The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-12
WOMAN'S WORLD.
THE STATUS OF WOMAN AS A VOTER
THE WIDE WORLD OVER.

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The countries Of the world where
women already have some suffrage
have an area of over Is, 600, 900 square
miles, and their population is over $50,
900, OOO-
In Great Britain women vote for all
elective officers except mem bers of par.
Lament.
In France the women teachers elect
women members on all boards of edu-
cation.
In Sweden women vote for all elective
officers except Representatives, also in
directly for members of the house of
lords
In Norway they have school suffrage.
In Ireland the women vote for the
harbor boards. poor law guardians and
in Belfast f., municipal officers.
In Russia women householders vote
for all elective officers and on all local
matters
In Finland they vote for all elective
officers
In Austria-Hungary they vote by
proxy for all elective officers.
In Croatia and Dalmatia they have
the privilege of doing so III local cleo
tions in person.
In Italy widows vote for mem bers of
parliament.
In the Madras presidency and the
Bombay presidency (Hindustan) the
women exercise the right of suffrage in
all municipalities
In all the countries of Russian Asia
they can do SO wherever a Russi an col
ony settles The Russians are colonizing
the whole of their vast Asian posses
sions and carrying with them every
where the mir, . or self governing vii
lage, wherein women who are heads OF
households are permitted to vote
Women have municipal suffrage in
Cape Colony, which rules 1000, 900
square miles.
Municipal woman suffrage rules in
New Zealand, and, [ think, at parlia-
mentary elections.
Iceland, in the north Atlantic; the isle
Of Man, between HlgIand and Ireland
and Pitcairn island, IN the south Pacific
have full woman suffrage.
In the Dominion of Canada women
have municipal suffrage in every prov
ince and also IN the Northwest Terrific
ries- In Ontario they vote for all elect
i've officers, except in the election of
members of the legislature and parlia-
ment.
In the United States % states and ter
ritories have given women some form of
suffrage.
In Colorado women have the full suf-
frage on the same terms with men
They Will exercise the right for the first
time at the coming election in Novem-
Der.
School suffrage in various degrees is
granted to women in Arizona territory,
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota,
Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin
In Arkansas and Missouri women
vote. by petition, on liquor license in
many cases.
III Delaware suffrage is exercised by
women in several municipalities.
Iii Kansas they have equal suffrage
with men at all municipal elections.
About so, 600 women voted in 1890
Iii Montana they vote on all local
taxation
In New York they can and do vote at
school elections. The question of the
constitutiOnality of the law is still I'M
decided. They vote also IN many places
in this state on local improvements,
such as gas and electric street lighting,
paving sewerage and municipal bonds.
In Utah women voted until disfran-
chised by the 'Edmunds law, ~ when
they promptly organized to demand it's
repeal.
III Pennsylvania law was passed III
1889 under which women vote on local
improvements by signing or refusing to
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In Wyoming women have voted ON
the same terms with men since 1870
The convention in 1889 to form a state
constitution unanimously inserted a
provision securing them full suffrage
This constitution was ratified by the
voters at a special election by about
three-fourths majority. Congress re-
fused to require the acknowledgements Of
women and admitted the state July 10,
1890.
And let it not be forgotten that in
the senate Of the United States Feb z,
1889, a select committee reported in ia
vor Of amending the federal constitu-
ton SO as to forbid states to make sex a
cause of Acknowledgement. Congress
however, on March 4 follow
ing without reaching the subject. -Po-
litical Progress
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