When was it published?

May 15, 1917 in The Daily Missoulian

Domestic News May 15, 1917

The Daily Missoulian

Q: What keywords are associated?

Suffragists, Conference, Resolutions, White Zones, Liquor Prohibition, Suffrage Amendment, Equal Pay

Missoula, Missoula County, Montana

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What is this article about?

Suffragists at the Mississippi Valley Victory Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on May 14 adopted resolutions for 'white zones' around military camps, wartime liquor prohibition, federal suffrage amendment, and equal pay for women replacing men in work; next session set for Sioux Falls, S.D. in 1918.

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Columbus, Ohio, May 14.—The Mississippi valley victory conference of suffragists here at today's closing session adopted resolutions urging war measures for the establishment of "white zones" about military camps from which liquor shall be barred and forbidding soldiers visiting gambling and other resorts; favoring the prohibition of manufacture and sale of liquors during the war in order that grain entering into its manufacture be saved for food; urging the early passage of a federal suffrage amendment and recommending immediate steps for the regulation guaranteeing women who replace men in industrial and other work the same salaries as were paid to the men.

Sioux Falls, S. D., was selected for the 1918 session of the conference.

Girls think that old bachelors don't understand women, but widows know better.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

Suffragists Conference Resolutions White Zones Liquor Prohibition Suffrage Amendment Equal Pay

Where did it happen?

Columbus, Ohio

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Columbus, Ohio

Event Date

May 14

Outcome

resolutions adopted urging war measures for 'white zones' around military camps, prohibition of liquor manufacture and sale during the war, early passage of a federal suffrage amendment, and regulations for equal pay for women replacing men in work. sioux falls, s. d., selected for 1918 conference session.

Event Details

The Mississippi Valley Victory Conference of suffragists at its closing session adopted resolutions on military camp protections, liquor prohibition to save grain for food, federal suffrage amendment, and equal salaries for women in industrial work replacing men.