. History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people. wYork, as an auxiliary to that council. However, theKnights who instituted it were men of vision who sooncame to a realization of the need for a national organiza-tion of Catholic women. So taking the Utica society asa nucleus, an independent national organization was per-fected, other courts were established, the name waschanged to the National Order of the Daughters of Isa-bella, and today, from that modest beginning with but ahandful of Catholic women enrolled, the order is repre-sented in nearly every State in the Union, with a mem-
. History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people. wYork, as an auxiliary to that council. However, theKnights who instituted it were men of vision who sooncame to a realization of the need for a national organiza-tion of Catholic women. So taking the Utica society asa nucleus, an independent national organization was per-fected, other courts were established, the name waschanged to the National Order of the Daughters of Isa-bella, and today, from that modest beginning with but ahandful of Catholic women enrolled, the order is repre-sented in nearly every State in the Union, with a mem-bership of many thousands. The national headquartersare still maintained at Utica, New York. Mrs. GenevieveH. Walsh, of New York City, is the supreme regent ofthe order, and Mr. M. F. Kelly, of Utica, one of itsfounders, the national secretary. The objects of the organization are the same forCatholic womanhood as those of the Knights of Colum-bus for Catholic manhood—namely, the advancement ofCatholic interests, the betterment of its members, spiritu-. ki ; KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS—DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA 447 ally and intellectually, and the practice of charity in itsbroadest sense; in fact every need of Catholic womensorganizations throughout the world. There is no insurance connected with the order, merelya small death benefit, and any practical Catholic womanbetween the ages of eighteen and sixty is eligible formembership. The advantage of this wide range of ageswill be quickly seen, as the experience of the older mem-bers is invaluable in the conduct of the business of theorganization, while the younger members, with theirenthusiasm and necessarily somewhat different view-point, act as an excellent balance. Court St. Gertrude was organized November II, 1908,through the efforts of Mrs. E. B. Bergholtz, Mrs. R. , Miss Elizabeth D. Calahane, Miss Margaret , Miss Mary B. McCormick and Miss Mary These women had some years before joined theorder at
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