Chapter 66

GREAT BRITAIN.

EFFORTS FOR PARLIAMENTARY FRANCHISE 1012-1037

Household suffrage for men proves a disadvantage to women -- Primrose League and Liberal Federation -- Women in politics -- Vote on Suffrage Bill in 1886 -- _Nineteenth Century_ and _Fortnightly Review_ open their columns to a discussion -- Parliamentary tactics in 1891 to defeat the Bill -- Vote in 1892 shows opposing majority of only 17 out of 367 -- Great efforts of women in 1895-6 -- Petition of 257,796 presented -- In 1897 the Bill passes second reading by majority of 71 -- Kept from a vote since then by shrewd management -- Its friends and its enemies -- Franchise given to women in Ireland -- Efforts of wage-earning women -- Death of Queen Victoria.

LAWS SPECIALLY AFFECTING WOMEN 1021

Guardianship of Children, Property Rights of Wives, etc.

LAWS RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1022

Municipal Franchise for Women of England, Scotland and Ireland -- Women on school boards, county councils, poor-law boards, etc. -- Deprived of seats in borough councils.

WOMEN IN PUBLIC WORK 1023

On Royal Commissions, as factory, school and sanitary inspectors.

STEPS IN EDUCATION 1024

Admission to Universities and opening of Woman's Colleges.

THE ISLE OF MAN 1025

Full Suffrage granted to women.

NEW ZEALAND 1025

Steps for the Parliamentary Franchise -- Granted in 1893 -- Statistics of woman's vote.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1027

As above -- Granted in 1894.

WEST AUSTRALIA 1029

As above -- Granted in 1899.

NEW SOUTH WALES 1029

As above -- Granted in 1902.

VICTORIA 1031

Efforts for Parliamentary Franchise.

QUEENSLAND 1032

As above.

TASMANIA 1033

As above.

SOUTH AFRICAN AND OTHER COLONIES 1033

DOMINION OF CANADA 1034

Efforts for Parliamentary Franchise -- Present political conditions -- Municipal and School Suffrage in the various Provinces -- Right of women to hold office.