The Washington times., 1902-02-16
WOMEN REMEMBER
MISS ANTHONY

nav" Is THAT il women have the suffrag
they will all want TO vote. But they won't
There Will be enough unmarried womel
and widows and women whose children
have grown IN to do all the canvassine
They say that women's heads are not a
large as mems. Did you ever see then
take tape line and measure heads at tn
polls? I've no objection to that method
nut let us be impartial. They say tina
women might vote against their husbands
| That would be dreadful Cor those who's,
! idea OF unity i sameness My wife ha
perfect right to go to any church sh
pleases. and vote as she pleascs and
should not think of debating TO her ! me
tonight Daughter of the American Revo
luton woman. who said My husban,
and father always vote as I tell them
! was sorry TO hear that. II is henedic,
ton TO Il man to live with a free woman
| sometimes think Of that beautiful sen.
tence. ! should like to live n hundred
years h"ncc ard see the sons and daugh-
tiers of women who are truly free
Mrs. Smart. Miss "a Barre and Miss
Leavitt then rendered the Angels Trio. "
! from Nendelssohn's Elijah
1 The concluding sneech of the evening
was made by Mrs. Florence Fenwick Mil
/ Ter. of London. England. She comes as the
/ delegate of the English United Woman's
Suffrage Society's committee, and also of
/ the Scottish National Woman's Suffrage
Society. There IS a special interest about
her personality. in that she has been not
only voter, but 4 representative. She sat
for nine years on the London school board
being reelected three times in a constit-
dency numbering 60. 900 voters She is also
one OF the best known English journalists.
having been for fifteen Years on the staff
OF the illustrated London News"
Tells of Women.
Her subject was The English Woman
IN Politics She explained that she took
thls word in its widest sense as involving
public work of every description and NOT
only parliamentary work English wom
en-, and, with slight unimportant differ
ences, Scotch and Irish women also. are
now entitled to vote in every sort of cleo
ton in Great Britain with the single OK
ception of that for members of Parlia-
ment.
On two of the most important public
bodies she said women may sit when
CHOSEN by the electors, namely, the school
boards, which have the direction of the
education of the country and the boards
OF guardians of the poor, who control the
administration Of the public funds for the
feiief OF distress. Besides this, women
vote in all The elections. excepting those
fer Parliament: not only for members of
school boards and boards of guardians.
but also for members of county councils.
town councils, and urban and parish coun-
CHS. They became entitled to vote Cor
the town councils in 1869 and for the
school boards in 1870
sixteen Were Elected.
'On the first school board election in
1871 there We're sixteen women returned:
in 1901 there were 270 women sitting on
2SG different school boards Innumerable |
testimonies have been given by mep who
have worked with women upon the school !
boards to the value of their share in this |
public work
One of the largest and most import !
ant school boards in Great Britain is
that OF Edinburgh, which looks after the |
of nearly 10000 children. has |
stan OF over 800 teachers and spends !
about G1iU,G00 $500 ,000l of the taxpayers
money every year. This important school
board elected a lady, Miss Flora Steven
son, as its chairman in April, 1900 She !
has successfully presided over its deliber-
atoms ever since. and in January of this
year large new school was opened and
by the vote of her fellow members was
named after her in recognition of the
value of her services
Spend Many Millions.
The poor law guardians spend every
year, 1927 100000. On the boards en-
-rusted with the administration of this |
immense sum there are now sitting $50
women, the usefulness of whose work
las received every kind of recognition
rom those acquainted with II
The official Government report of an
Inspector of warehouses;, recently is
'ued by the English Government. saws.
The benefit of having lady guardians on
he boards is no longer open to question.
he old-fashioned objection to ladies on
he boards is disappearing before the ex-
'erience of the good they do
ines peaker then gave illustrations of
he reforms effected by ladies in this di-
ection, and quoted a speech by Lord Sal
sbury in the House of Lords. who said
Women are in closer touch with the
reeds OF the poor than men, and the
presence of women on councils was Sc
urity against Incidence and selfishness |
n administration, and was one of the
highest, most constant, and most reliable
tlmuiants TO a true and honest and I'M |
agging administration of the law"
Are Denied Suffrage
But British women are still denied
he most important of all franchises. that
Or members of Parliament. in whose,
ands lie all the lawmaking and the
ecision of great imperial qu estiins,
lch as peace or war. protection or free
rade, etc. And not only was this" the
peaker claimed. dangerous. because, by {
ome carelessness or passing freak. Par
not responsible to women cleo
)rs, might take away the representation
hey have already, but II was in itself also
lie gravest drawback to women both di-
ectly and indirectly
II not only prevented them from OBJ
aiming Just VS. in matters governing the
der Of women. the marriage relation !
nd other points. but also by the enormity :
the insult offered 10 women in telling
lem that they were inca pa bic in form
e a judgment Of the affairs of the coun-
Y. ii diminished their influence by de-
acting from mems respect
COUNCIL LOSES LITTLE TIME. !