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were early determined upon. As there could not be a systematic division 

 of the counties, to tlie New York city members was assigned the first 

 judicial district (one county) ; to Mrs. Stranahan, the second (nine 

 comities) ; to Mrs. Corning and Mrs. Sage, the third (seven counties) ; 

 to Mrs. Averell, the fourth (eleven counties) ; to Mrs. Howard G. 

 White, aided by Miss Dennis, the fifth (six counties) ; to Mrs. Pell- 

 Clarke, aided by Miss Pattei-son and Mrs. H. A. St. John, the sixth 

 (ten counties) ; to Mrs. Wadsworth and Miss Dennis, the seventh 

 (eight counties) ; and to Miss Love and Miss Patterson, the eighth 

 (eight counties). 



it will be noticed that the name of Mrs. II. A. St. John takes the 

 place of that of a manager, and it should, therefore, be explained that 

 upon the invitation of the executive committee and at the request of 

 Mrs. Wadsworth, Mrs. St. John, of Ithaca, kindly consented to under- 

 take the organization of Mrs, Andrew D. White's counties, the latter 

 having gone to Russia almost immediately after the Board of Women 

 Managers was formed. A resolution thanking Mrs. St. John for her 

 efforts was unanimously adopted at the meeting of the board held 

 January 11, 1893. 



Several methods of organizing the counties were employed ; some of 

 the managers wrote letters to clergymen, others to the supervisors, ask- 

 ing for names of prominent women who would form in sub-committees 

 for the work. One manager in her counties enlisted the interest of a 

 woman in each of the large towns, and made her chairman of a sub- 

 committee, most energetically sending her letters of inquiry every 

 week. Another manager held meetings in the different counties, draw- 

 ing together circles of women who afterwards served in committees. 

 In all instances a spirited correspondence was carried on between com- 

 mittee women and managers, printed circulars were distributed, and the 

 intei-est of the press sought, and in a few months' time the entire 

 State was not only thoroughly aware that an exposition of unusual 

 importance was to take place, but that women were to have a promi- 

 nent part in it. Most of the standing committees on the board found 

 their counterparts in the sub-committees, and the work of collecting 

 statistics ; of searching for books by women authors ; of bringing for- 

 ward the work of women in the applied arts ; of securing loans for 

 the colonial, lace and other collections, and in fact of making manifest 

 women's work in every department, was enthusiastically carried on 

 during the autumn of 1892 and the winter of 1893. All these women, 

 who may now be numbered by hundreds, gave their time and often 

 their money to the work, without either hope or wish for compensa- 

 tion, and the managers feel that they, and the entire State, owe these 

 women a deep debt of gratitude for their energy and zeal. 



Of the creditable individual exhibits it is only possible to speak 

 in the most cursory manner. JS^early 200 applications passed through 

 the ofl[ice of the women's board, a number of these being necessarily 

 rejected, as not reaching the high standard demanded, but this does not 

 by any means represent the number of applications made, as many 

 were sent directly to the National Board, and by it accepted or rejected. 



Credit should be given to Miss Mary Martin, an amateur photog- 



