Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-29
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

The countries of the world where
women already have some suffrage
have an area OF over 100000 square
miles, and their population is over
$50, OOO,O
In Great Britain woman vote for all
elective officers except members of
parliament.
In France the women teachers elect
women members on all boards Of edu-
cation.
In Sweden women vote for all cleo.
tive officers except representatives.
Also, indirectly, for members of the
House OF Lords.
In Norway they have school suf-
frage.
In 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.
In Austria Hungary they vote. by
proxy, for all elective officers.
In Crotis and Delmatia they have
the privilege Of doing so in local cleo
tons in person.
In Italy widows vote for members OF
parliament.
In the Madras presidency and the
Bombay presidency (Hindostan) the
women exercise the right OF suffrage
in all municipalities.
In all countries of Russian Asia they
can do so wherever Russian colony
settles. The Russiane are colonizing
the whole of their vast Asian posses
sions, and carrying with them every
where the "mir," or self-governing
village wherein women who are heads
OF households are permitted to vote.
Women have municipal suffrage in
Cape Colony, which rules 1000, 600
square miles.
Municipal woman suffrage rules in
New Zealand aud at parliamentary
elections.
Iceland, in the North Atlantic; the
Isle OF Man, between England and
Iceland, and Pitcairn island. in the
South Pacific, have full women suf-
frage.
In the Dominion OF Canada women
have municipal suffrage in every pro-
vince and also in the northwest terri.
tories. In Ontario they vote for all
elective officers except in the election
of members OF the legislature and par
lament.
In the United States % States and
Territories have given women some
form of suffrage.
School suffrage in various degrees is
granted to women in Arizona. Color.
ado, Connecticut. Delaware, Idaho, In
diana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachu.
sets, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
Xork, North Dakota, Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington
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 in all municipal elections.
In Kansas they have equal suffrage
with men in all municipal elections.
About $4,000 women voted in 1890.
In 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
undecided. They also vote in many
places in this State on local improve
ments, such as gas and electric street
lighting, paving, sewerage and mu.
nicipal bonds.
In Utah woman voted until dis.
franchised by the "Edmunds law"
when they promptly organized to de-
mand 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 in 1859 to form o
State constitution unanimously insert
ed q provision securing them full suf.
frage. This constitution was ratified
by the voters at special election by
about three-fourths majority. Con-
gress refused to require the disfran-
chisement Of women, and admitted
the State July 10, 1890.
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