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Louisville Equal Rights Association.

Minutes

On Friday, March 1st, 1889, a meeting was
called at the residence of Mrs. B. F. Avery,
318 W. Broadway for the purpose of organ-
izing a Woman's Suffrage, or Equal Rights
Association, auxiliary to the State Asso-
ciation.

At four .P.M. the meeting was
called to order, with Mrs. Leech as chair-
man, and Mrs. Huber temporary Secretary.

The chairman opened the meeting
with reading an outline of a constitution
after which, the first business consid-
ered was an election of officers for a
term of three months, resulting in the
choice of Mrs. M.A. Watts for President,
Mrs. C. A. Leech, Vice-President, Mrs. M.W.Huber
Secretary, and Mrs. M. F. Rogers, Treasurer.

The President began her duties of
office by reading a letter written by Mrs.
Eugenia B. Farmer, Corresponding Secre-
tary of the Kentucky Equal Rights Asso.
in which certain matters pertaining to organiza-
tion, and to the relations of an auxilary
to the state Association were defined by
that officer.

To the following points mention-
ed therein, the President called attention.
-Each local member pays one dollar,
and the local treasurer pays twenty-
five-cents of this to the Treasurer of State
{State Convention of 1894 Changed
the due from local, from 20 to .35 cts
at same time Louisville E,R,A,
reduced membership due to .50 cts.
a year.}