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ORIZON-S 



DISCUSSED BY ASSOCIATED WOMEN OF AFBF 



yyff in' us plan to take our share ot rc- 

 I sp6nsihility in tliis speeded up, 

 ihanyed, contratted world in whii.li 

 We must live. " 



1 hu^ did Mrs. Elsie D. Mies. Urhana. 

 Champaign county, president of the As- 

 sociated Women ot the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation, in her annual ad- 

 dress focus attention on the convention - 

 theme of "New Horizons " as women 

 from -4^ states and Puerto Rico gathered 

 for a two-day meetin^i;, Dei.. ^ and 6. in 

 Chicago, 



We'll ai;ree." Mrs. Mies said, "lirsr 

 of all that we are wives ^nA mothers 

 — interested in the welfare of our 

 families, in what v^"e shall eat and how 

 much money we can have to l">uy the 

 food and lomforts that our family needs. 

 Then our interests must extend around 

 the world hctausc what ^oes on the 

 world affects our food, our comforts and 

 our pocketbooks. To .ucomplish all 

 these adi^ustments which we can ^Imipse ^ 

 on the horizon, let us utilize the op- 

 portunities of organization to help us.' ^i' 



Mrs. Mies further pointed but that 

 "with our husbands, we must take on 

 inter(j'st in civic affairs — taking ad- 

 vant.if;c of the privilege ot voting which 

 men of the country gave us after the 

 other war If we are negttjjcrit of study in 



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 betoming inlormed and lio not indi- 

 vidually arrive at our deci.sions, tRen we 

 ha\e been given a privilege which we 

 did not deserve. ' 



This emphasis on the responsibility 

 of women in shaping the affairs of com- 

 munity, state, and nation was reflected 

 by other spe,ikcrs. Mrs. W. D. Mc- 

 Leod. lackson. Tenn.."xvinner of southern 

 region speaking contest for women, s.iid 

 -.he believed that "one problem f. icing 

 the American family is that of adjusting 

 itself to changing conditions both withjii. 

 and without the home so as to make 

 available the ri(.he>it possHile lifc-^r all 

 its members" 



Said R. B. ( orbett, new secretary of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation, "The 

 key to post-war period maintenante is 

 the keeping of normalcy in farm' homes " 



In their convention resolutions, the 

 Asscxiated Women declared that a 

 woman with childrc-n at home can render 

 the greatest contribution to her nation 

 by making the care of her family and 

 home her primary responsibility." 



Strengthening of the rural church was 

 cited as the responsibility of rural women, 

 and it was also recommended that farm 

 women study their local school problems 

 to the end that state and national legisla- 



Officers and directors of the Associated 

 Women of the AFBF, left to right, are J^. 

 Charles W. Seiwell, administrative director; 

 Mrs. Raymond Sayre, Iowa, director. Mid- 

 west region; Mrs. Florence Bovett, Nevada, 

 director. Western region; Mrs. Paul Palmer, 



Missouri, secretary; Mrs. Elsie D. Mies, Il- 

 linois, president; Mrs. R. C. F. Weagly, 

 Maryland, vice-president; Mrs, D. W. Bond, 

 Tennessee, director. Southern region, and 

 Miss Elizabeth MacDonald, New York, di- 

 rector, Northeostern region. 



tion 

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may be supported for maiTitaiirtn^V, 

 extenduig a more etfective school 

 system. These stalwart instituttoni of 

 coipniunity life, together ,with neighbor- 

 hood meetings, were cited as mean's oi 

 m.i)sing better citjzens of adults and 

 youths. The foundation of good citizen- 

 ship, and the primary means for thwart- . 

 iiij^ juvenile delinquency, however, lies 

 in t)l«;.4iome, the r.esolutions ' stated. 



The AssoTJAttd NX'omen also went oii 

 record as favoring*'-->m intensi\:e attack' 

 on the probletns of better medical care 

 tor all' groups, particylany- in rural 

 areas.". The resolution'on healttf reau^ in 

 part, In general we favor action on this ' 

 problem by. the voluntmy organization pf 

 cooperative healtli and hospital a,ssod- 

 ations,. which have already prove^ their 

 value. . . We are opposed to Itgtilalion 

 designed to provide compulsory ttiedica} 

 care and hospitalization. Wt rpiorrimeniK ■ 

 tull cooperation of rural with Oiir es- 

 tablished health units and e.xistijig vheajttr "ii ' 

 programs, ■ including immunization, din- ' 

 ics, preventPve medicj^ie, uu.lritiop, cdursqj* 

 and home nursitig." ' ""/ ' • ■ 



In looking to the joV)?of fo<)d p/o<fcf*- 

 tion in l'i-44,"the Associated Women de- 

 clared. In order to .iccomplish maximum 

 production of food in the coming sei'- 

 .son it will be neces;jary to> employ yrnaA 

 youth and women ''in -many {octditi'es. 

 Farm women may well promote health- 

 ful lising iKrangemenls r(.creational di]>- 

 portunities and wofking conditiotjs for 

 these lO^wotker.s (rpiil towti , and city. 

 Such a. program can *.ell constitute a lortg 

 ste^-> in the direttlqia of improvxd' pubtic 

 relations thrtfugh mutual underst*iidtrtgl|' 

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On winning the I'ttcacCj -an adopted 

 resolution warned, "If we aneto achieve 

 a just and durable 'peace, we shall ""liave 

 to make sacrifices for i^.;a.s we Jiave had 

 to make sacrifices invfar." . .."we urge 

 that women be represented vn ill pbasts 

 of policy making: for post-wSr planning 

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