fund drive for 50th year. t |