Irish Sea, between Ireland and Scotland, having a population
of 29,272 women and 25,486 men.
[35] 4 Clement's Inn, Strand, London, W.C.
[36] See E. Robin's novel, _The Convert_.
[37] By Lawrence Housman, Feb. 11, 18, and 26, 1909.
[38] See E. C. Wolstenholme Elmy, _Women's Franchise, the Need of the
Hour_.
[39] Wolstenholme Elmy, _ibid._
[40] This right is possessed by women in Scotland and Ireland also.
[41] This is in direct conflict with the statute (13 Vict., c. 21, sec. 4)
providing that women enjoy all those rights from which they are not
expressly excluded.
[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 reglementation 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 _G
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