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Hirshberg, Mrs. Isaac Hirshberg, Mrs. Jake Hirshberg. Mrs. S. O. Hudis. Mrs. J. B. Hyman. Mrs. B. Hyman, Mrs. Nathan Hyman, Mrs. Sol Hyman, Mrs. E. Jacobs, Mrs Joseph Jorobus, Mrs. Jennie Jarrett, Mrs. Aaron Johnson. Mrs. Adolph Jonas, Mrs. L. Jonas. Mrs. Arthur Joseph, Mrs. Harry Joseph. Mrs. M. Joseph, Mrs. Harry Klaiman, Mis. J. Kaplan, Mrs. Sam Kessler, Mrs. A. Kirshner. Mrs. E. S. Klein, Mrs. Ike Klein. Mrs. S. Kyman, Mrs. Gus. Kornman, Mrs. Gus. Kornman. Jr., Mrs. Irving Kornman, Mrs. Ike Kottler, Mrs. P. D. Kottler. Mrs. Joseph Krugman, Mrs. Gus. Kuhn, Mrs. L. W. Kuhn, Mrs. J. Lapat. Mrs. Sam Lapidus, Mrs. M. S. Lebeck, Mrs. Harry Lefkovitz. Mrs. Jake Lefkovitz, Mrs. Louis Leftwich. Mrs. Sam Leftwich, Mrs. S. Leiberman, Mrs. Jake Leibovitz, Mrs. M. Lerman. Mrs. B. Levant. Mrs. R. Leventhal, Mrs. A. T. Levine. Mrs. Abe. Levy, Mrs. Charles Levy, Mrs. Herbert Levy, Mrs. Isadore Levy. Mrs. Max Levy, Mrs. M. J. Levy. Mrs. R. Z. Levy, Mrs. Sam Levy, Mrs. I. Lewinthal. Mrs. Dave Lightman, Mrs. Harry Lightman, Mrs. Joseph Lightman, Mr -. Morris Lightman, Mrs. M. A. Lightman, Mrs. Ben. Lindauer, Mrs. Louis Loeb, Mrs. Joseph Lindauer, Mrs. L. Loubanow, Mrs. A. Loveman, Mrs. Henry Loveman. Mrs. Charles Loventhal, Mrs. Dorris Loventhal, Mrs. Lee Loventhal. Mrs. Martin Loventhal, Mrs. Mary Loventhal, Mrs. Dave Lowenheim, Mrs. B. Lowenstein. Mrs. I. Lowenstein, Mrs. Julius Lowen- stein. Mrs. Sol. Lowenstein, Mrs. B. Lubin, Mrs. Herman Lubin, Mrs. J. C. Lusky, Mrs. E. F. Lusky. Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. Maurice Lusky. Mrs. Elmer Maas. Mrs. Newman Maimon, Mrs. Harry Markle. Mrs. Ilannah Marks, Mrs. Sig. Marks, Mrs. Julius Martin, Mrs. Leo Martin, Mrs. N. Martin, Mrs. Isadore Matison, Mrs. Mortimer May. Mrs. A. H. Meyer. Mrs. Henry Mills, Mrs. Reuben M. Mills, Mrs. M. Morris, Mrs. Sam Morris, Mrs. Dave Morse, Mrs. Joseph Morse, Mrs. I. B. Morse. Mrs. Sam Moskovitz. Mrs. Isaac Myers. Mrs. L. Newworth, Mrs. B. S. Paplanus, Mrs. E. I. Paplanus, Mrs. E. Pilsk. Mrs. J. Polton, Wirs. A. W. MISS MAYBELLE ABRAMS Powers, Mrs. M. Porges. Wrs. J. Raphael. Mrs. E. Redelsheimer, Mrs. Hannah Reisman. Dr. Celia Rich. Mrs. Herman Rich, Mrs. Julius Rich, Mrs. B. Rittenberg. Mrs. G. P. Rose, Jr., Mrs. H. Rosen, Mrs. D. Rosenfeld. Mrs. Ben. Rosenfeld, Mrs. L. Rosenheim, Mrs. MF. Rosenthal. Mrs. A. Roth, Mrs. Aaron Rothchild. Mrs. J. P. Rosenthal. Mrs. R. S. Salzkotter. Mrs. Seymour Samuels, Mrs. Joseph Sanderson. Mrs. Solomon Sawyer. Mrs. J. Shatten, Mrs. W. Shatten, Mrs. Sam Schklar, Mrs. B. Schulman, Mrs. S. Schulman, Mrs. H. Schwartz. Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. Harry Seligman, Mrs. Abe. Shyer, Mrs. Dave Schmalovitz, Mrs. Lou Shyer. Mrs. N. B. Shyer. Mrs. Sam Shyer, Mrs. Sam Silverfield, Mrs. Albert Silverman, Mrs. Jake Silverman, Mrs. Max Silverschatz. Mrs. Charles Simon, Mrs. H. D. Simon, Mrs. J. Simon. Mrs. Annie Simons, Mrs. L. Small. Mrs. Sam Small, Mrs. M. N. Sobel. Mrs. V. S. Sobel, Mrs. D. Solinsky. Mrs. Harris Solinsky, Mrs. P. Solomon, Mrs. Herman Spitz, Mrs. Jake Starr. Mrs. B. Stein, Mrs. Joseph Stein. Mrs. M. Stein. Mrs. Sam Stein, Mrs. M. Steiner. Mrs. H. Stelzer, Mrs. J. Stelzer, Mrs. M. S. Stern. Mrs. William Taradash. Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum. Mrs. I. Tugen. drich, Mrs. A. Ulovitz, Mrs. B. Wasserman, Mrs. Frank Weil, Mrs. Harry Weil, Mrs. W. Weiman. Mrs. A. S. Weinbaum, Mrs. H. D. Weinbaum, Mrs. P. Weinbaum, Mrs. M. Weinberger, Mrs. Joseph B. Weinstein. Mrs. I. Weinstein. Mrs. M. Weinstein, Mrs. H. Weintrub, Mrs. A. L. Weise. Mrs. Joseph Werthan. Mrs. M. Werthan, Mrs. J. B. Weil, Mrs. Morris Weiner. Mrs. Nathan Weiner, Mrs. S. H. Wilson, Mrs. Mitchell Wise. Mrs. H. Zager, Mrs. Nathan Zager. Mrs. H. Zander, Mrs. H. Zihart. Mrs. Lee Zibart. Miss Maybelle Abrams, Miss Stella Abrams. Miss Sophia Bergeda, Miss Elizabeth Bloomstein. Miss Eva Cohn, Miss Bettie Cohn, Miss Dorothy Cronstein. Miss Lottie Emanuel, Miss Sadie Frank. Miss Lily Frankland. Miss Annie Garfinkle, Miss Rebecca Glick. Miss Corinne Goldberg, Miss Bella Goodman. Miss Sadie Hart- man, Miss Natalie Hirsch. Miss Dora Hirschberg, Miss Fanny Henlein. Miss Lily Iser, Miss Delia Joseph, Miss Beatrice Kotter, Miss Frances Lerman, Miss Ida Lipsic. Miss Ethel Living- ston, Miss Lena Marks, Miss Julia RedeIsheiner. Miss Amy Rich. Dr. Celia Rich, Miss Mollie Rosenfeld. Miss Sylvia Rosenfeld, Miss Ella Roth, Miss R. Stravinsky, Miss Elizabeth Suchman, Miss Minna Weiner. Miss Frances Wolf.
Among the junior workers of the Jewish Council were:
Miss Natelle Albert, Miss Sallie Blach, Miss Mabel Cohn, Miss Lillie Cohen, Miss Rosetta Cohen, Miss Florence Cronstein, Miss Rosalie Dalsheimer. Miss Helen Frank, Miss Ruth Fried- man, Miss Leah Fleishman, Miss Helen Frankland. Miss Celia Goldner, Miss Hortense Goldner, Miss Aileen Goldberg. Miss Mina Hartman, Miss Beatrice Kessler, Miss Leah Belle Levy. Miss Catherine Lusky, Miss Madeline Lusky, Miss Regina Lightman, Miss Corrine Morse. Miss Hattie Raphael, Miss Louise Rich, Miss Ethel Schwartzman, Miss Madeline Schwartzman, Miss Fedora Small. Miss Caroline Stein, Miss Jessamine Stein, Miss Lillian Weinbaum, and Miss Beatrice Zander.
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The Ladies' Hermitage Association
MRS. B. F. WILSON and MRS. BETTIE W. DONELSON. World War Regents
The Ladies' Hermitage Association, a patriotie organization of Tennessee women whose purpose is the preservation of the historic home of Gen. Andrew Jackson, located in Davidson County. engaged actively in every phase of World War work from the very first call for service until the return of the soldiers from France.
Mrs. B. F. Wilson served as Regent of the Association the first year of America's entrance and until May. 1918. when Mrs. Betty M. Donelson was elected Regent, and Mrs. B. F. Wilson was elected Vice-Regent. Other officers of the Ladies' Hermitage Association during the World War were:
Miss Louise G. Lindsley. Second Vice-Regent: Mrs. Mary Currey Dorris, Secretary: Mrs. Margaret Lindsley Hoyte Hicks. Treasurer: and Mrs. Harry W. Evans. Mrs. Porter Phillips. Mrs. R. A. Henry and Mrs. Edward T. Lowe, Directors.
When the Navy Comforts Committee issued a call for comfort kits for the men of the Gunboat Nashville and the Cruiser Tennessee. Mrs. B. F. Wilson, the Regent, appointed Mrs. Porter Phillips as Chairman and Mrs. McEwen Ransom as Vice-Chairman of the Navy Comforts Committee to solicit subscriptions and to or- MRS. PORTER PHILIPS (L.rona Sharpe) ganize an army of workers among the Association's members to knit comforts for the soldiers. Mrs. Wilson also headed this list with a large donation for the wool fund. which enabled imme- diate action. From fifty to one hundred members of this body joined in the efforts of the committee and weekly meetings were held, with Mrs. Porter Phillips and Mrs. MeEwen Ransom, who also served as instructors in knitting.
On April 11, 1917, Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the beloved President. Woodrow Wilson, visited Nashville and gave a concert to raise funds for welfare work among the soldiers. Mrs. B. F. Wilson, the Association's Regent. tendered Miss Margaret Wilson a luncheon at the historic Hermitage, home of General Andrew Jackson, during her stay in Nashville, on which occasion there were pres- ent. in addition to the honoree, who herself was a President's daughter, represen- tatives from the families of two of Tennessee's distinguished Presidents. Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk. The luncheon was served in the historic old kitchen. and Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence. granddaughter of "Old Hickory." the seventh President, shared the honors with the daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth President of the United States. Other guests at the luncheon were the following officers and members of the Ladies' Hermitage Association:
Mrs. Betty M. Donelson, Mrs. A. M. Shook, Mrs. Margaret L. Hoyte Hick-, Mrs. E. T. Lowe, Mrs. Mary C. Dorris. Mrs. R. A. Henry, Mrs. Porter Phillips, Mrs. D. T. Kimbrough. Mrs. A. H. Stewart. Mrs. John M. Kenny. Miss Carrie Simms. Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Miss Virginia Nelson, Miss Madge Hall, and Mrs. David Ross, Miss Margaret Wilson's accompanist for her concert tour.
The membership of the Ladies' Hermitage Association was one hundred per cent in the pioneer work of the First Liberty Loan Campaign in Nashville. April,
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GUESTS AT MRS. B. F. WILSON'S LUNCHEON GIVEN IN HONOR OF MISS MARGARET WOODROW WILSON, DURING HER VISIT IN NASHVILLE, APRIL, 1917.
Mrs. B. F. Wilson who was at that time Regent of the Ladies' Hermitage Association, ar- ranged the luncheon in the historic old kitchen of Gen. Andrew Jackson's home. The luncheon had a manifold significance historically, inasmuch as it was given to promote World War work. and there were present at the luncheon representatives of the families of three Southern Presidents of the United States, Presidents Jackson, Polk and Wilson. The two first mentioned were Tenneseans, and lived in Nashville. Seated at the table, left to right are: Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, the honoree, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, the hostess, and Regent of the Association, Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, Vice Regent of the Association, and later elected Regent, Mrs. Porter Phillips, Chairman of World War activities of the Association, Mrs. Mary Currey Dorris, for several years the Association's Secretary, and Miss Louise Grundy Lindsley, Second Vice Regent and former Regent of the Association.
Standing back of table, left to right are: Mrs. D. T. Kimbrough, Assistant Manager of Miss Wilson's tour. Miss Carrie Simms, a Director of the Ladies' Hermitage Association, Mrs. John M. Kenny, Manager for Miss Wilson's tour, Mrs. Ross David, Miss Wilson's Accompanist, Miss Virginia Nelson, Mrs. A. H. Stewart, Mrs. Margaret L. Hicks, for several years the Ladies' Hermitage Association's Treasurer, Mrs. R. A. Henry, a director of the Association and Regent of 1922, and Mrs. A. M. Shook, for years a staunch friend of the Ladies' Hermitage Association.
1917, and in every succeeding drive they gave fully of their services. On June 5, 1917, the Association purchased $1,500 in bonds. Mrs. Porter Phillips and Mrs. McEwen Ransom served as Chairmen of the Liberty Loan drive for the Association.
In October, 1917, hickory faggots from the Hermitage, the home of General Andrew Jackson, were sent by Mrs. B. F. Wilson, the Regent, to Washington, D. C., to kindle the Liberty Loan bonfire there. And on October 23, 1917, when the Sec- retary of the Treasury, William G. McAdoo, was in Nashville in the interest of the Liberty Loan Campaign, a bonfire on Tennessee Capitol Hill was also started with hickory wood from the Hermitage home.
Secretary McAdoo was entertained with a banquet at the Hermitage estate by the Board of the Hermitage Association. Mrs. B. F. Wilson, the Regent, served as Chairman of the banquet, which was spread in the dining-room of the mansion. The guests on this occasion included the officers of the Ladies' Hermitage Associa- tion, Mrs. Guilford Dudley, a state and national officer of the Liberty Loan or- ganization; the Executive Board of the Woman's Davidson County Liberty Loan Or- ganization, with Mrs. Joseph Warner as Chairman; Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs.
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Leslie Warner. and Mrs. John M. Kenny. stale officers of the Woman's Committer. National Council of Defense.
Mrs. Leslie Warner gave a toast at the banquet, after which she handed the Cold sword of General Jackson to Secretary Me Adoo, with which to cul an artistic cake. designed in patriotic colors by Mrs. Bettie Lyle Wilson for the occasion. The ake was later packed by Mrs. B. F. Wilson. The Regent. and sent to Mrs. William We Adoo, at Washington, who was National Chairman of the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee.
secretary Me Adoo was presented with a pavel by officers of the Association made of hickory from the Hermitage estate. During his visit at the Hermitage he per- sonally signed the certificate which made the Ladies' Hermitage Association a legal agent of the United States Treasury Department for the sale of War Saving- Stamps. Mrs. Potter Phillips. Chairman of this work for the Association. also signed the certificate with Secretary Me Adoo.
On October 17. 1918. at a general meeting of the Ladies' Hermitage Associa- tion. Mrs. Sam Phillips. State Chairman of the Fourth Loan. and Mrs. Leslie War- ner. State Vice-Chairman-at-large of the Woman's Committee, made addresses in the interest of the Second Liberty Loan, and the members of the Ladies' Hermitage Association subscribed for $25.000 in bonds at the meeting.
The members of this body were active participants in every form of war work for home and foreign relief. and took part in every public celebration during the war period. The following members held important state and county ollices in the various patriotic organizations :
Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. Mrs. Van Ever Kirkman, Mrs. Walter Stokes. Mrs. John T. Henderson. Mrs. Craig WeFarland. Mrs. John O. White, Mrs. Reuben Mills, Miss Della Dortel. Mrs. W. J. Morrison. Mrs. Alex. Caldwell. Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. W. C. Ewing. Mr -. R. E. Fort. Mr -. John R. Aust. Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Mrs. Harry W. Evans, Mrs. Edward A. Potter, Mrs. Ivon Childress, Mrs. June - S. Frazer. Mrs. John V. Kenny. Mrs. Robert W. Nichol. Mrs. Vernon Sharp. Mrs. W. 1. Granbery. Mrs. Miles Williams. Mrs. Idabelle Wilson. Mr -. Perey Warner, Mrs. Leshe Warner. Wis. Edward Alen Lindsey. Miss Louise G. Lind-ley. Mrs. Percy D. Maddin. Mrs. Joseph Warner. Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mrs. E. M. Forster. Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, Mr-, George W. Washington, Mr-, Charles W. Baker. and Mrs. James B. Ezzell.
The Jackson Day celebration, held annually on the 8th of January. was changed from the usual ball lo a patriotic lea for the years 1918 and 1919. and the money obtained was turned over to several patriotic organizations for the purchase of wool for the making of garments for the Tennessee boys in France. Mrs. John Henry Smith served as Chairman of the patriotic celebration in 1918, and she and her committee arranged an artistic celebration. as well as a successful one.
For the parade for the French Independence Day celebration in Nashville, on July 11. 1918. the Ladies' Hermitage Association equipped a float. which was origi- naled and designed by Mrs. B. F. Wilson, and which created much favorable com- ment along the line of march for its artistic arrangement and realistic impersona- tions of great men in history.
Expressions of confidence and pride in our Tennessee boys were rabled overseas to General Tyson by the Regent. Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, which were acknowledged by him in terms of the warmest appreciation. On March 19. 1919. when the Ten- never boys of the A. E. F. came home. the members of the Hermitage Association welcomed the returned heroes in a body from the lawn of Mrs. W. P. Rankin's residence on Broadway. Mis. B. F. Wilson was appointed by Col. Thomas Wrenne as Chairman of the Home-coming Committee. and Mrs. Idabelle Wilson served as Chairman of Features for the magnificent parade.
In May. 1918. Mrs. B. F. Wilson. the Regent. in the name of the Ladies' Hermitage Association. presented a copy of the Earle portrait of General Andrew Jackson to the Dreadnaught Tennessee, the largest battleship afloat in our navy today.
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Throughout the entire period of the war the members of the Ladies' Hermitage Association, as an organization and as individuals, served their country as if ani- mated by the spirit of the great hero whose memory they preserve and revere; and the Hermitage Home was the scene of many patriotic gatherings for World War activities. One of the first Red Cross auxiliaries in the county was formed at the Hermitage estate, of which Mrs. John T. Henderson and Mrs. Craig MeFarland were the organizers; and the splendid results achieved by the women of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Districts of Davidson County, which are located in the Hermitage community, were an honor to the memory of the former distin- quished resident of the Hermitage Home. Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Regent for 1917, and till the latter part of May, 1918, was one of the most generous supporters of the county to all World War relief work. and assisted materially with the work of the preservation of the World War records of the women of Davidson County.
The death of Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, the nearest relation of General Jackson, occurred as this volume went to press. Her funeral was held in the Hermitage Home, where as a child she was a great comfort to General Jackson, and was known as "Little Rachel." Mrs. Lawrence was active and a loyal sup- porter of every World War activity.
Tag Day for the Salvation Army MRS. HORACE SMITH and MRS. C. C. WAGGONER, Chairmen
The work of the Salvation Army in the war was so much appreciated by the women in Davidson County that they held a public tag day for the benefit of this organization in March, 1919. One hundred women stood on the streets of Nashville all day to receive donations. Mrs. Horace Smith served as Chairman of the day, and Mrs. C. C. Waggoner, Assistant Chairman. The following women were sta- tioned on the prominent corners of the down-town district:
Mrs. Henry Gillespie, Mrs. Herman Lubin, Mrs. Paul Hunter, Miss Regina Lightman, Mrs. Gerald Sanderson, Mrs. J. W. Pentecost, Mrs. R. B. Bennett, Mrs. James Hutchison, Mrs. Ewing Pollard, Miss Sarah Hitchcock. Miss Edith Bennett, Miss Eleanor Bennett, Miss Camile Mc- Pherson, Mrs. W. C. Cryer, Mrs. Marion Colcock, Mrs. J. D. Atkins. Mrs. George Moore, Mrs. Claud Sullivan, Mrs. Frank Scott, Miss Dorothy Brandon, Miss Georgia Mizell, Mrs. Ilarry Sude- kum, Mrs. Charles LeSenr, Mrs. H. P. Hanley, Mrs. Alex Colin, Mrs. Julius Rich, Mrs. Gibson Patterson. Miss Albert Roth, Mrs. Aaron Johnson, Miss Gladys C. Chamberlain, Mrs. Henry Spicer, Miss Lillie Iser, Mrs. Paul Cohn, Miss Mildred Austin, Salvation Army Lassies, Mrs. George H. Williams, Mrs. John M. Kenny, Miss Laura Gill, Miss Jennie Buckner, Miss Nannie Hartley, Miss Dorothy Clark, Miss Gladys Clarke, Miss Martha Gooch, Mrs. Ira B. Clark, Miss Marie Clarke. Miss Helen Patton, Mrs. Alex Irving, Mrs. J. C. Walker. Mrs. William H. Buch- anan, Mrs. Sam Kessler, Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. Harry Weintrub, Mrs. Harry Markle, Mrs. E. F. Lusky, Mrs. Maurice Steiner. Mrs. John A. Jones, Mrs. Jake Starr. Mrs. Sidney Freidman, Miss Ethel Hicks, Miss Natelle Albert, Mrs. W. H. Buchanan, Miss Celia Goldner, Miss Celia Paplanus, Mrs. Mary Harris, Mrs. West Morton, Mrs. Neil Jones. Mrs. Charles Schobern, Mrs. Mary T. Huhbs, Mrs. George Pennington, Miss Ruth Selley, Mrs. Kathryn P. Wright, Miss Elizabeth Garner, Miss Mary King, Miss Neville Hubbs, Mrs. Lyon Childress, Mrs. R. C. Moore, Mrs. Kirk Hart, Mrs. Colin Baker, Mrs. Bert Woodard. Mrs. Percy Williams. Mrs. Martin Flan- nigan, Mrs. James Austin, Mrs. W. C. Hobson. Miss Edith Benton. Mrs. Searcy Green, Miss Katherine Nelson, Miss Maud Ballard. Mrs. J. H. Grimes. Mrs. John Coode, Mrs. Charles Cald- well, Mrs. Delia Brew, Mrs. John Stumb. Mrs. H. Cauvin, Mrs. John Van Tien, Miss Allie Grewar, Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, and Miss Lizzie Mooney.
The amount of $1.800 was realized by this committee for work of the Salvation Army, which won the love and respect of every soldier in the American Army for their heroic work at the front.
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Tennessee and Davidson County Organizations Equal Suffrage Association
MRS. LESLIE WARNER. State and "Victory" President
MRS. WILLIAM A. OVERALL. Davidson County President
Other officers of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association during the World War period who served during Mrs. Leslie Warner's administration were:
Mrs. Dwight P. Montague. First Vice-President: Mrs. Lucy Winslow. Vice-Presi- dent. East Tennessee: Mrs. Robert Beattie. Vice-President. West Tennessee: Mrs.
Prudence Simpson Dresser. Vice-President. Middle Tennessee: Miss Caroline Williams. Recording Sec. retary: Miss Patty Ready West. Corresponding See- rotary: and Miss Mabel Chumblev. Treasurer.
Mrs. W. A. Overall was the World War President of the Nashville Equal Suffrage Association, Mrs. Leslie Warner appointed the following women as Chairmen for the various committees of the Tennes- ste organization :
Legislation. Mrs. A. G. Buckner: Press. Mrs. Margaret Erwin Ford (Mrs. Charles): Speakers' Bureau. Mrs. Inie Kinney Reno: Finance. Mrs. Charles W. Baker: Organization. Miss Matilda Por- ter: Literature. Mrs. George E. Blake, and Bulletins. Mrs. Charles Baker. Mrs. Guilford Dudley served as Third Vice-President of the National Suffrage Association during the World War. and Mrs. Lou Lusky. as Chairman of war activities for the Nash- ville organization. Miss Matilda Porter served as Chairman for war work for the Tennessee organization.
Immediately upon the entrance of the United States into the World War. a tele- gram was sent by Mrs. Leslie Warner. State President of the Equal Suffrage Asso- riation. to President Woodrow Wilson, offering the services of the Tennessee 1-so- ciation in any capacity needed for World War work.
The wide experience of the members of this organization in public service en- abled them to assume the World War duties thrust upon them with an unusual de- gree of efficiency. Miss Matilda Porter. Mate Organizer, was appointed State War Chairman of the Association. and a class in Surgical Dressings was also supervised by her every Wednesday at the Tulane workroom in Nashville.
The work of the State Suffrage Organization of Tennessee consisted principally in the raising of funds for the overseas hospital -. These hospitals. four in num- her. were entirely controlled and financed by the National Suffrage Association. The entire hospital staffs, including surgeons. doctors. nurses. ambulance drivers. plumbers, cooks. electricians and all other assistants, were composed of women. and the quality of work rendered by the women in charge of these hospitals was of -och excellent character that the French Government requested that one of its hos- pitals be given over entirely to the management of the American Woman's Equal Suffrage Association.
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Tennessee's quota of the hospital fund for the two years of the war period was $1,000, but a sum of $3,000 was subscribed, which was characteristic of the women of Tennessee who comprised this organization in every phase of war work. Ten- nessee women alone contributed one-half of the amount raised throughout the South for the hospital work.
A notable event of December 2, 1918. was the visit to Nashville of Mrs. Charles Tiffany, of New York. a member of the National Board of the Equal Suffrage As- sociation. Mrs. Tiffany came at the request of Mrs. Leslie Warner, State President of the Tennessee Association, to speak in the interest of the overseas hospitals, and during the two days of her visit she gave talks at various educational institutions. including Ward-Belmont and Peabody Colleges. The principal feature of Mrs. Tiffany's stay was a banquet given in her honor at the Hotel Hermitage. which was attended by four hundred guests, representing leagues from every section of the state. Mrs. Tiffany and Mrs. Leslie Warner were the principal speakers of the banquet, which was presided over by Mrs. Warner, who served as toastmistress.
The personnel of the committee appointed by Mrs. Leslie Warner, who served as Chairman of Arrangements for the banquet, was:
General Chairmen, Mrs. Reau E. Folk and Mrs. Joseph A. Gray; Hospitality. Mrs. Robert F. Weakley and Mrs. John Hill Eakin: Program. Miss Matilda Porter: Tickets. Mrs. Foster Hume; Music, Mrs. A. G. Brandau; Publicity, Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman: Seating of Guests, Mrs. John G. Gilmore: Menu, Mrs. J. L. Mc- Whorter; Organizations, Miss Cornelia Barksdale and Miss Katherine Allen; and Decorations, Mrs. Richard T. Wilson.
A number of Nashville's men "suffragettes" were seated at the speakers' table. among them being Major E. B. Stahlman.
Elaborate and artistic decorations were secured by Mrs. Richard T. Wilson and her committee, which was composed of: Mrs. John M. Gray, Jr., Mrs. Joseph A. Gray, Mrs. Orrin T. Higgins, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Eugene Shannon and Miss Mildred Gray.
Oher courtesies extended the national officer while in Nashville were a luncheon at the Belle Meade Club, of which Mrs. Leslie Warner, as State President. was hostess, and a breakfast at the same club by Mrs. Joseph A. Washington. The Chairmen for the banquet, who are mentioned at the beginning of the chapter. sup- plemented by Mrs. Joseph Washington. Mrs. Guilford Dudley and Mrs. E. E. Eslick. of Pulaski, Tennessee, who were each prominent in the state suffrage work. were guests at Mrs. Leslie Warner's luncheon for the national officer.
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