The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-01
THE PROGRESS OF WOMEN.

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chester, in cooperation with Mis-
FRANCES r. WILLARD. has invest Igate,
the progress made by women during tn
present year and the results will be incor
porated in Miss WILLARp's annual ad
dress to the National W. g. T, u II
Baltimore Oct. 21. g
Among the more notable advances mad,
by the fair sex during the year may be
summed the following:
Rev. THOMAS DIxoN's new church OF
the People, in New York, has board OF
deacops, half OF whom are women.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs EASTMAN occupy the
pulpit OF Park Street Church, Eimirs, N.
Y. They share the parish work, conduct
the service together, and in turn preach
the sermon.
Mrs. MAUD BALLINaroN BOOTH, dur
ing one trip, added /, 100 auxiliary mem.
bers 10 the Salvation Army. At typical
parlor meeting In Chicago, $1,000 was con-
tributed to her work.
DR.. JENNIE NJ. TAYLOR has gone to
Africa, the first dental missionary among
women.
DIR. HEE KING ENG is the first Chinese
woman graduate of an American college
to practice in China, and the second
woman of her race to take an occidental
medical degree.
For the first time in the history OF Ger
many, a woman has been invited to take
part in public discussion.
In Belgium, for the first time, Parlia-
ment has been asked to consider bill for
women's municipal enfranc hisement.
Mrs. HARRIET MAXWELL CONVERSE,
born In Elmirs, and now Q resident of
New York city, although of Caucasian
ancestry, Isl chief and the custodian and
adviser OF the six nations OF New York
Indians.
An Areckaree Indian Miss DAWSON, q
graduate of Hampton University, has
been appointed field matron at Fort Ber-
thold, North Dakota. The first bill in
troduced by a woman member OF the
Colorado Legislature to raise the age of
protection for girls to 21 years was car
ried.
Honorable CLARA CUNSINoHAM intro
duced bill into the same Legislature to
secure mediation In labor trouble BY q
state board Of arbitration.
Nearly 400 English women were elected
on the poor law boards, 40 women on the
parish councils. The total number of
women elected this year in England and
Wales is soa,..a gain of e24 on last year.
In Now South Wales the two great op-
posing political leaders, Sir HENRY
PARKs and Sir GEORGE DoBBs, have
both declared themselves in favor of
woman suffrage, and the Leg gislature has
passed resolution supporting their view
by very large majority. Mrs. CARLOAD
AoUERo DE RICHARDS, widow of a
promin snt Cuban physician, bought the
first gun used In the Cuban warfare and
carried the artridges to Camaguey.
In England one OF the most important
advances is the opening OF the final pass
at Oxford to women.
In tho Welsh University, for the first
ime women are placed on an absolute
quality with men, both as to degrees
nd as to the governing body.
Holland admits women as students to
II it's universities, but the largest num-
er Of women students are to be found |
n the Swiss universities, where they num-
er over 400.
As result Of the fight for rs years of |
'r. BLAKE and friends, women hence
orth may take medical degrees In the
cotch universities.
The Queen has granted an amended
harter to the University of Durham,
all degrees except d. d. are
pen to women.
Two American women have been sd-
1itted to the Pedagogical "Seminar,
University OF Leipsic, an extraordi-
ary privilege for tn first time conferred
pon women.
Dartmouth College has its first woman
tudent. The University OF Chicago has
be largest attendance OF women grad.
ate students OF any educational institu-
lon in the world.
Miss ELSA EscHEIsoN has obtained
emission OF King Oscar OF Sweden to
lead at the University OF Upsala. She
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