Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference: Second Annual Convention

Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference: Second Annual Convention

This program is for the Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference Second Annual Convention, held at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, VA from December 11, 1915 to December 13, 1915.

The back cover displays a poem entitled "The Suffragists' 'America,'" by Mary L. Daly of Yonkers, N.Y. 

"My country 'tis for thee,
To make your women free,
      This is our plea.
High have our hopes been raised
In these enlightened days
That for her justice, praised
       Our land might be.

My native country, thee; 
Grant us equality! 
       Then shall we see
In this fair land of light, 
Justice and truth and right
Ruling, instead of might - 
       True liberty. 

'Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
        To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light; 
Protect us by Thy might,
       Great God, our King.'"

M 9 Box 48, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

1915

Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Learn more:
Suffrage in the South: The Poll Tax, Social Welfare History Project
Suffrage in the South Part II: The One Party System, Social Welfare History Project
Women's Suffrage: The Movement, Social Welfare History Project