Long before the Federal Suffrage Amendment passed
the Congress, the National American Woman Suffrage
Association had its ratification campaign formulated to
the last detail.

Every Legislature had been polled, Governors had
been interviewed, the press kept informed of the neces-
sary procedure of the campaign, and an expectant, eager
army, thoroughly well-equipped and trained, was waiting
for the next move. Before the sun set on June 4, tele-
grams had been sent to all Governors where special legis-
lative sessions would be necessary, urging that such ses-
sions be called. Instructions for still more intensive
campaigns with Governors, legislators and the press were
wired to State auxiliaries to the National Suffrage Asso-
ciation, and when the sun rose on June 5 the campaign
was already under full speed.

The situation was complicated by the fact that only
six State Legislatures meet annually (those of New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, South Caro-
lina and Georgia) and these, with five others ( Kentucky,
Virginia, Maryland, Louisiana and Mississippi) whose
regular sessions would be held in 1920, were the only
ones that would have an opportunity to take action before
the Presidential election of 1920, unless it were possible
to catch Legislatures before adjournment in some States
and to secure extra sessions in others.

The response to the National Suffrage Association's
effort to catch these adjourning Legislatures and to secure

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