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'' The Board of Women Managers mny be called together from time 

 to time, as shall seem expedient to the Board of General Managers." 



On June 3, 1892, the Board of General ]\ranao;ers appointed tlie fol- 

 lowing twenty-one ^vomen, representing tlie eight judicial dii-tricts of 

 the State, as the Board of Women Managers for New York : Mrs. Wm. 

 J. Averell, Ogdensburgh ; Mrs. Frederick P. Bellamy, Brooklyn ; Mrs. 

 Erastus Corning, Albany ; Miss Caroline E. Dermis, Auburn ; Mrs. 

 Artlmr M. Dodge, New York city ; Mrs. Fred E. Halsey, New York 

 city ; Miss Annie Hemstrought, New York city ; Miss J. Imogen How- 

 ard, New York city ; Miss Maria M. Love, Buffalo ; Miss Elizabeth T. 

 Minturn, Hastings-on-the-Hudson ; Miss Frances Todd Patterson, 

 Westiield ; Mrs. Leslie Pell-Clarke, Springfield Centre ; Miss Anna 

 Eoosevelt, New York ; Mrs. Dean Sage, Menands ; Mrs. J . S. T. Stran- 

 ahan, Brooklyn ; Mrs. Oscar S. Straus, New York city ; Mrs. George 

 Waddington, New York city ; Mrs. Charles F. Wadsworth, Geneseo ; 

 Mrs. H. Walter Webb, Kiverdale ; Mrs. Andrew D. White, Ithaca ; 

 Mrs. Howard G. White, Syracuse. Miss Minturn declining to serve, 

 the board appointed Mrs. Frederick Ehinelander Jones, of New York 

 city, in her place. 



In making their appointments the Board of General Managers 

 selected two women from each of the eight judicial districts of the 

 State with five in addition from New York city, the field there being 

 so large as to demand -a* greater imiabfir of workers. 



Tlie first of the four meetings- of the Board of Women Managers was 

 held at the Capitol, Albany, June 7, 1892. Seventeen of the twenty- 

 one women were present and took the oath of office. One cf the 

 absentees was Miss Elizabeth T. Minturn, who never served, although 

 her name remained on the list of members for many months, and was 

 only dropped when Mrs. F. E. Jones was appointed in the summer 

 of 1893 by the Board of General Managers. 



The officers elected at the first meeting retained their positions, with 

 the exception of two members of the executive committee, until the 

 organization was dissolved. At the first meeting also the bureau of 

 applied arts was projected with Mrs. Candace Wheeler, president of 

 the Society of Associated Artists, as'^rector. The following rules and 

 by-laws were adopted : 



" Article 1. The official title of this organization is 'Board of 

 Women Managers of the State of New York at the World's Colum- 

 bian Exposition.' 



" Art. 2. The purpose of this board shall be to secure a- full and 

 complete portrayal oi the industrial and social condition of woman 

 and her achievements and capabilities in all the avenues and depart- 

 ments of life. 



" Art. 3. The officers of the board shall be the president,' first and 

 second vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer and exeeutivfr committee of 

 six members and an auditing committee of which the president (and 

 in her absence one of the Trce-presidBirts); thre chairman of the execu- 

 tive committee and the secretary shall be members. 



" Art. i. The meetings of the board shall be held on the call of the 

 president, vice-president or any four members of the board. Notifica- 



