Michigan Woman's Press Association

Cooperation was assured her by several of the less experienced, but equally enthusiastic staff members of other papers, and, after correspondence and agitation incident to such a project, pledges were secured to warrant a venture.

Several, even, were found who owned and edited their papers, having come into possession of the business by inheritance or force of circumstances, and when the list was made up and the meeting for organization perfected at Traverse City, Michigan, July 22, 1890, twenty-seven names were enrolled as charter members.

Perry Hannah to entertain the visiting press women at his own board, the Park Place Hotel.

[1] The other officers of the association elected the first year were: Vice-President, M. E. C. Bates, Grand Traverse Herald; recording secretary, Claudia Quigley Murphy, Grand Rapids Democrat; corresponding secretary, S. Isadore Miner, Good Health; treasurer, Belle M. Perry, Charlotte Tribune; executive committee, Sarah J. LaTour, American Tyler; Hattie C. Sleeper, Port Huron Times; and Eva C. Doughty, Gladwin Leader.

[3] The officers in 1913 were: Honorary President, Ella Eaton Kellogg; President, Pruella Janet Sherman; Vice-presidents, Jennie Buell and Mrs. J. E. St. John; recording secretary, Ola M. Johnson; corresponding secretary, Julia Ball; treasurer, Emma E. Bower; historian, Lucy A. Leggett; directors, Carrie E. Bassett, Bella M. Perry, Florence M. Brooks, Kate E.