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THEY PAY A GREAT PRICE, BUT THEIR IDEALS WILL HELP 

 THEM SOLVE WAR'S PROBLEMS, IS CONVENTION THEME 



Participating in a broadcast over WLS 

 from the Associated Women's annual 

 meeting are. left to right, Mrs. Helen Carl- 

 ton Smith. London: Mrs. A. R. Rohlfing, Il- 

 linois, publicity chairman for convention; 



Mrs. Abbie Sargent, New Hampshire; 

 Gladys Blair. WLS-Prairie Farmen Mrs. H. 

 W. Abort California, and Mrs. Raymond 

 Sayre, Iowa, newly elected vice-presi- 

 dent, in the foreground. 



WOMEN pay a great price for the 

 waging of war. They give their 

 husbands, brothers, sons, and 

 daughters. Their homes are endangered 

 or entirely destroyed. The welfare of 

 the family and everything women hold 

 dear is threatened. But out of the suf- 

 fering and hardship women around the 

 world, inspired by the same ideals, wiU 

 be able to do much toward solving the 

 problems which inevitably result from 

 war. 



We must not repeat the mistakes of 

 a quarter century ago. From the ex- 

 periences gained through united efforts 

 to win the war we must, with broader 

 and more sympathetic understanding, 

 win the peace. 



We believe that the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation and the Associated 

 Women should use every rightful in- 

 fluence to see that farm men and farm 

 women should be represented at the 

 peace conference. 



Thus reads in part one of the most 

 important resolutions adopted by the 

 Associated Women of the AFBF at 

 their 10th anniversary in Chicago. The 

 Associated Women held their annual 

 meeting in conjunction with the AFBF 

 annual meeting. 



It was just 10 years ago that the 

 Associated Women was organized in 

 Nashville, Tenn. Twenty-four states 

 were represented in that meeting and 

 the joint membership totaled 250,000. 



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In the 1944 meeting, there were voting 

 delegates from 40 states and member- 

 ship was reported at 880,000. 



The keynote of the women's meeting 

 also was sounded in the foreword of 

 their resolutions: 



"While our united nations are win- 

 ning the war, women on the home 

 front must hold fast to the faith of 

 our fathers, cherish the ideals of our 

 democracy, and strive for higher spir- 

 itual, intellectual and physical values 

 to cope with the emergencies beyond 

 the present crisis. 



"In the days and years to come, our 

 democratic institutions which have 

 guaranteed our libeities will be faced 

 with critical ordeals as never before. 

 Farm women must assume their big 

 share of responsibility in the protec- 

 tion and perpetuation of these historic 

 institutions." 



Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, administra- 

 tive director of the Associated Women, 

 in her annual report pointed out that 

 "scores of projects accomplished indi- 

 cate the interest and enthusiasm of our 

 membership in every section of the 

 country. 



"Farm Bureau women in several 

 states have sold War Bonds, collected 

 scrap paper, contributed to the blood 

 plasma units, assisted with USO serv- 

 ices and every other phase of the war 

 program. All this, while they were 

 engaged in helping produce food and 



fiber to feed and clothe the world. 

 While they have waited with anxious 

 hearts for news of their boys on the 

 battle fronts around the world, they 

 have written a chapter in our Nation's 

 history that must never be forgotten." 



Mrs. Mark W. Clark, wife of the 

 Allied Fifth Army commander, in her 

 address to the women declared : "To 

 attain political or industrial democracy 

 without spiritual democracy is impos- 

 sible. We are learning in war the com- 

 munity of sacrifice which makes victory 

 possible — the unselfishness and devo- 

 tion of millions to a common cause. . . 

 With a sense of this same community 

 of interest we muit approach our polit- 

 ical and industrial problems. We must 

 develop something that resembles re- 

 ligious fervor — a great, impelling 

 motive that will unite all people of 

 good will upon principles to which all 

 can be devoted. . ." 



Mrs. Roy C. F. Weagley, Maryland, 

 after serving three years as secretary 

 and two years as vice-president, was 

 named president succeeding Mrs. Elsie 

 Mies, Champaign county, Illinois. Mrs. 

 Mies who has represented the Asso- 

 ciated Women in national councils with 

 exceptional ability for several terms was 

 unable to attend the 10th anniversary 

 meeting because of illness. Mrs. Ray- 

 mond Sayre, Iowa, was elected vice- 

 president, and Mrs. Lewis Minion, 

 Minnesota, took Mrs. Sayre's place on 



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