Quite generally a property qualification is required, but this is so in the case of men also. In a few cases women can vote only by proxy. Though all asked for by women has not been secured to them either abroad or in this country, considering the strength and obstinacy of prejudices rooted in customs of unnumbered centuries, the concessions secured in a short fifty years are phenomenal. Wider general education and the practical experience of the successful operation of woman suffrage are destined eventually to consummate the political emancipation of women. Local officers must pay taxes or be the mother or guardian of children of school age.
Qualifications are the same as for men.
Educational qualification same as for men. Widows with children of school age vote for trustees, and widows and spinsters who pay taxes, vote on school taxes, in the country districts. In the three second class cities women can hold school offices and vote on the same terms as do men. In Wilmington, and at town elections in Townsend, Wyoming, Milford and Newark. Secured by constitutional amendment on November 3d, 1896.