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WOMEN
ALLOWED TO VOTE
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gave municipal suffrage to women on
the same terms as men, that is TO all
tax payers over 20 years OF age Prop
erty owned in common by husband or
wife entities each TO a vote. At the
first election 6S percent of the women
in the country voted and 40 percent OF
the women in Copenhagen Seven WO-
men were elected to the city council
Of ~ members and one was afterWard
appointed to fill a vacancy. One nun
dred and tWenty-seven were elected TO
fill other Offices two OF them being
city treasurers. The lower house Of
parliament has passed a bill to give
women complete suffrage, which has
not yet been acted upon by the upper
house, although the rhine minister and
the speakers of both houses are out
spoken in advocating the full enfran-
chisement Of women.
Iceland Women Vote.
Iceland Is a dependency of Denmark
and, IN 1882, its parliament gave mu-
nicipal suffrage TO all widows and spin
sters who were hOUsehOlders or who
maintained family or who were sell
supporting. In 1902 II made these.-Yot-
ers eligible to all municipal offices and
since then a fourth of the members or
the council Of Reyk1aviks the capital
city, have been women In 1903 the
franchise was extended to all taxpay-
ing women, and, because Of petition
signed by large majority Of the WON
en- Of Iceland, parliament last year
voted to give full franchise to all WON
en- over 70 years OF age. This must
be voted upon by second parliament
In Russia political conditions are lit
tie worse for women than Tor men IN
many Of the villages the wives may
cast the votes for the husbands IL the
latter are away. The women them
selves have some votes for the zem-
stvOs or local governing bodies. The
Nlra4 -feaa Ia
frage rights, but at present they are
retarded by other conditions The
! grand duchy of Finland conferred full
suffrage upon women in 1906 Dy al
most unanimous consent OF the new
parliament organized the year before
under special permission Of the car
Since that time, from 10 70 zo<sWomen
have been elected to the different. par
uaments by all OF the political parties.
In Poland there is an active league for.
WOmen's rights which is actively coop
Grating with the democratic party OF
men.
There is a strong movement for
woman suffrage in AuStria-H Hungary,
I which is, however, much retarded by
the numerous languages spoken in the
II provinces OF Austria Women have
not been allowed to form political or
ganizatiOns or to hold public meet
ings, but 5000 women recently para0ed
the streets Of Vienna demanding the
suffrage In Bohemia, women have had
a vote for members Of the diet since
1854 and are eligible TO sit in it. Tax
paying women in al OF. the municipal
ties, except Prague ana L-iberic, and
also women OF The learned professions,
may vote BY proxy. Women belong TO
all of the political paFtles eIcepJins
the cOnSe rVattTe, and constitute 40 per
cent Of the Agrarla-n party, Iney are
well organized for the purpose OF Sc
curing fuIl suffrage and are conducting
I vigorous campaigns distributing large
quantities of literature and holding
hundreds Of meetings more or less puo-
lie which are usually Wlnked at Dy
the officers Of the law
Suffrage Movement in Hungary.
In Hungary. there is a strong Ma
tional " oman Suffrage association
which includes many societies having
other aims also, especially Of a phllan-
thrOpic and educational character Inc
association has branches IN 81 towns
and cities and combines IN its mem
bership all classes Of women from the
highest aristocrat 10 the humblest
peasant As the men of the nation
are struggling for universal Suffrage IN
this country. the women are with them
in the fight. The international Woman
Suffrage alliance viii be held in Buda-
pest in 1913 and IL is thought that the
influence OF this great gathering Wlll
be quite as strongly felt in Hungary
as il was in the scandinavian cOun-
tries. In Bulgaria, there is Woman
Suffrage association. which mas 8
auXillaries ana held TOO meetings last
local voting privtle ges and are NOW or
ganizing their forces to claim the right
10 vote for members OF the parliament.
The rigid law which prompted the
women in Germany from taking part
in any political MEETINGS greatly Mn
dered the development Of woman SUI
trage In that country. IhlS law was
changed in 1908 and since then the
Woman Suffrage societies, which for
merly existed only in the four repuo-
lican free cities, have multiplied rap
idly throughout the empire, Most OF
these are concentrating their efforts
upon securing municipal suffrage,
which the Prussian women claim be-
( longs TO them by ancient law. In
/ number of the states, the women land
owners have a proxy vote upon COM
, mUnal matters, although this privilege
has not been freQuenuuy used In
Suesia. during the past year, however,
over 1000 women exercised this prlVl-
lege. 1t is claimed that the Democrat
ic party stands almost unanimously Tor
woman suffrage.
Frenehmen Favor Suffrage.
In France the woman suffrage move
ment has the support OF the prominent
men politicians. President Falheres
loses no opportunity TO express himself
in favor of IL. More than One-third OF
the wage earnerS OF France are women
and these may vote Tor trlounes ana
members of chambers of commerce and
BOARDS of trade They may be members
of the latter and may serve as judges
1t is expected that an early act of par
lament will extend fun suffrage 10
French women
Among the prominent Frenchmen
who have recently become converts 10
woman suffrage is Claude Cashier
Perier. who has been visiting the Pa
cific coast, under the orders OF his gov
eminent. to study the opportunities
which will be afforded to French cap
ital by the opening of the Panama
canal He was in Los Angeles at the
time Of the municipal election. He re-
Gently stated publicly that he was OPP
posed to woman suffrage until he saw
what good it accomplished in Califor-
mia. but that he viii now advocate a
speedy provision by his own govern
ment for the enfranchisement Of
French women.
The constitution of the republic Of
Portugal gave universal suffrage and
Dr. Beatrice Angelo applied for regis
tration and was refused She carried
her case to the courts and was sus-
tanned and she cast her vote. 1t was
too late for other women to register,
but an organization Of 1000 women was
at once formed TO secure the definite
action Of parliament with the approval
OF president Braga and several mem