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\nAS CHOSENBY THE WOMEN0F AM ERICA  \nA Compilation from  \nTHE LADIES'HOME JOURNAL  \nand  \nTHE CHRISTIAN SCIENCEMONITOR  \nEssay Index Reprint Series  \nFirst Published 1933Reprinted 1969  \nSTANDARD BOOK NUMBER:  \n8369-1202-0  \nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER:74-90600  \n# FO R EWO R D\n\nAND ACKNOWLEDGMNTSTO ORIGINAL EDITION  \nOccupying a prominent place in the exhibit ofthe National Council of Women in the Hall ofSocial Science at A Century of Progress,in Chicago,during I933,are portraits of twelve women re-cently chosen by the women of America in a nation-wide poll as the great women leaders of the pastcentury.It seems fitting that there should be madeavailable a statement of the method whereby thewomen thus honored were chosen.Also,thereshould be preserved in permanent form the timelymaterial published at the time of the selection.This booklet is designed to fulfill that two-foldpurpose.  \nTo The Curtis Publishing Company is tenderedthanks for permission to use material contained inits announcement in the November,I932,issue ofThe Ladies'HomeJournal as a basis for the contentsof pages 6 and 7 of this booklet,also for permis-sion to reprint on pages so to 5s of this booklet,the editorial comment and the prize winning lettersas originally published in the April,I933,numberof The Ladies'Home Journal.  \nThe publishers also acknowledge with thanksthe permission of The Christian Science Monitorto reproduce from its issues of January I6,I933 toJanuary 28,I933,the biographical sketches of theTwelve Women Leaders of the past hundred years.  \n# WH E N I S A WOM ANA LE A DE R?\n\n\"W TXTHAT twelve women have made the mostWvaluable contribution to American progressduring the past hundred years?\"To answer thatquestion The Ladies'Home Journal announced,inits issue of November,I932,a poll of the womenof America.  \nSponsor of the poll,in conjunction with TheLadies'Home Journal,was the National Council ofWomen,an affliation of thirty-one women's organ-izations.As part of its exhibit at A Century ofProgress,in Chicago,in I933,it was planned togive prominent place to portraits of the twelvegreat women leaders of the century.A friezeconsisting of silhouettes of twelve women who hadexercised a distinct influence upon the life of thecentury had been chosen for the letterhead of thecouncil.  \n\"But,\"it was asked,\"are these the twelve mostoutstanding women leaders of the past hundredyears?Could others be chosen who have stillgreater claim to recognition?\"Through the pagesof The Ladies'Home Journal the question wasthrown open to all the women of the nation.  \nAt the same time,awards were offered for thefour best 300 word letters on \"The EssentialQualities of the Woman Leader.\"  \nAs Miss Lena Madesin Phillips,president of theNational Council of Women,said in announcingthe results of the poll at a dinner given at the HotelVanderbilt on December 20,I932,We believethat civilization cannot progress much beyond the  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