Description: 1914 WOMAN CLUB RIGHT SUFFRAGE MARY WOOD SERVICE ANNA PENNYBACKER ARTICLE 28603 DATE OF THIS ** ORIGINAL ** ILLUSTRATED COVER: 1914SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS/DESCRIPTIVE WORDS: FEMINIST VOTE Mary Inez Wood (January 1, 1866 - April 24, 1945) was an American writer and leader in women's rights during the 20th century. She served in various important positions, such as the first president of the New Hampshire League of Women Voters and the Manager of Bureau of Information for the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Additionally, she was the author of the History of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Wood was described as "one of the most loved and respected women of New Hampshire" according to the Woman Citizen. Biography Wood was born on January 18, 1866 in Woodstock, Vermont as Mary Inez Stevens. Her parents were John L. Stevens and Jean Ainsworth (Brand) Stevens. Wood married George Albert Wood, son of James A. and Mary E. (Bowers) Wood on October 14, 1884 in Acworth, New Hampshire. She resided in West Lebanon, New Hampshire until 1889, when she moved to West Medford, Massachusetts. Finally, she moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1898. The lives of her five children are recorded by the archives of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. Her first daughter was Helen M. Wood, born in 1886, and who married Gordon M. Campbell, the son of Robert S. Campbell and Margaret Gordon. Her first son was Albert James Wood, born in 1887 and married in 1914 to Edna Louise Wildner. Her second daughter was Mary Elizabeth Wood, born in 1888 in West Lebanon, NH, and married on June 29, 1915 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Robert Lawrence Lamont, son of Benjamin Lamont and Laura Worth. Her second son was Keith Ainsworth Wood, born in 1890. She had a fifth child but there are no records on the name or birth date, indicating that the child may have died young. Wood was considered the best spokesperson and advocate for woman suffrage in New Hampshire. Described on pages 402-10 of the History of Woman Suffrage Vol. VI 1900-1920, in January 1919, Wood testified three times before New Hampshire Congress in service to woman suffrage. Then, on September 10, 1919, Wood was the only speaker on the behalf of the suffrage movement before the New Hampshire Senate as it voted to ratify the 19th Amendment, and she was successful. Previously, in 1913, Wood had been involved in more legislative action in favor of the Bills for Municipal suffrage. Wood, along with other suffragists, presented a petition with 1,000 signatures to the large crowd present for the hearing. Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful. Wood was well known in New Hampshire for her service in various fields, especially for her work within the woman suffrage movement. Some of her most prominent positions were serving as the Vice President of New Hampshire Woman Suffrage Association, where she gave speeches in the New Hampshire Government; the President of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs; and the Manager of the Bureau of Information of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, where she participated in various charitable and civic associations, covering a wide range of issues According to the One Thousand New Hampshire Notables Wood held many positions: - Served on board of education of Medford Woman’s Club - Auditor and chairman education committee - President of local Consumers’ League - Director at MA Consumers' League - Member and president of Graffort (Women’s) Club in Portsmouth - President Civic Assistant - President of District Nursing Association in Portsmouth - President of Woman’s Realty Company - Vice-President of Portsmouth Charity Organization - President of Women's Alliance of the Unitarian Church - Superintendent of a Sunday School - Member of the Portsmouth Board of Instruction - Member and Vice President of NH Woman Suffrage Association - President of NH Federation of Women’s Clubs - Secretary for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs - Manager of Bureau of Information of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs - Member of NH state board of Charities and Corrections - Chairman NH Division of Woman’s Committee on the National Council of Defense - Director of Home Economics for NH under the Federal Food Administration In 1919, Wood created and headed the School for Citizenship at New Hampshire College (NHC), now the University of New Hampshire. Wood acted as the Parliamentarian at the School for Citizenship at NHC and opened the first session with a speech championing the cause of the school and the unique viewpoints and talents of women. By all accounts, she was an even-tempered and motherly presence, keeping the school on track and calming all participants when political debates became too heated. Wood died on 24 April 1945 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She is buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery on South Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Anna J. Hardwicke Pennybacker, known publicly after her marriage as Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, was the president of the American General Federation of Women's Clubs in the early 20th century, a Chautauqua speaker and a leader in the women's suffrage movement. Personal Anna J. Hardwicke was born May 7, 1861, in Petersburg, Virginia, the daughter of John Benjamin Hardwicke, a Baptist minister, and his wife, the former Martha Dews. The family moved to Texas when she was 17, and in 1880 she graduated from the new Normal Institute in Huntsville, then taught in Bryan Grammar School. Before 1884 she taught in Missouri. She and Percy Vivian Pennybacker were married on October 31, 1884, or November 1, 1884, in Smith County, Texas (1856-1899), and they moved to Tyler, Texas, where he became school superintendent and appointed her as history teacher and principal at Central High School. She taught there for nine years, and in 1893 went with her husband to Palestine, Texas, where he had a new position. She was a friend of Eleanor Roosevelt; they were often guests of each other in their homes. She died February 4, 1938, in Austin. Governor James V. Allred ordered the flag over the State Capitol to be lowered to half staff as a woman who has endeared herself to the hearts of all Texans." A funeral service was at St. David's Episcopal Church. She was survived by two sons, Percy V. Pennybacker and Paul Bonner Pennybacker; a daughter, Ruth; and three siblings, A.S. Hardwicke, Mrs. T.T. Holloway and Mrs. B.C. Epperson. Activities After quitting her paid work, Mrs. Pennybacker became active in the women's club movement; in 1901-1903 she was head of the Texas federation of clubs and in San Francisco in 1912 she was elected president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs for a two-year term. In 1888, she published A New History of Texas for Schools, which was adopted as the official text for public schools. In 1913, she told the fourth American Peace Conference that the then-current method of celebrating Independence Day in the United States was a "travesty." She suggested that children form floral processions at school buildings, march to some central point which would be made the scene of a general celebration, in which places of honor would be given to young men who have arrived at the age of 21 within the year. She further advocated that speeches should be made to these young men and that civic oaths containing peace clauses should be administered. The same year she urged that measures be taken to enforce the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. In 1915, Mrs. Pennybacker became head of the National Women's Committee of Near East Relief, which had orphanages in Greece and in Palestine. A pacifist, she reluctantly supported American involvement in World War I. Afterwards, she set her goals on international peace and disarmament by working as a special correspondent to the League of Nations. She urged the United States to join the World Court and to sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. In a 1926 talk in Carnegie Hall, she told of her recent trip to Geneva and Greece. She was noted as "one of the most gifted speakers on the platform today." Active in the Chautauqua movement, Mrs. Pennybacker persuaded John D. Rockefeller Jr. to donate money that staved off bankruptcy. in 1935. She also influenced President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to speak at a fund-raising event. Legacy In Texas, a rose was named in her honor in 1929. It was noted as "A fine grower, with stout thornless canes coming freely from the base of the plant. Peach-pink with silvery suffusions in color." She bequeathed $5,000 to Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville, Texas, to establish a Pennybacker scholarship "for the cultivation in the student body of a love for the true and beautiful in life." ILLUSTRATOR/ARTIST: MOFFETT STUDIOADVERT SIZE: SEE RULER SIDES IN PHOTO FOR DIMENSIONS ( ALL DIMENSIONS IN INCHES) **For multiple purchases please wait for our combined invoice. Shipping discount are ONLY available with this method. Thank You. At BRANCHWATER BOOKS we look for rare & unusual ADVERTISING, COVERS + PRINTS of commercial graphics from throughout the world. 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