The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-28
5 Worlds W omen
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J Feminine Organizations.
Des Moines Register and Leader:

Des Moines Register and Leader:
Il don't know of a woman in Cali
fornia who doesn't vote. MY wash
woman votes and my friends vote"
said Mrs. T. w. Walker. formerly of
Des Moines and now a resident Of Los
Angeles. when asked to say something
about woman suffrage. Mrs. Walker
observed that 1t was remarkable what
a large number Of places were provid.
ed for registration. At churches and
department stores and other convent
ent places throughout the city the vot.
ers OF Los Angeles We're given oppor.
tunities to register. At an afternoon
tea or club meeting there was fire.
quently someone on hand to see to
YOU registration. When passing along
the street you came upon these regis
tration places at every turn and you
were politely asked whether your
name had been enrolled and every eff.
tort was made 70 enlist the interest
and accommodate the wishes of both
men inc women who were eligible to
vote. 1t was observed that more men
voted al the recent election than be-
o r the women We're given the bal
lot" said Mrs. Walker. 1T is thought
that this resulted from the wider In
terest occasioned by the discussion OF
politics at home. for the women sure
~ did talk. And they are all very
nlucH interested. They read the pa
pels ano discuss what is being said
aho zone an over the country. There
Is one women's club in Los Angeles
with a thousand members which is de.
voted entirely to the study of cues.
tons Of public interest. Leaders rep
the various political parties
SPEAK oetore this club and then ques-
ions are asked and the women are
given a cnance to learn about all
If0nfra nf n1lhyto ~t4~@~< ~ NJ.
saio that she had not observed any
iessentng of devotion to traditional
nouse"ifely duties because of the fact
mat women are voting in California.
ineir pubic duties seem in no way to
interfere with their domestic efficiency.
after h got the ballot as before"
a good worker to begin with. and CIV
ing her the. ballot didn't spoil her at
an The women went quietly to the
places OF voting. Mrs. Walker declar-
ed, and there was no hair pulling or
window smashing even before suffrage
was granted to the California women.
No apparent domestic upheaval is re-
Women are not always voting with
their husbands. but when they differ
it is not a home wrecking matter at
all. The women have their own ideas
abou politics. just as they have about
other subjects, though there is a ten
dency for families to agree on the
question Of voting just as in other
things. and just as the sons of q home
usually vote as the father votes. and
even. perhaps. as the grandfather vot-
ed several decades before. Mrs. Walk
er said that she felt suffrage should
come as a result of interest on the
part Of women Of a state and not
merely as a thing handed over and
little regarded. But the women OF
the west have wanted the ballot and
have apparently o found it hard To-
get when they set about the matter
with intelligent interest and enthusi.
asm.
go
The Minnesota EQUAL Franchise
league held an executive board meet
ing, and its board of III.
League has afiliated With the National
Association for Woman Suffrage and
will work in Generation with thai