El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-14

More Than 100000 Wo-
men in AL Lands Have the
Right to Suffrage.
EVEN IN EGYPT THE
WOMEN ASK BALLOT
lBv FREDERIC ]. Haskin.l

Washington, D. c.. April 1S.-Accord-
ing to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. presi-
dent Of the international Woman SUI
frage alliance which is made up Of
the Woman Suffrage associations Of p
countries the states and countries In
/ which women have some form of suf-
frage now cover more than one-fff-
teenth Of the whole surface Of the
globe. There are at least 1880, 600
women in the world who now have the
ballot not counting China, where the
new republic will enfranchise many
millions more. Within the next yea
additions viii be made to this suffrage
area, not only In America, but in vari-
Gus other parts of the world, according
TO Mrs Gait. In every civilized cOun-
try the slogan; Votes for Women"
has become familiar.
Immediately after the international
Suffrage convention last summer, Mrs.
Gait started upon q tour Of the world,
her object being TO organize the whole
world for woman suffrage" She has
journeyed through Africa, forming
many organizations and delivering
hundreds Of suffrage addresses under
unique and novel conditions. In Egypt.
as we'll as in South Africa, the awaken
ing Of the women has begun end a SEN
timeut for equal political rights FOR
men ana women has been called into
existence Mrs. Gait was planning to
go TO Ceylon when call came to her
from Persia that the women OF that
oppressed country waited her aid She
changed her plans and went directly
10 Teheran, where she has founded the
first suffrage organization for Persian
women Before her return, Mrs. Gait
will visit India, China and Japan ana
in each OF these countries viii estsb-
lish organizations which viii affiliate
with the international Woman SUI
frage alliance OF which she is now the
president
Since the beginning OF the goth cen
fury three important events have great
y augmented the woman suffrage
movement in Europe in 1904, the
meeting fin Berlin OF the international
Council of Women drew to that con-
sentative capital a gathering Of the
In 1906 the International Woman SUI
fraEe alliance was held in Copenhagen,
and last summer another great woman
suffrage gathering was held in. Stock
holm In Sweden women have had
limited suffrage Tor more than 100
years but this year is likely TO see
them fully enfr0nchised- At the open
ing OF the present parliament, king I
Gustavus announced that the govern Z
ment would introduce bill 10 grant /
full suffrage 10 women
Suffrage in Norway.
Municipal suffrage was granted IN !
1901 10 the women OF Norway Who inrl
the country districts pay taxes on an I
income OF 500 crowns about $50, and /
in the cities on an income Of zoe ]
crowns The women have fought val /
lanEl1 since Llen 70 OBTAIN Iull SUI !
frage. In 1907. after a hard struggle,
the parliament by a vote Of 90 to %,
conferred the complete franchise upon 1
all those who had municipal suffrage. I
This included about 800. 900 OF the f,
2 100000 women Of the country. They /
were made eligible for membership in I
parliament and at the first election {
one woman was elected a deputy. In |
1910 a bill passed aboIishing the tax
paying qualification for the municipal I
vote and last year a bill for full suf- /
frage was carried by a large majority I
in parliament, but lacked five votes OF
the required two-thirds. This year It I
viii be brought up again.
Denmark was the first Of the Scandi- |
navian countries to extend the ballot 70
women. In 1903 the Danish parliament [
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