Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-20
TWENTY FACTS ABOUT
 WOMAN SUPER AGE
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ins-and in the territory of Alaska, women have full suffrage on exactly ! the same terms as men.
 Fact No. 3.-EVery equal suffrage state is adjacent to another equal sul- 1 frage state-that is, every state except ! Wyoming, which has granted votes , for women preiously, had an oppor- i tunity to know how equal suffrage work d in one or more ncishboring i StaoS.
 Fact No. 4.-In Illinois women can vote for presidential elcctor. and Tor !, all officers and on all questions not provided for in the state constitution. In nineteen staes of the United States women have school suffrage; and in five states limited suffrage on ques- tions of taxing and bonding. | Fact No. 5.-NorWay. Finland, Aus tralia. New Zealand and the Isle of Man, have given full suffrage to wO- men. These are among the most pro gressive and enlightened countries of the world.
 | Fact No. 6.--In every one of the above countries the municipal suffrage Was granted first and the full suffrage granted only after the smaller meas ure had ben thoroughly tested. l Fact No. I'm Iceland, Denmark, Sweden. England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and nine of the provinces of Canada women have municipal fran chise Denmark and Iceland are on the point of extending the full sui frage to women. In the cities of Be- lize in Honduras, Bombay in India I o,,1 in thn share whatever municipal franchise rights the men have.
 1 Fact No. S.-In November, 1914, equal suffrage amendments will be submitted to the voters in North and South Dakota, Nevada, Montana, Neb raska and probably in Missouri and Ohio..
 Fact No 9.-The legislature of Massachusetts, New York, New Jer- sey, Pennsylvania and Iowa have pass ed suffrage bills which must be ap proved by the 1915 legislatures before they can be submitted to the voters.
 Fact No. Wherever any coun- try, state or commounity has granted women a measure of suffrage, women are still enjoying it. although in many cases the original franchise right has been enlarged and extended. 1 How Women Vote.
 Fact No. 11.-In answer to a set of questions sent out by suffragists, one hundred and forty mayors of cities and towns in the four oldest equal suf ] frage states-Wyoming Colorado, Utah and ldaho-and in Kansas, where women had municipal suffrage at the time, unanimously replied: First that the women do vote in large numbers: second, that the women are public-spirited and take an intelligent interest in public affairs; third, that the vote of disreputable women is q negligible factor.
 Fact No. 12.-The gist of an exten- sive questionnaire recently sent out I by the Evening Sun tof New York city) was, Do women who have the vote, vote? What laws have their votes passed? Is woman suffrage con- sidered a success by the states that have it?" The Sun summarized the results of the investigation made by it's correspondents, as follows: "Wom- en who have the vote do vote. Their ballot has already passed a consider able body of law. The suffrage states seem to be satisfied to have women go on voting" A summary of the many splendid laws for women and children directly attributed to the ballots of women was printed by the Evening Sun.
 Fact No. 13.-The legislatures of the 1.-two oldest suffrage states-Colorado and Wyoming-have formally adopted resolutions declaring woman suf- frage to be an unqualified success. The legislature of California has passed an amendment enfranchising all of the women of the United States
 Fact No. 14.-Both houses of the Australian parliament have passed resolutions declaring woman suffrage an unqualified success in that country. ! Fact No. 15.-AriZOna, California, Colorado and Washington are the only states in the union which have eigh- hour laws for working women.
 Fact No. 16.-California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington have commis- sions with power to fix minimum mum wage law. Of the other four equal SuIITdSe StdleS, three nave pFac- tically no women employed in indus 1 try, and the fourth has been an equal suffrage state only one year, The only n-suffrage states with minimum wage commissions are Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
 Fact No. 17.-In all the equal suf- frage states women teachers and wom- en in public service get equal pay for equal work.
 Fact No. 1S.-California, Kansas, l Utah, Washington and Oregon have passed the "Red Light Abatement and Injunction Law"-admitted by author ities to be the best law so far tried for combating commercialized vice. The only non-suffrage states which have passed this law are Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wiscon- sin. Women voters are given the credit for the recall of Police Magis- trate Weller of San Francisco because of his protection of commercialized vice interest, and also for forcing the | hN1 Nf s~x,