Chapter 3

WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN THE TERRITORIES AND THE PHILIPPINES 713

ALASKA 713

Legislature gives suffrage to women -- Privileges to Indian women --Other laws -- Women in prohibition campaign -- Women's war work.

HAWAII 715

Congress refuses to let its Legislature control the suffrage --National Suffrage Association protests -- Its president, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, at Honolulu -- Mrs. Pitman, of Brookline, Mass., holds meetings there -- Legislature sends resolution to Congress -- Senator John F. Shafroth gets Bill through Congress -- Efforts of Hawaiian women with their Legislature.

THE PHILIPPINES 719

The National Suffrage Association demands franchise for their women -- Governor General Taft and Archbishop Nozaleda support the demand --The U. S. Congress ignores it -- Position of Filipino women --Commissioner's wife describes their efforts for the suffrage.

PORTO RICO 722

Status of suffrage for men -- They demand their own Legislature -- National Suffrage Association asks that women may share in the suffrage -- Senator Shafroth shows that it can not be put into the Bill -- Efforts of Porto Rican women with its Legislature.