. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSKK AGRICULTURE 489 Clubs, made the following address: COOPERATION BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTRY WOMEN. Many people mistakenly think that women's clubs are endeavoring to take women away from their homes, never realizing that with many the home improvement work is the most notable feature. Espe- cially important is this branch of the work of the Tennessee Federa- tion of Women's Clubs. This was well brought out in the following address delivered in Nashville, De- cember 3, before the Home-makers' section of the Middle Tennessee
. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSKK AGRICULTURE 489 Clubs, made the following address: COOPERATION BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTRY WOMEN. Many people mistakenly think that women's clubs are endeavoring to take women away from their homes, never realizing that with many the home improvement work is the most notable feature. Espe- cially important is this branch of the work of the Tennessee Federa- tion of Women's Clubs. This was well brought out in the following address delivered in Nashville, De- cember 3, before the Home-makers' section of the Middle Tennessee Farmers' Institute, on ''Cooperation Between the City Woman and the Country Woman in the Federation of Women's Clubs," by'Mrs. A. B. Cooke, the capable President of the Tennessee Federation. Mrs. Cooke's address was one of the star features of the institute, and it was as follows: It seems fitting that I should speak to this gathering on the federa- tion work for two reasons—first, because the Federation has just one aim—the betterment of conditions surrounding women and children; and as I have listened to the other talks this afternoon I see that is also the aim of the Home-makers' Club. Then, too, there is a close connection between the State Fed'eration and the Home-makers, in that the Woman's Board of the State Fair is a federated club, and I know it is largely instrumental in the organization of the Home-makers. Before I talk to you about cooperation in the Federation, however, let me tell you something of what the Federation is. Time was—and not so very long ago—when there was no Federation of Women's Clubs, only a few isolated clubs. The 5,000 club women in Tennessee and the 800,000 in the United States had not found themselves—had not realized the great power there is in organization to bring about a change in public opinion and conditions for the common good. Then the time came. It seemed as if it came suddenly, when they saw un- favorable conditions aro
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