Women's Franchise
Miss Myra Kemble was interviewed al Invercargill b/ a representative of the News, to whom she thus expressed herself m regard to our so»called leap in the dark :— " I think New Zealand deserves credit for leading the way in this reform Those who run away with the idea thai it will upset everything, nave a poor conception of the mental calibre of women, For instance, it is a common belief with men that prohibition is sure to follow immediately, but I doo't think anything of the kind will happen. It may, and probably will, result in a reduction of the number of houses— in the weedms-put of those places which are not hotels in the true sense of the word, and in that way many of the admitted evils of the traffic will be removed. Instead of causing dissension In the family circle. I think it will have quite the opposite effect, for the husband, instead of *oing out at night to talk politics with his male friends, will debate these questions by the fireside, and both husband and wife will take a livher interest in the social problems of
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 88, 11 October 1893, Page 3
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192Women's Franchise Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 88, 11 October 1893, Page 3
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