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Show EURITHE K. LA Elected 1897 native of Peoria, from Colorado where A school. express In She and company, to BARTHE 1899 Illinois, Eurithe K. La Barthe came to utah had been a teacher and principal of a her husband Jules, who was an official in an joined the Salt Lake scene in 1892. she 1895 she and May of some interested friends set up the Woman's 29-31 Commercial Street, an attempt to provide work for poor women who would otherwise have been dependent on others. The most successful of the departments was a sewing room where women made garments for sale and were paid for their services. Mrs. La Barthe said that it furnished a means of livelihood and removed the sense of dependence and obligation. However, it pioneered a rocky road. Exchange A at Democrat, Mrs. La Barthe entered politics. Coinage of silver was hot and divisive issue of the 1896 campaign. Because of its mines, utah was considered a "silver" state but emotions ran high. The women, formed the Women's newly enfranchised, Bryan Club supporting William Jennings Bryan, the "silver" candidate who advocated the free and unlimited coinage of silver by the United States at a ratio of 16 to 1 regardless of the actions of other nations. It was a nonpartisan group composed almost equally of Republicans and Democrats. the in with 2500 Theatre in the Salt Lake C.E. two-thirds of which were women. Mrs. All en presided. In the Speeches were I imi ted to fi ve minutes. beginning Mrs. Allen rapped for order wi th her fan but that produced only a faint rustle, no more than the flutter of a moth to the large audience, so she resorted to a cane borrowed from a gentleman on the platform. The meeting proceeded with splendid order and decorum. Eurithe La Barthe was chosen temporary chair and A meeting attendance, was at held least proceeded to make her appointments. one of the speakers. Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon was In September of 1896 Eurithe was elected president of the Ladies Literary Club and was president of that group during her term in the legislature. Under her guidance and enthusiasm, plans were made to build a club house to be located between First South Temple. It opened January I, 1898, the first club house Mississippi built and owned by women. Eurithe and west South of the in the 1897 House of Representatives where she was the Education, Asylum for the Insane, Rules, Statistics and Labor Committees. She became best known for her so-called "High Hat Law", which subjected her to a considerable amount of good assigned served to 47 |
