The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-01
EQUAL RIGHTS

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@. What is political sagacity?
A. Political sagacity has been de-
fined as the perception to tell band
wagon from a hearse.
Q. What is the makeup of our ma
ton?
A. Men and women.
@. Who make the laws for the ma
ton?
A. Men make the laws.
@. DO not women comprise a large
part of the nation?
A. More than one-half.
@. Why then do not women help
make the laws?
A. Because men will not let them.
@. Who gave men the power to
prevent them?
A. Men only.
O. Is not that a very one-sided and
disgraceful propositions?
A. To the lovers of justice 1T looks
that way E=f Ea
@. Is suffrage a reform movement?
A. 1t certainly is, as it aims to
place women upon terms of equality
with men.
Q. Does that mean that women
would be entitled to take mems places?
A. Certainly not. A woman can
not take a mans place any more than
a man can take a woman's place
Each has an equal place in the forma-
ton of perfect whole. No household
can make perfect home where either
man or woman dominates to the ex-
ciusion of the other. Our nation is
claimed to be "the land of the free
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with much justice read "the land of
the shamed and the home of the slave"
1t can never be the land of the free
so long as there are women who ask
for political freedom and ask in vain.
If but one woman throughout the
length and breadth of our great land,
asked this priceless Inheritance which
the constitution Of our country be-
queathed to her as well as to her
brothers it would be the incumbent
duty Of every man, as it should be his
pride and joy to hasten to bestow it.
@. Will full franchise ever prevail?
A. Let us retrospect and surmise:
In 1ssS--widows with children of
school age were given school suffrage
in Kentucky. @s
In Is50--Ontario gave school sui
frage to women both married and
single.
In 1S61-School suffrage was given
to all women in Kansas.
In 1S67-New South Wales gave
municipal suffrage to women.
In 1s6e-wyoming gave full suffrage
to all women; Victoria gave municipal
suffrage to all women: England gave
municipal suffrage to single women
and widows.
In 1S71-West Australia gave mu-
nicipal suffrage to women.
In Minnesota and Michigan
school suffrage.
In s7s-oregon and New Hampshire
school suffrage
In 1s7s--Massachusstts school suf-
frage. k
In 1sso--New, York and Vermont
school suffrage. M
In 1SS1-Full parliam entary suffrage
given women in the Isle Of Man.
In 1sB7--Municipal Suffrage In Kan
sas, Nova Scotia and Manitoba; School
suffrage in North Dakota, New Jersey
Montana and Arizona. In the same
year Montana gave all tax paying
women the right to vote on all ques-
lions submitted to tax payers.
In 1S93-Full suffrage in Colorado
and New Zealand.
In 1s95-.South Australia to, all
women full suffrage.
In 1s96-Idaho and Utah suffrage
to women. ...s
In 1Sss-IreIand gave women the
right to vote on all officers except
members of parliament France gave
women engaged in commerce the right
to vote for judges OF the tribunal Of
commerce. louisiana gave, the tax
paying women the right to vote upon
all questions submitted to taxpayers.
In 1s00-Full parliamentary suffrage
was given to women in West Australia.
In 1S01-New York gave tax paying
women. in all towns and villages OF
the state, the right TO vote ON all
question of local taxation.
In 1902-F'ull national suffrage to all
women of Federated Australia and
New South Wales gave state suffrage
to al. women
In 1903--Tasmania gave full suf-
frage to women.
In 1906 queensland gave fun SUI.
frage.
In 1906-Finland gave full national
suffrage to- women. and. made them
eligible to all offices from members
OF parliament down; hurrah for Fin
land, where women are honored there
honor dwells
In 1907--In Norway, the women
Numbering 100000 who enjoyed mu-
nicipal suffrage, were given full par
Elementary suffrage. Sweden made
women eligible to municipal Office
Russla (even Russia) gave women oi
property a proxy vote in the election
of the douma, Finland elected nine
teen women to parliament.
IN 19OS-Denmark gave municipa
suffrage to all tax-paying women and
wives Of tax paying men, Michigan
gave tax paying women the right tr
vote On local taxation. Finland elected
| twenty five women to parliament
Hurrah again for Finland.