_Albany_--Mrs. C. J. A. JUMP, Albany. _Allegany_--Mrs. V. A. WILLARD, Belmont _Broome_--Mrs. W. H. BRISTOL, Binghamton. _Cattaraugus_--Mrs. M. G. PECKHAM, Leon. _Cayuga_--Mrs. P. J. ADAMS, Moravia. _Chautauqua_--Mrs. M. S. MEAD, Jamestown. _Chemung_--Mrs. S. W. STODDARD, Horseheads. _Chenango_--'Mrs. C. A. MOORE, Mt. Upton. _Clinton_--Mrs. FRANCES D. HALL, Plattsburg. _Columbia_--Mrs. MARCIA C. POWELL, Ghent. _Cortland_--Mrs. FANNIE KEESE, Cortland. _Delaware_--Mrs. CLARA HILSINGER, Sidney. _Dutchess_--Mrs. H. A. NELSON, Poughkeepsie. _Erie_--Mrs. CLARA T. SISSON, Collins. _Essex_--Mrs. ADA J. R. BEERS, Port Henry. _Franklin_--Mrs. W. F. WINKLEY, Malone. _Fulton_--Mrs. GEORGE CLARK, Amsterdam. _Genesee_--Mrs. ANNA E. RICE, Batavia. _Greene_--Miss E. BRANDOW, Coxsackie. _Herkimer_--Mrs. L. P. DAVIES, Herkimer. _Jefferson_--Mrs. E. GURNEY, Clayton. _Kings_--Mrs. L. VANDERHOEF, Brooklyn. _Lewis_--Mrs. M. B. O'DONNELL, Lowville. _Livingston_--Mrs. H. M. FREEMAN, Lima. _Madison_--Mrs. E. C. BUSHNELL, Lakeport. _Monroe_--Mrs. F. N. PARISH, Churchville. _Montgomery_--Mrs. J. G. DEGRAFF, Amsterdam. _New York_--Mrs. E. FRANCES LORD, New York. _Niagara_--Mrs. RUTH A. FROST, Barker's. _Oneida_--Mrs. THEODOSIA M. FOSTER, Verona. _Onondaga_--Mrs. M. D. FERGUSON, Syracuse. _Ontario_--Mrs. A. H. WOOD, Farmington. _Orange_--Mrs. L. H. WASHINGTON, Port Jervis. _Orleans_--Mrs. G. A. HEWITT, Gaines. _Oswego_--Mrs. S. M. BARKER, New Haven. _Otsego_--Mrs. ELLEN TALLMADGE, Otsego. _Putnam_--Mrs. LYMAN F. BROWN, Carmel. _Queens_--Mrs. C. H. HARRIS, Jamaica. _Rensselaer_--Mrs. S. A. KENNEY, Troy. _Richmond_--Mrs. SARAH R. MORRIS, West New Brighton. _Rockland_--Mrs. J. A. DINGMAN, Spring Valley. _Saratoga_--Mrs. GRACE ANDRESS, Gansevoort. _Schenectady_--Mrs. M. CLOWE, Schenectady. _Schoharie_--Mrs. L. A. WILCOX, Jefferson. _Schuyler_--Mrs. L. L. CLAWSON, Havana. _Seneca_--Mrs. J. STORY, Cayuga. _Steuben_--Mrs. A. M. HART, Hornellsville. _St. Lawrence_--Mrs. M. D. SILL, Massena. _Suffolk_--Mrs. EVA HORTON, Greenport. _Sullivan_--Mrs. M. M. McKoon, Long Eddy. _Tioga_--Mrs. N. H. HUTCHINSON, Oswego. _Tompkins_--Mrs. D. C. BOUTON, Ithaca. _Ulster_--Mrs. E. U. BURGESS, Highland. _Warren_--Mrs. T. TRITTON, Glens Falls. _Washington_--Mrs. J. H. MASON, Greenwich. _Wayne_--Miss H. ELLEN ORTON, Sodus. _Westchester_--Miss H. A. ROLLINS, Yonkers. _Wyoming_--Miss KATE MANNING, Attica. _Yates_--Miss CELIA S. HUTTON, Penn Yan. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PREFACE 11 Sketch of Mrs. Esther McNeil, Veteran Crusader 14 PROLOGUE 15 CHAPTER I.--"The Sober Second Thought of the Crusade" 19 Sketch of Mrs. Allen Butler, first President 27 CHAPTER II.--Constitution and By-Laws, with changes 29 Sketch of Mrs. Maria Hyde Hibbard, second President 32 CHAPTER III.--Organization 33