When Miriam Leslie died in 1914, she stipulated in her will that Carrie Chapman Catt should be a residual legatee, and receive money to promote and continue her work towards woman's suffrage.
[6] Rose Young was tasked with creating a bureau for the Leslie Commission to provide frequent press-releases to newspapers about the work of suffragists in the United States.
[3] The bureau was staffed with 25 people and was located in New York City on the fifteenth floor of a building at 171 Madison Avenue.
[1] The bureau also compiled statistics relating to suffrage, answered questions from the public, printed interviews with suffragists, and ways to challenge anti-suffragists.
[9] The group also created informational pamphlets for distribution in political races with candidates who opposed women having the vote.