Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1909 — JANE ADDAMS IS HONORED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JANE ADDAMS IS HONORED

First Woman to Be Elected Charities Conference President. Buffalo, N. Y-, June 15. Jane Addams of Chicago is the president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections for 1910. The election

was unanimous. This is the first time in the history of the conference that a woman has been at the head of the organization. The other officers elected were: First vice president, F. H. Nlbecker, Glen Mills, Pa.; second vice president, Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo, N. Y.; third vice president, Judge William H. de Lacey, Washington, D. C.; general secretary, Alexander Johnson, Fort Wayne, Ind.

JANE ADDAMS.