The Archive · 1924

Women in Public Life

Votes for French Women!

woman suffrage is being agitated with great activity in France. A vigorous and far-reaching campaign is being carried on by. the French Union for Woman's Suffrage, and the pros-fairly bright. It will be remembered that a suffrage bill pax sed the Chamber of Deputies in 1919, and that ever since the Senate—familiar opporition!—has refased to consider the subject, Last month a similar bill, confer ber by M. Justice Goduet, only to meet a'snay. This was a counter bill for a family vote, by which every over 21 would have a vote, and the father of w famil for the mother the father were dead, would have fan additional vole each child in sure intended encourage large issue; and the con-fet "for priority between this. men sure and the straight woman suffrage measure introduced by M. Godart increased the confusion, As the result action was delayed.

The women were

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