The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-04-16
HISTORY WOMAN SUFFRAGE
And Catechism Applicable Where
Women Don't Vote.

Women Don't Vote.
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 themselves.
Eighty years ago women could
not vote anywhere, except to very
limited extent in Sweden and few
other places in the old world.
In 1888, Kentucky gave school
suffrage to widows with children Of
school age. In 1880 Ontario gave
it to women, both married and single
In 1861 Kansas gave it to all women.
In 1867 New South Wales gave wo-
men 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 suf-
rage to all women.
In 1871 West Australia gave mu-
nicipal suffrage to women. School
suffrage was granted in 1875 by
Michigan and Minnesota, in 1876 by.
Colorado, in 1877 by New Zealand,
in 1873 by New Hampshire and
Oregon, in 1879 by Massachusetts,,
in 1880 by New York and Vermont.
In 1890 South Australia gave mu-
nicipal suffrage to women.
In 1881 municipal suffrage was ex-
tended to the single women and wild
ows Of Scotland, and Parliamentary
suffrage to the women Of the Isle of
Man. Nebraska gave women school
suffrage in 1883. Municipal 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
questions submitted to the tax-pay.
ers.
In 1883 England gave womer
county suffrage, and British Colum
bia and the Northwest Territory gave
them municipal suffrage. In 1885
county suffrage was given to thu
, women Of Scotland, and municipa
suffrage to single women and widow
in the Province Of Quebec. In l8o
school suffrage was granted in llli
{ nois.
In 1893 school suffrage was grant
: ed in Connecticut, and full sufrag
t in Colorado and New Zealand. |
+ 1894 school suffrage was granted j
S Ohio, bond suffrage in Iowa, an
n parish and district suffrage in Ene
: land to women, both married an
e single. In 1895 full state suffrae
> was granted in South Australia, bot
married and single. In 1896 FL
d suffrage was granted in Utah ar
At Idaho. asst 80.
In 1898 the women of Ireland we
~ given the right to vote for all offic
= except members of Parliamen
Minnesota gave women the right
vote for library trustees; Delewa
he gave school suffrage to tax-payil
"a, women; France gave women enga
of ed in commerce the right to vote I
Judges of the tribunal of commere
Mt and Louisiana gave tax-paying wol
by en- the right to vote upon all OUT
r. tions submitted to the tax-paye
he In 1900 Wisconsin gave WON
lld school suffrage, and West Austria
granted full state suffrage to wome
Ia both married and single.
nc In 1901 New York gave tax-pa
:" ~ ing women in all towns and villal
10 Of the state the right to vote
rm questions Of local taxation, Norw
I'd. gave them municipal suffrage, a
are the Kansas AegislatIfes voted do
on almost unanimously and amid
The ripple Of amusement proposal
use reneal municipal suffrage,