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The countries Of the world where
women already have some suffrage
have A area of over 100000 square
miles and their population Is over
$50, OOo, 900.
In Great Britain women vote for
All elective officers except members 81
Parliament
In France the women teachers elect
women members on all Boards Of
Education.
In Sweden women vote for all
elective Officers except Representa-
tives also, indirectly for members Of
the House Of Lords.
In Norway they have school suf-
frage.
IA Ireland the women vote for the
Harbor Boards, Poor Law guardians,
and in Belfast for municipal officers.
IN Russia women householders vote
for all elective officers and on all local
matters.
In Finland they vote for all elective
officers.
IA Austria Hungary they vote by
proxy for all elective officers.
In Croatia and Dalmatia they have
the privilege OF doing so in local
elections in person.
In Italy widows vote for. members
Of Parliament.
In the Madras Presidency and the
Bombay Presidency (Hindoostan) the
women exercise the right of suffrage
IN all municipalities.
In all the countries Of Russian Asia
they can do SO wherever q Russian
colony settles. The Russians are
colonizing the whole of their vast
Asian possessions, and carrying with
them everywhere the ''mir,v or self
governing village, wherein women
who are heads Of households are per-
mitted to vote.
Women have municipals suffrage in
Cape Colony, which rules million
square miles.
Municipal woman suffrage rules in
New Zealand.
Iceland, in the Mort b Atlantic, the
Isle Of Man between England and
Ireland), and Pitcairn Island. in the
South Pacific, have full woman suff-
rage.
In the Dominion of Canada women
have municipal suffrage in every
Province and also In the Northwest
Territories. In Ontario they vote for
oil elective officers, except in the cleo
ton Of members of the Legislature
and Parliament.
In the United States twenty-eight
States and Territolities have given
women some form Of suffrage.
School suffrage in various degrees is
granted to women In Arizona, Colo
RADIO, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho,
Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, New Hamp-
shire, 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.
In Delaware suffrage is exercised by
women in several municipalities.
In Kansas they have equal suffrage
with men at all municipal elections.
About SO, 900 women voted in 1890.
In Montana they vote on all local
taxation.
In New York they ran and do vote
at school elections. The questions of
the constiulionaIity Of the law is still
undecided They vote also III many
places In New York on local improve
ments, such as gas and electric street
lighting, paving, sewerage, and
municipal bonds.
In Utah women voted until disfran-
chised BY the 'Edmnnds Law when
they promptly organized to demand
its repeal.
In Pennsylvania law was passed
In 1889 under which women vote on
local improvements By signing or re-
fusing to sign petitions therefor.
In Wyoming women have voted on
the same terms with men since 1870.
The Convention III 1859 to form =
State Constitution unanimously in
serted provision securing them full
suffrage. This Constitution was rati-
fed By the voters at special election
by about three fourths majority.
Congress refused 10 require the dis
reimbursement Of women and admitted
the Slate July 10, 1880.
And lei it not be forgotten that IN
the Senate Of the United States,
February Z, 1889. select committee
reported in favor Of amending the
Federal Constitution 50 as TO forbid
States to make sex cause Of disfran-
chisement. Congress adjourned, how
ever. on March 4th following, without
reaching the subject Political Pro-
gress.