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Where Women Vote

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
June
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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The countries of the world where romen already have some suffrage have an area of over 18,000,000 square miles, and their population is over 350,000,000. In England, Scotland and Wales women vote for all elective officers, except members of parliament. In France the women teachers elect women members on all boards of education. In Sweden women vote for all elective officers, except representatives; abo, indirectly, for members of the house of lords. In Norway they have school suffrage. In Ireland they vote for the harbor boards, poor law guardians, and in Belfast for municipal officers. In Russia woraen householders vote for elective officers and on all local matters. In Finland they vote for all elective officers. In Austria-Hungary they vote, by proxy, for all elective officers. In Croatia and Dalmatia they do so in local elections in person. In Italy widows vote for members of parliament. In British Burmah women taxpayers vote on the rural districts. In the Madras presidency and the Bombay presidency, Hindostán, they can do so in all municipalities.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News