The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-30
tion favorins the passage ofsone d

ton favorfns the passage Of one d
them. -
The National woman's nar.v j.
also interested in the proposaS =.
form. Until Its convention l. Esh- /
ruary, however, the party cac.c.
take up new activities. Its rasscs
for existence was to work fns =.
suffrage amendment, and it NH -
tor the convention to decide Mhe,h
er the party is to be dissolvad =;
for what aims it will exist Il. ~
future. - ~
The National League for We.
Voters, another body widelv ~
gained for women's assistanc. y
political matters, has taken rs ~
cudgel for independent citisesaSiS
for women. This league a snor
soring six bills in the in.eresfs ~
women. and the Rogers eitiaenshir
bill Is one of the six.
The league does not know NJ,
congress will get to these mi.
There is reason to believe that en- {
grees will do little besides I'M.
appropriations and routine mstia,s B
ct the present session.. But =.
membering how long it took q -
the suffrage amendment thfe.sh
the women are not discopraeed
They have . more forceful ~.
mont in the vote than they ~, n
had in tears, smiles, or simph a. II
peals to the congressional senne "a
fair play. A new citizenship Nv
will come. They know that Ma,
they are trying to do is to haste
the last days of the old discrimfi
atoms which work hardship -
sometimes suffering on Americ1H. |
born women.
International Marriages.
Tho existing discrimination. s
far as citizenship is concerned. 4.
fects only married women. III
there have been a great many d
these. No one seems to know Il.
actly how many American k,rls
marry foreigners. 1t has been .
timated that since the war 2o1o1
alien women have become Amui
cans by marrying American MN.
There is, no doubt, q similar nun
Der Of American women who han
lost their citizenship in the san
period, many Of them unwillinsly.
Inez Milholland Boissevain, q
well-known suffragist, was one 4
. number of women refused M.
mission to practice law in Nev
York because her husband was !
H0llander, and therefore she w.
also. The restriction here i I'll
peculiar to New York. Aliens al
admitted to the bar in few, Il a.
Of the states. This means that I
an American girl, educated to NJ
lawyer, marries Canadian OF ~
other alien, she cannot follow biz
profession so long as she remain
in this country. The same pruht
bition applies to many states y
school teaching. and in some plscM
the alien may not hold properly.
How It Works HARDSHIP
This obviously works a hardship
upon the married woman whoss
husband happens to be foreigner
who has not taken out papers. Per
haps he is in this country on bus.
mess, or again he may expect To
remain over here some years in
university. Whatever his statys.
the women who advocate the Rtg-
ers. and Anthony bills claim tlat
discrimination against his wife y
unfair.
I'VE deny the American-bct4
woman the right to hold govern
ment job or to vote if her hushaI
is q foreigner, but if girl frQ
Europe or South America comes \
this country and marries an Am9
lean boy, Immediately we conlM
upon her all the rights and PRIV
ileges Of citizenship, without VA.
ing to inquire whether she know
/. what it is to be an American. q
even whether she renounces alfeG'
ance to her native land"
Women OF other countries ~
not less interested in the citisea'
ship question than the women csef
here. Canada and Australia -
the only two countries at pres1l
where women's citizenship II q
altered by an international NM
rage. In England and other =
ropean countries there has est
dissatisfaction felt and express.
At the recent convention held
the executive board of the natiua9t
council of women in Norway. ~
resentatives from number =
countries declared their intenu
of working for change in the ~
izenship laws of their countrie&