WOMEN AS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 62, 7 December 1918, Page 7

WOMEN AS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

Sir,—lt behoves Hie women of, New Zealand to note carefully tho division list oil Mr. M'C'ombs's amendment, vliich was in the direction of making women ■eligible'us'members of Parliament, also that the Legislative Council has thrown mil. the same. At this juncture,- when women's services are everywhere so much in demand, these two things'aw worth remembering:— 1. That in one bread the New Zealand women have been asked to do vol; imtarily the most difficult and dangerous work, and that almost in thfe next our "democratic" Cabinet—with two exceptions, have voted against giving them. equal- rights of citizenship. 2. That if this right has been conceded to the women of England.and New South Wales, surely the New Zealand women deserve the same recognition, and not tho slur which lias been cast on them by out and Legislative Council. .. Every women's association—including the women's, political organisationsshould have these division lists placed in a. conspicuous place, on the walls of its meeting place, and refer to them when the next general election comes along.—l am, etc., . N."E. COAD. Wellington, December -5.