The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV — John Shaqi
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
History
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Women -- Suffrage -- History; Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History; Women's rights -- History; Women's rights -- United States -- History
Women enfranchised by Territorial Legislature in 1883 -- Figures
of vote -- Unconstitutionally disfranchised by Supreme Court --
Suffrage Amendment refused in Constitutional Convention for
Statehood -- Submitted separately and defeated in 1889 -- Action
of political conventions in 1896 -- Experience in Legislature --
Amendment again submitted -- Campaign of 1898 -- Defeated by
majority less than one-half that of nine years before --
Organization -- Legislative action and laws -- School suffrage --
Office-holding -- Occupations.
CHAPTER LXX.
WEST VIRGINIA 980-984
Organization -- Legislative action and laws -- Office-holding --
Education.
CHAPTER LXXI.
WISCONSIN 985-993
Organization -- Canvass of State -- Long but successful struggle
to secure School Suffrage -- Decisions of Supreme Court -- Laws
-- Women in office -- Education.
CHAPTER LXXII.
WYOMING 994-1011
First place in the United States to enfranchise women --
Territorial Legislature gave Full Suffrage in 1869 -- People
satisfied with it -- Constitutional Convention for Statehood
unanimously includes Woman Suffrage -- Strong speeches in favor
-- Fight against it in Congress -- Debate for amusement of
present and wonder of future generations -- Men of Wyoming stand
firm -- Finally admitted to the Union -- Celebration in new State
-- Honors paid to women -- Miss Anthony and the Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw visit Cheyenne -- Interesting scene -- Highest testimony in
favor of Woman Suffrage -- Legislature of 1901 urges every State
to enfranchise its women -- Women on juries -- Effects of woman's
vote -- Laws -- Office-holding.
CHAPTER LXXIII.
GREAT BRITAIN.
EFFORTS FOR PARLIAMENTARY FRANCHISE 1012-1037
Household suffrage for men proves a disadvantage to women --
Primrose League and Liberal Federation -- Women in politics --
Vote on Suffrage Bill in 1886 -- _Nineteenth Century_ and
_Fortnightly Review_ open their columns to a discussion --
Parliamentary tactics in 1891 to defeat the Bill -- Vote in 1892
shows opposing majority of only 17 out of 367 -- Great efforts of
women in 1895-6 -- Petition of 257,796 presented -- In 1897 the
Bill passes second reading by majority of 71 -- Kept from a vote
since then by shrewd management -- Its friends and its enemies --
Franchise given to women in Ireland -- Efforts of wage-earning
women -- Death of Queen Victoria.
LAWS SPECIALLY AFFECTING WOMEN 1021
Guardianship of Children, Property Rights of Wives, etc.
LAWS RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1022
Municipal Franchise for Women of England, Scotland and Ireland --
Women on school boards, county councils, poor-law boards, etc. --
Deprived of seats in borough councils.
WOMEN IN PUBLIC WORK 1023
On Royal Commissions, as factory, school and sanitary inspectors.
STEPS IN EDUCATION 1024
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