The meeting was called to order on 3 June at the Prince Albert Hotel by American Susan B. Anthony. The welcoming address was made by Anita Augspurg of Germany and then Carrie Chapman Catt received the gavel from delegates of Wyoming. Appointments were made designating Germans Käthe Schirmacher as the official interpreter and Adelheid von Welczeck as assistant secretary; and Dutch delegate Aletta Jacobs and English delegate Edith Palliser as members of the credentials committee.[2] Seven national woman suffrage associations were represented by regularly appointed delegates at the conference: Denmark, Germany, Gt.