Julia Davis Stuart; Led League of Women Voters

Julia Davis Stuart, 79, president of the League of Women Voters of the United States from 1964 to 1968 and the first Westerner to hold that office. During her tenure as national president, Mrs. Stuart was noted for extensive work in conservation of water resources. In 1969, she was honored on the 50th anniversary of the league by President Richard M. Nixon at a White House ceremony. Mrs. Stuart also served on President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 19-member Commission of Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice and on the National Citizens Commission on International Cooperation. She was president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the League of Women Voters from 1951 to 1953. She later served four years as the league’s Washington state president. In 1960, she was elected to the national board and two years later became national second vice president. In Spokane on Saturday of unreported causes.