Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-05-30

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81 e.o+e omong it's membrs.
i. Arkansas State Federation OF
~ mems Clubs, at its recent conVen-
~, V" at Little Rock, unanimously
w = ask the next Legislature to
y IA school suffrae to women. 7
,,,oman yo:ed for the first time in
noisium last month. They have late
:, Saon given The right to take part
~ sleeting the Conseils des Prud-
- mos VINO settle trade disputes.
:, 4 reported that the women went
= tba oolis n large numbers, and
'.,od fol- candidates faVoring equal
rirbts for nsn and women.
Miss Hamlet Keller, Superintend-
~ If Schools of Cleveland, is quoted
ss saving: The world has gone as
tsr as man can take it alone. If it
nrogresses much Mrther it will have
- he with the help of women"
"A the recent city election in Co.
Deuhagen, Denmark, nine women
we're elected to municipal offices. 1t
!. said that never before have Dan
i.b women shown such lively inter
ost In the elections, and that their
methods we're characterized by
cIearness, caImness and balance of
mind"
militant Suffrage" was the sub
,ect Of one of the prize orations at
Cornell University recently at the
42Dd annual Woodford prize contest
in ora.ory. The Grafton was deliv-
cred by Idpgard Loud. a member of
Me senioy class and an ardent sui
fragist
An amusing cartoon in the Detroit
Journal shows a throng of women
pressing toward a doorway which
bears the sign, Parade Enrolment
III HEADQUARTERS" A disreputable-
looking politician standing by is read
in 3 with dismay a newspaper an
nouncing "Suffragists Will Parade!"
He says, "Hully Gee! They'll want an
election Inspector in the booth next!"
The Baroness Bertha Won Suttner
Of Vienna, the foremost peace advo-
cate among the women of Europe, is
expected to attend the biennial OF
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs in San Francisco next month.
She won he Nobel prize of $4,000
for her great peace novel, Lay Down
Your Arms" The Baroness is a suf-
fragist, and should be secured for
some suffragist addresses while in
this country.
Miss Nancy Isaacs, daughter of
the late Judge Sir Isaac Isaacs, of
Melbourne, Australia, has been ap-
pointed Judge in the High Court of
that city. Miss Isaacs will be the
first Jewish woman in modern times
to occupy such a position. Long ago
a Jewish paper, referring to Deborah,
boosted that a woman could be ga
fighting judge in Israel" thousands
Of years before she could be an at
torney in the United tSates.
Nine. Aino Malmberg, of the
ancient University of Helsingfors.
Finland, WHO'S coming to the United
States on a lecture tour, is one of
the best known advocates of woman
suffrage in Europe. Nine. Malmberg
suffered Imprisonment in Russia for
her activity in the movement for
freedom in Finland, and has since
been living in exile in England.
The Detroit Times will make its
Issue Of June 3 a woman's number,
and will give it over to be edited en-
IlFely by the Detroit suffragists.
Mrs. Robert NJ. LaFollette, who is
curing the Pacific coast, says: "The
Women of California are proving
very contention we have made in
aVor Of equal suffrage. They ares
showing themselves to be earnest,
ensclentous citizens. They seek to
ear every side of question, and
Wish TO use their newly-acquired
'pWeF to the best advantage, as they
zee 1t after real consideration"