Civic Federation of St. Louis.—

Movements designed to remove or diminish the evils of municipal mismanagement have been repeatedly inaugurated in St. Louis. But until the formation of the Civic Federation

these movements were mostly spasmodic and lacked permanency. The Civic Federation was the outgrowth of a general conviction that, if anything was to be accomplished in the direction of civic reform, there must be organization, and organization of a permanent character.

In 1895 this feeling took shape. The Civic Federation of St. Louis was incorporated under a charter …

The Federation had seven standing committees, of which the following gentlemen were the chairmen: …

On all these committees the names of women appear …Mrs. Martha E. Ware, … educational committee.”

Reference Data:

Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, by Howard Louis Conard, 1901, pages 628-9