The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
WONEN rOTERs ~ NORW lY.
SOO. 60 Nave Full Franchise one PR
haps WI so IN THIS Parliament.

hapl WI nH ~ TINS Pnrihanent.
In Norway every Parliament lasts
for thres years aud no Ministerial crisis
or vote Of want Of confidence oan end ita
llis belors the appointed term. Nor
a lie psAcsfIil tenor evai broken by the
ripple Of . by-el0ctlon. owing 10 the pre-
vailing system Of UNDERSTANDS.
For every Deputy there IL At the same
llnas slnutsd . substitute who tAkes hin
place In cAas ~ death Or iiine.s OF rrtiI--
ment or any other cause That Ia Why
the women Of Norway. though the fran
chlss wa granted thsm in he summer
q 1907. had TO wait till the end Of iOOs
for an opportunity 81 eNerciAing il.
Before the vote vas given 90 women
Norway had manhood suffrage. and there
fore the mere removal - the sex dis
qualification would have At once resulted
In adult suffrage with q slight prepon-
deranos 1t the female vote. A way OUT
Of this diniculty had 20 he found. and
this was done by comforting the vote
on those Who already had the municipal
Franchise I. .. women over rs, WHISTLER
married or single Who pay tRtes TO the
amount uf 200 kroner lAbodt tiinl In
towns and 30 kroner (About tSol in Co,,n-
try districts, about 800 900 IN all
A siRnificant number Tor there had been
500 900 names AIMED 90 the docun,sEt
by which the women Of Norway expressed
their adhesion to the resolution Of June
:. 1895 which decided the separation
Of Norway from sweden. Indignant al
hsinR excluded from the plebi~oits which
was TO decide the question Of their ma
tl0nality, the women collected signatures
10 a document 81 their own. According
10 the Queen tins action 81 the su5ragists
enlightened the country and achieved
their acknowledgment.
The act Of registering a vote was no
novelty ~ he women OF Norway. They
hal t.-en school board electors since 1859.
and in 1901 they obtained the municipal
suffrage and right 10 election A, the
next election ninety women vere chosen
a. councillors and isO ~ substitutes. In
q country where thoy practise ~ the bar,
serve on juries and are eligible Tor nearly
ali STATE appointments the comforting
Oh the Parliamentary vote simply marked
their entrance on an inheritance long
overdue.
m Norwegian women we're Of one mind
in desiring the vote. diversity appeared
a. soon aS u had 20 be exercised. "A In
Finland New Zealand and Australia.
thew voted loyalty with thsir parties. %
thaaa thare are three IN Norway-the
Liberal Conservative alliance VINO might
b. described e. anti.SOnialint Lbsrabl.
the Radioala. and Social Democrats. 40
far e. can bo aaoaTtAined, the numbsr o.
WOmsn voting for the hrlt was lA,oeo. Tor
the second 1000, for the third % 900.
AZ every eleCtor IL also eligible, there
wa not a little apscularion - 10 Whistler
Norway would follow the example OF
Finland, Where The woman deputy APP
peargd simultaneously with the woman
voter, or Of Australia. whore womell may
Ell In the Federal Parliament. but hitherto
the elsctorats has preferred 10 put lts
trust IN men. Among the women 0andi-
dates who went 60 the poll were three
for the oflSs of deputy. Of theso Fr0ksn
Gina Krog. one OF the leading suffrage
workers. stood a. . Radical she poilsd
only S6s votes. a. against sos Tor the
Conservative.
Fru Martha Tynass, a Socialist polled
? .62i. against her opponents tu, and a.
> second ballot in Troms5 another Social .
Ist woman received 16t votes, a. against .
IN given 20 the Conservative
Ot the candidates for the place ~ sub .
stitute. one actually secured a maiority /
FrOken Anna Rogstad. who might be .
sallei a member for the teaching pro
lession. She has been engaged in school
work for thrty-siN years, 10 chairman Of
he Chrisiiania Teachers Association and .
.ts representative on the school board.
And with all this professional and public
work she found time 20 help In organizing
! new political party known a. the Pro-
yrassiye Left
A capable teacher. a broad minded ard
many sided woman. she IL universally
A. the right person 10 inaugIrate
he era Of the woman deputy in Norway
And 4 is Nv no means improbable that shn
viii 10 called on % on the more response
bio position. since the dppufy whom
.he would have 20 replace. Gen Bratho.
nav. In case o. a change % Ministry. he
summoned 10 q place In the Cabinet
In that oase. without further election.
Frbksn RoRstad would take her place a.
'uli member u the StOrthing
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