WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.

White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 291, 18 September 1919, Page 15

WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.

The amendment extending the right of suffrage to women passed the l .S.A. House of Representatives on May 21 by a vote of 404 to Bq. On June 4, by a vote of 5b to 2 s it was adopted b\ the Senate. Now it ha*: *..> be ratified by States. TSs resolution was drafted by Susan B. Anthony in 187. x, but has always before failed to set ure the necessary twothirds’ vote. The proposed amend inent reads as follows; “The light of the citizens of the United States to vote "hall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any Stale on account of sex. Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of thi> arti< le. Illinois is the first State to ratify the* amendment. SIN STATES RATIFY FEDERAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT. Following closely on the ratification of the Federal Suffrage Amendment on June 10th by the Illinois Legislature, the law-making bodies of Wisconsin and Michigan acted favourable upon the amendment on the same day. On June 1 Oth New York and Kansas ratified. YUKON LEGISLATURE PASSES PROHIBITION LAW AND GRAN TS EOUA I . SU F FRAGE TO WOMEN. The Yukon Legislature has extended the franchise to women in all terri tonal elections on full equality with men, and has asked the Canadian Federal Government to grant similar rights to women in all Federal elections. Thcr Legislature has passed a law prohibiting the sale of liquors within Yukon territory after September Ist next. By a majority of 344 to 97, the French Chamber of Deputies has given its consent to the bestowal on women of the political rights hitherto reserved to men.