Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1916 — New State Suffrage Organization Formed [ARTICLE]

New State Suffrage Organization Formed

Rensselaer was represented in the new state suffrage organization which was formed in Indianapolis Saturday after a big street parade. Mrs. W. S. Parks who had made the acquaintance of many of the Chicago delegates during her recent attendance at the suffrage meetings in Chicago, was a guest of Caroline B. Curtis who was a prominent member of that delegation. She reports that Caroline Baker, an Indianapolis attorney was elected chairman of the Congregational Union of Indiana. The organization meeting was heid at the Claypool hotel and a large mass meeting at Tomlison’s hall. Mrs. Merideth Nicholson presided and many women prominent in sufrage work throughout the state were present.