Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-28
NOTED suFFRAGisT
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t,fes lIi many I'D the EUROPEAN cities
end q South Affica held q number .of
NEE ihgs, While II South Africa she
helped to orEanize 3 national associ-
alton. In Speaking Of the Ollt,cf.the-
waY places she Visited, Mrs. Gait said:
You would not expect to hear Of
sufffs tEA Sillnatra but we held five
meetings there $50 - s, S,
Nfomea. ketixe in chfns. s, 8.
Naturally as she has Visited the
Orient ard the Philippines at later
date than the other counties. shs
spoke more definitely regarding them
Il found the women in China strong,
she said They are well organized:
they have splendid constitution and
conduct their meetings as we do in
the United States. ! attended num-
Der of meetings there and heard at
least twenty speakers. The women
Of China are all orators none Of them
are stage struck. In fact the only
stsge-struck person i saw was a
nan. At none of the, meetings we
neld were there less than q thousand
men and women present.
Want to Vote IN Japan.
In Japan the women are still a
little afraid, though they want a
vote"
In the Philippines. l. =. III.
When asked about. the Philippines,
Mrs Gait laughed heartily. aThe
women Of the Philippines are wonder
full In their Independence Foreigners
there Say SO often and so unanimous
ly that the women are far superior to
the men that T wonder the latter do
not feel resentful. :. s..
While ! was there the women or.
gained and elected American and
Filipino officers. The native women
are afraid to ask for vote because
they think that the American men
will think them too independent and
Will not give, them what they want" I
When asked about the subject on
which she will speak this evening,
Mrs. Gait said that she was not GER
tain, except that she will tell about
the militant suffragettes of England.
Il, think that I must speak Of them.
They are like John Brown. In
roundabout way they are doing good,
but this good will probably not be &C
for years. also wish to-
say that the international Woman's
Suffrage Alliance, of which am pres
ident, includes all suffrage organiza,
tons except the militants."
During the time she is in Honolulu,
Mrs, Gait viii be the guest of Mrs. ].
NJ. Dowsett. = 4 ~
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait was born
at Ripon, Wisconsin, and educated at
the State Industrial College of Iowa,
taking special course in law. Her
early life was spent in. educational
work, in which she rose rapidly, be-
coming principal of the high school
and later general superintendent Of
schools at Mason City, Iowa. From
1890 to 1892 she was state lecturer
and organizer for the Iowa Woman
Suffrage Association, since then she
has been in the service of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage AS
sociation, and of the International Wo-
man Suffrage Alliance, of which she
is president. She has been twice
married, the first time to Leo Chap
man, in 1884, Mr.. Chapman dying
in 1886, and the second time to George
William Gait, to whom she was we'd
ded in 1890, and. who died in 1905.
Mrs. Cats home is in New York City,
hut she spends a large amount OF
time in fulfilling platform engage
ments in America and Europe. - -.
AS fighter for votes for women"
Mrs. Gait has been conspicuously sue
cessfuL She has taken a prominent
part in several campaigns that
brought tangible results and in states
where the ballot if not given to wo-
men, she has carried on winning cam