The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-27
PROGRESS OF Equal SUFFRAGE.
Review of the Advance of the Move
ment From Its First Inception in
This Country.

Review of the Advance of the Move
ment From Its First Inception in
This Country.
From the Woman's Journal.
Seventy years ago women could not
vote anywhere. In 1888 Kentucky gave
school suffrage to widows. In 1850 On
tario gave it to women, both married
and single. In 1861 Kansas gave it to
all women In 1867 New South Wales
gave women municipal suffrage. In
1869 England gave municipal suffrage
to single women and widows, Victoria
gave it to women both married and
single, and Wyoming gave full suffrage
to all women.
In 1871 West Australia gave NUM-
cipal suffrage to women. School suf-
frage was granted in 1875 by Michigan
and Minnesota, in 1876 by Colorado. in
1877 by New Zealand, in 1878 by New
Hampshire and Oregon, in 1879 by Mas
sachusetts, in 1880 by New York and
Vermont. In 1880 South Australia gave
municipal suffrage to women.
In 1881 municipal suffrage was ex-
tended to the single women and widows
of Scotland. Nebraska gave women
school suffrage in 1888, Ontario and
Tasmania gave them municipal suf-
frage in 1884, and Wisconsin gave them
school suffrage in 1885. In 1886 NUM-
cipal suffrage was given in New Zea-
land and New Brunswick.
In 1887 municipal suffrage was grant
ed In Kansas, Nova Scotia, and Mani
toba, and school suffrage in North and
South Dakota, Montana, Arizona, and
New Jersey. In the same year Mon
tana gave tax-paying women the right
to vote upon all questions submitted to
the taxpayers.
In 1888 England gave women county
suffrage, and British Columbia and
the Northwest Territory gave them
municipal suffrage. In 1889 county suf-
frage was given to the women of Scot
land, and municipal suffrage to single
women and widows in the province of
Quebec. In 1891 school suffrage was
granted in Illinois. In 1898 school suf-
frage was granted in Connecticut, and
full suffrage in Colorado and New Zea-
land. In 1894 school suffrage was
granted in Ohio, a limited municipal
suffrage in Iowa, and parish and dis
trict suffrage in England to women.
both married and single. In 1895 full
suffrage was granted in South Austria
liza to women, both married and single.
In 1896 full suffrage was granted in
Utah and Idaho.
given the right to vote for all officers
except members of Parliament; Mime
sofa gave women the right to vote for
library, trustees; France gave women
engaged in commerce the right to vote
for judges of the tribunal of COM
merce and Louisiana gave taxpaying
women the right to vote upon all ques-
lions submitted to the taxpayers. In
1900, West Australia granted full par
liamentary suffrage to women, both
married and single.
In 1901, New York gave taxpaying
women in all the towns and villages
of the state the right to vote on ques-
tions of local taxation, Norway gave
them municipal suffrage, and the Kan
sas Legislature voted down almost
unanimously. and amid a ripple of
amusement" proposal to repeal mu-
nicipaI suffrage.
In 1902, full national suffrage was
granted to all the women of federated
Australia.
Years ago. when equal suffrage was
much more unpopular than 1t Is now,
somebody asked Bishop Gilbert Haven
If it were true that he had been speak
ing at a suffrage meeting.
YES" answered the bishop. II don't
want to fall in at the rear of this re-
form; mean to march with the process
sionp
There can be no doubt as to which
way the procession is moving.