Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-03
TERMS VOTE A BOON
TO CALIFORNIA WOMEN
Making Influence Felt for Bet
terment of State, Says
Miss Helen Todd.

/ Woman suffrage in California ha.
! brought to the front the quiet, home
/ loving women, and they are realizing
| qualities and powers they never knew
| they possessed. In a recent movement
| to recall an Objectionable judge few OF
! the so-called club women took any prom
| inent part, but these home-loving women
1 came to the front nobly and won their
| victory"
/ This is a statement from an interview
with Miss Helen Todd Of San Francisco,
one of the leaders in the fight for wom-
an suffrage in California, given out to-
| day by the congressional committee Of
| the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
| ton. Miss Todd is now in Washington
and is to take part in the suffragtst
| demonstration to be held here July 30.
For the two years that the women of
California have had the ballot they have
believed that the best way they could
help the woman in non-suffrage states
was by getting good laws through the
legislature continued Miss Todd, who
was formerly state factory. inspector Of
Illinois That we have been success
full is shown by the laws We have had
passed.
Out to Preach Doctrine.
Now. however. we believe we should
go out and tell other people of the sue
cess of suffrage in California. We are
now ready to prove that most of the ar
guments against suffrage are without
foundation. We are for the proposed
constitutional amendment enfranchising
all the people of the United States. be-
cause We believe that the spread Of the
movement should no longer be delayed.
In California the women with the vote
have proved that they will push forward
all humanitarian movements which the
men naturally do not think of. For in
stance, before the women Of San Francis
co would consent to a big bond issue to
build up the city they insisted that pro-
things for the benefit of the children and
the poor
THE women were responsible for put
ting the present minimum wage law of
California upon the statute books, and
we believe it to be good law. There
is no minimum wage which includes all
sections and all industries. but it varies
according to the industries and other fac
decides all questions relating to the law.
Credit for Legislation.
! THE red light injunction and abatemenc
law and the health-certifcate marriage
law were also largely supported by the
| women, and these are but a few exam
| pies of the beneficial legislation which
| the women of California have gotten dur
| ing the two years they have had the bal
| lot.
! Suffrage has come as great boon to
/ the middle-aged women who have grown
up with the state. They began life poor,
and have had to work to help their hus-
| bands succeed. Now land values have
| gone UP, and most of them are we'll
| to-da. They have no real work to do.
They have taken up their civic duties
with seriousness and enthusiasm. and
are much more respected by their hus-
| bands and children
| Miss Todd had long talk today with
Mrs. William Kent, wife of Representative
Kent of California; Miss Alice Paul.
chairman of the congressional commit
tee and with other suffragist leaders In
connection with work to be done for the
proposed constitutional amendment by
women from the suffrage states.