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February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Women’s Clubs and Sarah Platt Decker:CONFRONTING PUBLIC ACTIVISM
WITH “WOMANLY POLITICS”
Diane Harrison Werne
Prepared for the United Methodist Women of Arvada
February 2004
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
General Federation of Women’s ClubsBiennial Convention, 1898
Denver Republican, 6/20/1898
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
GFWCConvention
St.Louis1904
Personification of confident
Womanlinessin control
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
SARAH SOPHIA PLATT DECKER ~1904
PublicActivist
*WomanlyWoman
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Mary Bradford, President of the Colorado Federation ofWomen’s Clubs ~1902
“What real womanliness
means the world can never
know until woman shall be
unhampered in all directions.”
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
A “Womanly Woman”1908
A less “hampered” woman2004
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Womanly Club Women =Middle-class bearing and dress.
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Sarah Platt Decker’s “Answer to a Critic of Women Suffrage”
Denver Republican, December 27, 1903
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
“Womanly issues”:Education and schools
Clean citiesFresh water, sanitation
Pure foodPublic healthTemperance
Art*****
Electing responsible public officials and judges
Becoming school board membersHolding public office
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Woman’s Club of Denver& Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs
LEGISLATION COMMITTEES~1900
1. Submitted petitions to state representatives.2. Drafted legislation.3. Attended hearings
4. Endorsed measures under consideration by State Legislature.
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
MUNICIPAL HOUSEKEEPING
=EXTENDING WOMEN’S
BOUNDARIES
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Sarah Platt Decker ~1904
ExtendingBoundaries
OutsideThe home
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Sarah Platt Decker’s 2ND husbandCOLONEL JAMES H. PLATT
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Sarah Platt Decker’s daughter, Harriet Platt ~1904
1885-1919
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Sarah Platt Decker’s 3rd husbandJUDGE WESTBROOK S. DECKER
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From a Denver newspaper, Sept. 24, 1904 --
After GFWC election of Decker as President
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General Federation of Women’s Club1902 Biennial Convention
Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1902
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
General Federation of Women’s Club1902 Biennial Convention
Denver Times, May 1, 1902
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Sarah Platt Decker’s ribbons – 1912 GFWC Convention
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Denver PostJuly 8, 1912
Sarah PlattDecker believes
in womenand Progressive
Era reforms
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Sarah Platt Decker’s career
in club work and politics:Woman’s Club of Denver
General Federation of Women’s ClubsState Board of Charities and Corrections
State Civil Service CommissionAdvisory Board of Denver County Hospital
American Institute of Civics Child Labor League
Women’s Public Service League of DenverDenver Civic Federation
Colorado Women’s Bryan ClubDenver Woodrow Wilson for President Club,
1912
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Sarah Platt Decker and The Democratic Convention 1908
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Woman’s Club of Denver
Formed 1894
Departments:The Home
Art and LiteratureEducation
PhilanthropyScience and Philosophy
Reform*
*Reform Dept.’s standing committees: Public Service, City Improvement, Temperance, Public Health,
Civil Service, and Legislation.
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
The Woman’s Club of Denver’s
1894 Constitution stated:
“The objects of this association are the elevation of women
and mutual aid and cooperation in all that pertains to the greater
good of humanity.”
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
“Mrs. SarahPlatt Deckerenjoying a
witty speech.”
Decker—great witand wisdom
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Nomination of Decker as president of GFWC in 1904 worries opponents of equal
suffrage
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Invitation to Decker, president of GFWC,To White House Conference on
Conservation of Natural Resources
1908[Letter from President Roosevelt]
February 2004, Arvada Diane Werne [email protected]
Last photo of Sarah Platt DeckerSan Francisco, July 1912
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