The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-15
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BY ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.

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1t is sometimes said that while the
movement for Women's education and
property rights has advanced rapidly,
the movement for suffrage has made
little or no progress. On this point,
let the hard facts speak for them
selves. - -.
Seventy years ago women could not
ed extent in Sweden and few other
PLACES in the Old World a.
In 1888 Kentucky gave school suf-
frage to widows with children of
school age. In 1850 Ontario gave it
to- women both married and single.
In 1851 Kansas gave it to all women.
In 1857, New Soouth 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 SUI
frage to all women. ~
In 1871, West Australia gave mu-
nicipal suffrage to women. School
suffrage was granted in 1875 to Mich
igan and Minnesota, in 1876 by Colo
RADIO, in 1877 by New Zealand, in 1873
by New Hampshire and Oregon, in
1897 by Massachusetts, in 1880 by
New York and Vermont. In 1880,
South Australia gave municipal SUI
frage to women.
In 1881, municipal suffrage was ex-
tended to the single women and
widows of Scotland. Nebraska gave
women school suffrage in 1883. Mu-
nicipal suffrage was given by Ontario
and Tasmania in 1884, and by New
Zealand and New Brunswick in 1886.
In 1887, municipal suffrage. was
granted in Kansas, Nova Scotia and
Manitoba, and school suffrage in
North and South Dakota, Montana,
Arizona and New Jersey. In the same
year Montana gave tax-paying women
the right to vote upon all subjects
submitted to the tax payers.
IN 1888 England gave women coun-
ty suffrage, and British Columbia and
the Northwest Territory gave them
| municipal suffrage. In 1889, county
suffrage was given to the women Of
Scotland, and municipal suffrage to
single women and widows in the Pro-
! vince of Quebec, In 1891, school suf-
frage was granted in Illinois.
/ In 1898, school suffrage was granted
in Connecticut and full suffrage in
| Colorado and New Zealand. In 1894,
school suffrage was granted in Ohio,
bond suffrage in Iowa, and parish and
Edistrict suffrage in England to women
both married and single. In 1895 full
suffrage was granted in Utah and
EIdaho.. 3
In 1898 the women Of Ireland were
given the right to vote for all offices
except members of parliament; Min
nesata gave women the right to; vote
for liberty trustees; Delaware gave
school suffrage to tax-paying women;
France gave women engaged in COM
smerce the right. to vote for Judges Of
the tribunals Of commerce, and Loui-
siana gave tax-paying women the right
to vote upon all questions; submitted
to the tax payers: In 1900, Wisconsin
gave women school suffrage and West
Australia granted full parliamentary
suffrage to women, both married and
single.
In 1901, New York gave tax-paying
women in. all towns and villages of
the state right to vote on questions
! Of local taxation. Norway gave them
municipal suffrage, and the Kansas
| legislature voted down almost unani-
mously, and 'amid a ripple of amuse-
ment," proposal to repeal municipal
I suffrage.
In 1902, full national suffrage was
granted to all the women of federated
Australia, and state suffrage to the
women Of New South Wales.
, In 1903, bond suffrage was granted
to the women of Kansas.
Tasmania gave women full suffrage
in 1903, and Queensland in 1905.
In 1905, Finland gave women full
! national suffrage, and made them
] eligible to all offices from members
of parliament down.
I : In 1906, two courts Of appeal in
! Italy Chose of Florence and Ancona)
! confirmed the decision of the lower
court that there was nothing in the
! law of Italy to prevent women from
! voting. The decision Of the highest
court has not yet been rendered. (Oct-
ober, 1860
i Years ago, when equal suffrage was
much more popular than it is now,
somebody asked Bishop Gilbert Haven
/ if it were true that he had been
I speaking at 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 pro-
cession!"
| There can be no doubt as to which
| way the procession is moving. .,