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City--Amendment carried by large majority in 1895--Official statistics of woman's vote--Laws--Office-holding--Women legislators--Women delegates--Education--Clubs. CHAPTER LXVII. VERMONT 957-963 Organization -- Legislative action and laws -- School Suffrage -- Women office-holders -- Education -- Progressive steps. CHAPTER LXVIII. VIRGINIA 964-966 Agitation of suffrage question -- Laws for women -- Education -- Woman head of family. CHAPTER LXIX. WASHINGTON 967-979 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 Le
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