Show Rational Council of Women Tho time is now fixed for the convention conven-tion of the national council of women of the United States It is for February 1SQ5 and is to be held in Washington There are now 17 national associations belonging to the council which repro sents a constituency of about 700000 women The executive committee of the council has passed resolutions on the subject of dress reform favoring patriotic patri-otic instruction divorce reform and an equal standard of morality for men and women The resolution on divorce reform re-form reads Resolved That as divorce Is a measure equal ly concerning both sexes we hold it Just that all commissions created to deal with divorce bhould representative of both To this end ivo an organization of national organizations comprising About 700000 representative women wom-en request of the appointing power in each state whether gubernatorial or legislative that all such commissions hereafter to be appointed ap-pointed shall be composed of both men and women in equal numbers That we ask the National DiTorco Reform league to take no steps toward altering exist inc laws without conferring with the national council of women of the United States through Its standing committee on divorce reform That we instruct our committee on divorce reform to ask for a hearing before the Divorce Reform league at its next meatis In order to provide for cooperation between men and women wo-men In regard to this measure which equally affects both That the first step toward the elevation of the home Is to put man and woman as homemakers home-makers in a position of legal equality That letter be sent to the governor of tack state and territory asking him to call the at 1 i ntlon of the legislature to the situation concerning con-cerning divorce laws requesting the appointment appoint-ment of a commission to consider the matter to conoid equally of men ana WOWCB |