Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1899 — WORLD'S WOMEN MEET. [ARTICLE]

WORLD'S WOMEN MEET.

International Connell Commence* It* Session* in London. The International Council of Women opened in the convocation hall of the church house, London, England. The Countess of Aberdeen, president of the council, In her address, after cordial words of welcome, sketched the duties of the council. She said international arbitration should ever be placed foremost in its program, advocated the establishment of an international bureau of information regarding all that affects women, and warned women against arrogating to themselves alone the duties of curing ail evils. Lady Aberdeen afterward introduced Mrs. May Wright Sewall of the United States, vice-president of the council, who was enthusiastically received as a possible successor to the presidency. For officers the international council has some of the most prominent women in the world. They are: President, Countess of Aberdeen; vice-president, Mrs. May Wright Sewall of the United States; treasurer, Baroness Alexandra Grippenberg of Finland; recording secretary, Mme. Maria Martin of France; corresponding secretary, Miss Teresa F. Wilson of London. The nations represented at the congress ar4 the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Holland, India, New South Wales, Tasmania, Norway, Palestine, China, New Zealand and the Argentine Republic. The United States is represented by Mrs. Fannie Humphreys Gaffney, Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna H. Shaw. Among the well-known American women who are in attendance at the congress are Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson, Mrs. Cynthia Westorer Alden, Mrs. Annie Jeon ess Miller, Mrs. Florence B. Kelley, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gran nils and Miss Alice Burditt.