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"When I recall the claims made by feminists a few years ago of the vast access of strength and wisdom to the councils of nations which would follow the extension of the franchise to include women, I cannot but feel that there is reason for a certain disillusionment. . . . Women have...
Large significance attached to this resolution, last week, because among the 5,000,000 collectionists represented by the Union Congress many are young housewives, under 30, and these will soon be enabled to vote for the first time, by the confidently expected passage of the Equal Franchise ("Votes For Flappers...
¶ Passed through second reading the Equal Franchise ("Votes for Flappers") Bill, after a stormy session during which Earl Balfour warned: "If you do not pass this bill you will wake up to find . . . that the House of Lords has been abolished."
* Thirty five million in 1927, although 68,000,000 enjoy the franchise and the population totals 143,000,000. Only "productive workers" over 18 and soldiers & sailors have the right to vote. Disenfranchised are employers, clericals of all religions, and affiliates of the fallen Tsarist Regime.
When I turned page 14 of TIME, April 16, and saw the smiling face of Miss Sylvia Pankhurst with her first-born in her arms, it recalled the days when this lady led the mob of wild, dissatisfied, would-be unsexed women who thought they wanted the franchise. What a...