715

Congress refuses to let its Legislature control the suffrage
--National Suffrage Association protests -- Its president, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt, at Honolulu -- Mrs. Pitman, of Brookline,
Mass., holds meetings there -- Legislature sends resolution to
Congress -- Senator John F. Shafroth gets Bill through Congress
-- Efforts of Hawaiian women with their Legislature.

THE PHILIPPINES 719

The National Suffrage Association demands franchise for their
women -- Governor General Taft and Archbishop Nozaleda support
the demand --The U. S. Congress ignores it -- Position of
Filipino women --Commissioner's wife describes their efforts
for the suffrage.

PORTO RICO 722

Status of suffrage for men -- They demand their own Legislature
-- National Suffrage Association asks that women may share in
the suffrage -- Senator Shafroth shows that it can not be put
into the Bill -- Efforts of Porto Rican women with its
Legislature.

CHAPTER LI.

GREAT BRITAIN 726

Situation as to woman suffrage at commencement of the present
century -- Status of the Bill in Parliament in the first decade
-- Premier Campbell-Bannerman advises "pestering" -- Strong
hostility of Premier Asquith -- Beginning of "militancy" -- Its
effect on the suffrage movement -- Mrs. Fawcett's opinion --
Constitutional societies repudiate it -- Labor party supports
woman suffrage --Treachery in Parliament -- The Conciliation
Bill -- Women left out of the Franchise Reform Bill --
Deputation to Premier Asquith -- Lloyd George's attitude --
Speaker Lowther kills Bill -- Suffragists go into politics --
Great suffrage "pilgrimage" -- Outbreak of war --Important war
work of the suffrage societies -- Coalition Government --
Conference Committee on Electoral Reform Bill -- Premier
Asquith supports Woman Suffrage -- Lloyd George becomes Premier
-- Suffrage clause in Bill gets immense majority in House of
Commons -- Big fight in House of Lords but goes through --
Royal assent given -- Two women elected to House of Commons --
Oxford University opened to women.

CHAPTER LII.

WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN BRITISH COLONIES 752

NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA