The Modern Woman's Rights Movement: A Historical SurveySchirmacher, Käthe
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The Modern Woman's Rights Movement: A Historical Survey
Schirmacher, Käthe
Women -- Social and moral questions; Women's rights
[42] London, like other capital cities, is regulated by a separate set of
laws.
[43] Applying to England and Wales.
[44] The right to vote is a condition necessary for the holding of office.
[45] See the Married Women's Property Acts of 1870 and 1883.
[46] See the article by Mr. Pethick Lawrence in _Votes for Women_, March
3, 1909.
[47] London, S.W., 92 Victoria Street.
[48] Valuable information concerning women in the industries is given in
the programme of April 4, 1909, of the London Congress of the
International Woman's Suffrage Alliance.
[49] Ansiaux, _La réglementation du travail des femmes_.
[50] See Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, "Women and Administration," _Votes for
Women_, March 12, 1909.
[51] See the article of Alice Salmon, _Zentralblatt_.
[52] For a survey of English conditions affecting women we recommend _The
Women's Charter of Rights and Liberties_, by Lady McLaren, 1909, London.
[53] In Canada there are municipal elections, provincial parliamentary
elections, and elections for the Dominion Parliament.
[54] See the Report of the Woman's Suffrage Alliance Congress, Amsterdam,
1908.
[55] See the Report of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance,
Amsterdam, 1908.
[56] The last two arguments are easily refuted.
[57] Woman never reaches her majority; she must always have a male
representative.
[58] The husband still remains the guardian of the wife. To-day the wife
controls her personal earnings, but merely as long as they are in cash;
whatever she _buys_ with them falls into the control of the husband.
[59] See the Report of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance
Congress, Amsterdam, 1908.
[60] See the supplement, "Opposed to Alcoholism," in _One People, One
School_, for April, 1909.
[61] A _Realschule_ teaches no classics, but is a scientific school
emphasizing manual training. A _Gymnasium_ prepares for the university,
making the classics an essential part of the curriculum. [Tr.]
[62] By Vera Hillt, _Statistics of Labor_, VI, Helsingfors, 1908.
[63] See the complete list of measures in _Jus Suffragi_, September 15,
1908. This is the organ of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance.
[64] In 1904 women were declared eligible by an official ordinance to hold
university offices.
[65] It might be well to mention _Dansk Kvindesamfund, Politisk
Kvindeforening, Landsforbund, Valgretsforeningen of 1908_ (a Christian
association of men and women).
[66] Compare similar proceedings in the United States and England.
[67] Since Switzerland contains a preponderance of the Germanic element,
it will be considered with the Germanic countries.
[68] In Geneva and Lausanne the men exerted every effort to exclude women
from the typographical trade. The prohibition of night work made this
easy. The same result will follow in the railroad and postal service.
Therefore in the Swiss woman's rights movement there are some that are
opposed to laws for the protection of women laborers.
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