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[handwritten note in margin] [unclear initials] Shall we make any changes in the officers for Wisconsin? Hadn't we better add some of those northern women's names?

Constitution and Officers
of the
National Woman Suffrage Association.

Article 1.--This organization shall be called the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Article 2.--The object of this Association shall be to secure National Protection for women citizens in the exercise of their right to vote.
Article 3.--All citizens of the United States subscribing to this Constitution, and contributing not less than one dollar annually, shall be considered members of the Association, with the right to participate in its deliberations.
Article 4.--The Officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice-President from each of the States and Territories, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, a Treasurer and an Executive Committee of not less than five.
Article 5.--A quorum of the Executive Committee shall consist of nine, and all the Officers of this Association shall be ex-officio [in italics] members of such Committee, with the power to vote.
Article 6.--All Woman Suffrage Societies throughout the country shall be welcomed as auxiliaries, and their accredited officers or duly appointed representatives shall be recognized as members of the National Association.

OFFICERS FROM MAY, 1881 TO MAY 1882.
President
Elizabeth Cady Stanton....Tenafly, N.J.
Vice- Presidents-At-Large
Susan B. Anthony....Rochester, N.Y.
Matilda Joslyn Gage....Fayetteville, N.Y.
Honorary Vice-Presidents.
Alabama..............Priscilla Holmes Drake..........Huntsville.
California.............Sarah J. Wallis.......................Mayfield.
" .............Clarina I. H. Nichols..............Pomo.
" .............Elizabeth T. Schenck..............San Francisco.
Colorado...............Mary F. Shields......................Colorado Springs.
Connecticut...........Julia Smith Parker..................Glastonbury.
District Columbia...Rosina M. Parnell..................Washington.
England.................Ernestine L. Rose..................London.
Illinois...................Catherine V. Waite.................Chicago.
Indiana..................Zerelda G. Wallace.................Indianapolis.
Iowa......................Amelia Bloomer.....................Council Bluffs.
Kansas...................Mary T. Gray..........................Wyandotte.
Kentucky................Sarah P. Carr..........................Louisville.
Louisiana...............Emily P. Collins......................Ponchachogue.
Maine....................Ann T. Greeley.......................Ellsworth.
" ....................Lucy A. Snowe.......................Rockland.
Maryland...............Anna Elia Carroll................. Pikesville P.O.
Masachusetts.........Mrs. Fenno Tudor...................Boston.
Michigan................Catharine A. F. Stebbins..........Detroit.
Minnesota..............Charlotte O. Van Cleve............Minneapolis.
Missouri..................Caroline Johnson Todd...........St. Louis.
Nebraska................Harriet S. Brooks....................Omaha.
New Hampshire......Eliza E. Morrill.......................Concord.
" " ......Sarah Sargent Pillsbury.......... "
New Jersey..............Lucinda B. Chandler..............Vineland.
New York................Sarah H. Halleck....................Milton.
" " ................Amy Post...............................Rochester.
North Carolina........Elizabeth Oakes Smith............Hollywood.
Ohio.......................Sophia O. Allen......................South Newbury.
" .......................Sarah R. L. Williams...............Toledo.
Oregon...................Mary Thompson, M.D. ...........Portland.
Pennsylvania..........Sarah Pugh.............................Germantown.
Rhode Island...........Catherine C. Knowles..............East Greenwich.
" " ...........Mary T. Channing...................Providence.
Utah.......................Sarah A. Cooke.......................Salt Lake.
Wahington Territory.Abbie H.H. Stuart...................Olympia.
Wisconsin................Mathilde Franceske Anneke....Milwaukee.
[wisconsin line is marked with an x and red ellipses]

Vice-Presidents
Arkansas..................Helen Martin...........................Little Rock.
California.................Laura DeForce Gordon.............San Francisco.
Colorado...................Alida C. Avery, M.D. ................Denver.
Connecticut...............Esther E. Jewell.......................Hartford.
Delaware...................Mary A. Stewart.......................Greenwood.
District Columbia.......Belva ? Lockwood....................Washington.
Dakota Territory.........Susan J. Barnes........................Fargo.
Illinois.......................Elizabeth Boynton Harbert.......Evanston.
Indiana......................Mary E. Haggert......................Indianapolis.
Iowa..........................Jane C. McKinney.....................Decorah.
Kansas.......................Jennie St. John.........................Topeka.
Kentucky....................Sallie Clay Bennett...................Richmond.
Louisiana...................Elizabeth L. Saxon....................New Orleans.
Maine........................Ellen French Foster...................Portland.
Maryland...................Nancy M. Baird.........................Cumberland.
Massachusetts............Harriet R. Shattuck....................Malden.
Michigan...................Fannie Holden Fowler................Manistee.
Minnesota..................Sarah Burger Stearns.................Duluth.
Missouri....................Virginia L. Miner........................St. Louis.
Nebraska...................Clara Berwick Colby...................Beatrice.
Nevada.......................Hannah R. Clapp......................Carson City.
New Hampshire..........Eliza J.C. Gilbert........................Keene.
New Jersey..................Cornelia C. Hussey....................East Orange.
New York....................Lillie Devereux Blake................New York City.
Ohio...........................Rose L. Segur............................Toledo.
Oregon.......................Abigail Scott Duniway................Portland.
Pennsylvania..............Martha McClellan Brown...........Pittsburgh
Rhode Island...............Anna E. Aldrich........................Providence.
Tennessee...................Elizabeth Avery Meriwether.......Memphis.
Texas..........................Jennie Beauchamp.....................Denton.
Utah...........................Emmeline B. Wells.....................Salt Lake City.
Vermont.....................Lydia Putnam............................Brattleboro.
Virginia......................Sally Holly.................................Lottsburg.
Washington Territory...Mary Olney Brown....................Olympia.
Wisconsin...................Laura Ross Wolcott....................Milwaukee.
Wyoming Territory......Mara B. Post...............................Cheyenne.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
May Wright Sewall, Chairman, 405 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Ind.

Alabama.........................Buel D. M'Clung......................Huntsville.
Arkansas........................Louisa M. Oliver......................Little Rock.
California.......................Ellen Clarke Sargent................San Francisco.
" .......................Sarah L. Knox Goodrich...........San Jose.
Connecticut....................Isabella Beecher Hooker..........Hartford.
District Columbia............Caroline B. Winslow, M.D. .......Washington.
" " ............Harriet Forten Purvis............... "
Kansas............................Mary A. Humphreys.................Junction City.
" ............................Anne C. Wait...........................Lincoln Center.
Kentucky.........................Mary B. Clay.................................................
Louisiana........................Harriet E. Keating, M.D. ...........New Orleans.
Maine..............................Charlotte A. Thomas.................Portland.
Massachusetts..................Harriet H. Robinson.................Malden.
Michigan..........................Cordelia A. Briggs....................Grand Rapids.
Missouri...........................Phoebe W. Couzins.................. St. Louis.
Nebraska..........................Barbara J. Thompson................Hebron.
New Hampshire................Marilla M. Ricker......................Dover.
" " ................Mary Powers Filley...................North Haverill.
New Jersey........................Phebe A. Hanaford...................Jersey City.
New York..........................Mary R. Pell.............................Flushing.
" " ...........................Clemence S. Lozier, M.D. .........New York City
" " ...........................Mathilde F. Wendt ................... " " "
" " ...........................Augusta Lilienthal ................... " " "
" " ...........................Helen N. Loder.........................Poughkeepsie.
Ohio..................................Louisa Southwick......................Cleveland.
Pennsylvania..................... M. Adaline Thomson................Philadelphia.
Rhode Island.....................Elizabeth C. Hinckley.................Providence.
Virginia..............................Orra Langhorne........................Lynchburg.
Wisconsin..........................Rev. Olympia Brown..................Racine.

RECORDING SECRETARIES.
District Columbia..................Ellen H. Sheldon...................Washington.
Pennsylvania.........................Julia T. Foster........................Philadelphia.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Rachel G. Foster ................1,909 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

FOREIGN CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.
England..........................Caroline A. Biggs..................London.
" ..........................Lydia E. Becker.....................Manchester.
France............................Mme. Marguerite Berry Stanton...Paris.

TREASURER.
Jane H. Spofford...................Riggs House, Washington, D.C.

AUDITORS.
Ruth C. Denison...................Washington, D.C.
W.F. Denison........................Washington, D.C.

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