Although a good-sized audience of progressive Chinese women heard Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton early in the week when she spoke to the Shanghai Woman's Club, the Woman's Rights Movement, Suffrage Association, the Business Girls' Club and the Y.W.C.A., it seems a pity that her bird's eye view of the Woman's Movement as manifested round the world should not be shared with a larger audience, so a brief resume will be given here.
"Although women of China will find it harder to break through the wall of convention and custom," "said the speaker, "than did the women of England and America, still you must not be discouraged since the struggle in England lasted 100, years whereas you are just begin-themselves generally unpleasant and so the women started, to do so also. They smashed windows, went on hunger strikes, and gained mud publicity, which was good for the cause. "Although I am not advocating this for China," the speaker quickly interjected here." But although we heard more about the militants there were many conservative suffragettes in England who worked quietly but accomplished much.
The Women of Denmark vote with the men. The bill for equal suffrage for, the women of France.iv still pending. It has passed one part of the Assembly but political reasons are holding it up. The French women, however, have put through several laws. which. benefit them, specially with regard to property qualifications, Now-a French In giving examples of women ioneers in various countries Mrs.;|f Seton started out with America, /f where she has been one of the national officers of the Equal Suffrage League and President of the Connecticut League. The Roll of Honour there started with Susan B.
Anthony and continued with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and_ her daughter, Harriet Stanton Blatch, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cart, and i% Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. The last-named was asked by President Wilson to organize the women of the MRS, THOMPSON SETON, country for war service and through the American Women's woman may have' a bank account. Council of National Defense she She may even have a savings acwas able to rally over a million count over which she has absolute women to service in an incredibly control, that is, up to the sum of short time. This was done not only 5,000 francs—about. Mex. $500. Mme through the suffrage organization Schliimberger is the president of but through women's clubs, thus the French Equal Franchise So-showing the value of organization. ciety, and while waiting for the vote It was in some measure a recogni-they are devoting themselves to weltion of this assistance that in June, fare work.
1919, equal suffrage was given the women of the United States.
In Italy women have taken a very In England, of course, women prominent part in political life and rendered even greater service to Mme. Sarfatti, the right hand of their country and after the war Mussolini, devotes her great talent suffrage was granted them although in writing to the Fascisti cause. the franchise was more limited, Another very remarkable woman, women not being allowed to vote Mme. Negri, has dedicated her until they became 30 years of voice and pen te the freedom of age. The fight for the vote Italy. In Turkey a woman, Halida in. England was most spectacular.
Haloum, is the Minister of Educa-The militant wing, headed by Mrs. tion and, very active in all affairs Emeline Pankhurst, looked over the of New Turkey, the assistant of field and realized that they had been Mustapha Kemal Pasha. perfect ladies for many years, and A remarkable stride forward has had got nowhere. They saw that been taken by the women of Egypt in the fight for universal suffrage within the past 10 years. They men had started riots and made have come out of purdah, have left
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