“Women’s position in the Laws of the Nation” the international Council of Women at is last general meeting, held in Toronto, 1909, authorized the publication of a series of reports on the position of women under the laws of these nations in which there are councils of women. As the result of this determination, and of the combined efforts of many able and well-informed women, a small book has been brought out which may be obtained (price 1s, post free, 1s 4) from the Secretary, National Union of Women Workers, Parliament Mansions, Victoria Street, S.W. … … (long discussion) … … In Australia women may vote for a member of Parliament, or even stand for election in this capacity, but she may not be town councillor or alderman. In England she may be an alderman, but not a magistrate. In France she may be a lawyer, but not in Australia. It is not, by the way, correct to say that “No married women in England and Wales can vote in a town council election.” Married women have so voted in England and one, Mrs. Pinsent, is at the present time a member of the Birmingham City Council. In some countries a married woman can be removed from the land to which she is supposed to belong, and be forced by her husband to live where-ever he chooses … (continues) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949