Suffrage Shock For Governor Hughes at a Hearing

Governor Hughes had promised to consider woman suffrage when sufficient representative women asked for it. Ella Crossett, New York State Woman Suffrage Association President representing 35,000; Mrs. Ella Boole, WCTU. Representing 29,300; Mrs. William Cumming Story, Federation of Women's Clubs; Anne Fitzhugh Miller returns the Governor's words as a question: What does the Governor call sufficiently representative women, describes Miller following efforts of her grandfather Gerrit Smith; Oswald Villard urge Governor to recognize women's rights as citizens and recommend suffrage amendment be submitted to people.