Massachusetts Branch for Women of the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness - [Promotional Pamphlet]

Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Branch for Women of the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness, 1916. Very good. Minor staining.. First World War-era pamphlet promoting the Massachusetts Branch for Women of the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness, an affiliate of the National Security League: "The most useful purpose of our organization is to create public sentiment. Women, if united, can exert as much or more influence on public sentiment as men, and if once aroused, they can accomplish more in the direction of legislation than men can ... [war] results in sending [our] sons and brothers to the front as volunteers, utterly ignorant of military duties ... sure to be hopelessly defeated and probably killed". Includes a mail-in form for membership. Printed bifolium (5.75" by 6.5") with mail-in slip measuring 3.25" by 5" Important evidence of American women's involvement in anti-war legislation in the 1910s.