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45 Woman's J. & Suffrage News 1 (1914)

handle is hein.journals/wmjrnl45 and id is 1 raw text is: NO-- An AL VOLXLV. NO. SATURDAY, JANU EI I DECREASES . T R A V N NEW ZEALAND.,R A V ipoft of suffrage Country Shows Big Drop Though Population Has Doubled . ' The government prison reportl!ately 'gaed in New Zealand shows a re- kable dccrea5d of crime among men. In 1881, the number of per, las In prison averaged (per day) sales, 631.66; females, 94,37. , In 1912 Ue population had doubled, but the huber of persons in prison averaged Apr day) only 853.82 males and 64.07 fmales. if the women voters had neglected S tlhe homes and lot their children run wid, and if the exercise of the suf- hfrge were in itself demoralizing to womeu, twenty years of equal suffrage would have resulted in an Increase of :rime among both sexes and anr tespcially large increase among women. Instead, we find a do- creaue of crime in proportion to popu. laton, among both sexes; and among the women the decrease is especially great. Says The Vote: While the number of male prison- lero has decreased only in relation to the population, the number of female ;prlaoners has decreased absolutely, and to a very remarkable extent. This Icircumstance is the more Interesting, 'as it closely correspoads with the 'many social reforms for women brought about during the same period. These reforms, since women were en; frtnchised in 1893, have been largely eencerned with the interests of the' lmore handicapped class of women. SMPAIST ON WHITE PLAGUE Lead in New Orleans Red Cross Work and Help Philadelphia Consumptive Saffragists all over the country are helping in the work against tubercu- loots, In New Orleans'votes for women leaders were in-the .front ranks on Red Cross Day. When Miss Kate M. Gordon closed the heardquar. ters for the day, about $700 had been cllected. Mrs. Tinette Lichtenstein lloses, representing the Era Club, with her corps of workers, collected ore than any other leader. Philadelphia suffragists, too, set to Work with true Christmas splrit,.of seeking to bring Joy into the life of BOome unfortunate woman, according to the Philadelphia Press, and start- ed a collection to send a consump- ive to a climate- where she will stOd a chance of regaining her health, The woman Is Mrs. IZoeNeu bater, who for the past six years had been In a Philadelphia sanatorium for consumptives, She.found that he could not stand the climate, md as relatives In California willitake are of her if she can et to them, ,he appealed to fellow-suffragists to help her. None of the children's hospitals in LOndon admit women docto,'s'ttheir SrSdential or staff appointments. ,en the Society for the Study ofChl- re's Diseases xcludes women phy- alcians, Last year a W oman's , Ho pi- 4i for Children was started In Harrow od, With a. staff wholly of women. heobject was t wmn .'O Obje t wtofold, to provide uaSent for Children i the neigh. ,rho6 and to gi e ndoctors a rhce to study children's diseases. SWOmen' hospitalhs -provedI Popular With -parents' it -has !' ted from fifty to A a hundred atleats a day, and has had toenlarge I 't qarters three- times in-hecrs an ea.TeBishop 'Of 'ensington,, ( dedicating a new ward th Is month, laid he ooked'forward tothle t befnd hlow aru. by women would be~ ~ o fon l ~rthe0Ountry. - Journal ige News ARY 3, 1914 FIVE CENTS AI L And he answered, 'He does not understand. When she moves she draws the band that binds them, and hurts him, and he moves farther from her. The day will come when he will understand, and will know what she is doing. Let her once stagger on to her knees. In that day he will stand close to her, and look into her eyes with sympathy.' ,-Olive Sohreiner. (See Page 2.) MRS. YOUNG BACK BY WOMEN'S AID Famous Superintendent Reinstated as Head of Chicago Schools After Strong and Continued Protest by New Voters Once-more in the seven months that the women of Chicago have had the ballot they have saved for the schools of that city the woman who Is prob- ably the most eminent educator in the country, Mrs Ella Flagg Young. Under .ia, Continuous pressure of trong dheaproval on the part of the ,womeh's :.orghlzations, the climax came last .-Wek when the Board of Education at a stormy meeting voted to reconsider itselectlon of Mr. Shoop ,as the.SuPerl tendent of Schools. Mrs. Young waa~einstated, and a few days later. consoited to go back to ber for- mer poition. ? Th, action of, the School Board ends, a Jitnation'that has been rock- Ing theeistIrq ity of Clicago ever slince. imr t6gwas practically ousted on Dec. 10. Despite the tangle of legal procedure and the attempts by angry members of the School Board to obscure the issue the voice of the women has at all times been heard clearly demanding that Mrs.Young be put back. The committee represent. ing practically all of the Chicago women's organizations, and headed by Mrs. George Bass, attended the final board meeting in a body and saw the victory consummated that they had worked so hard to win. Woman Member Puts Motion The motion to reconsider the vote by which Mr. John D. Shoop had been elected superintendent wa made by Mrs. MacMabon, and received 13 votes. Mrs. Young was re-elected by the same number. Seven members did not vote and one was absent. Mr. Shoop was re- elected first assistant superintendent Mrs. Young at the time was In Try-I on, N. C.. on a vacation, but returned to Chicago shortly afterward and took t up her duties again. I have been misquoted, said Mrs. Young, according to the Record.I Herald. I never said I would, quire unanimous support of the boatd before I would accept. I told Mr. 'I Reinberg I would accept office If I wasI elected. They elected me. 0 The four members of the Seho A Board who were removed by Mayoi Harrison because they bad workedI against Mrs. Young have questione the Mayor's legal right to accept thir resignations, which had been pl in his hands In advance, an t (Continued on Page 8) NEW YORK WOMAN WINS BIG PLACE Dr. Katherine Davis of Bedford Reformatory Slated as Com- missioner of Correction For the first time in its history, New York City Is to have a woman at the ead of one of its most important de- artments, according to those in close ouch with the plans of Mayor-elect lohn Purroy 'Mitchel. Miss Kather- ne Bement Davis has been selected or Commissioner of Correction. Graduated from Vassar College In 892, Miss Davis has a degree of Ph D. rom the.University of Chicago and of L.D. from Mount Holyoke. Since 901 he has been the superintendent f the Bedford Reformatory, In West- hester County, where her work has received the widest and most favor- ble notice. The Institution cares for wayward women and girls. As Commissioner of Correction Miss Davis would have charge of the Tombs. the seven district prisons in Manhattan, the penitentiary at Black- well's Island, the workhouse on Rik- er's Island, the New York City Re- formatory of Male Misdemeanants on liart's Island, and the city prisons in Brooklyn and Queens. The salary of the office is $7,500. Prominent suffragistshave been in- terested -in obtaining the appointment of Miss Davis. Mrs. J. Borden Harri- man is said to have been the first per- son to suggest it to Mr. Mitchel. The appointment of Miss Davis would undoubtedly mean a thorough reorganization of the present unsatis; factory system. It would mean the uma' treatmenof Prsoers ad 'the elin#1on of graft. It would also ,ive a great impetus to the movement In behalf of equal rights for women. Press dispatches say that it would be one of the most important conces- sions the suffragists have won In the East. STAND.IIRN FORftSEW GIRLS dfaba Suffragts Start Cam- aign to Have Stores Always ~Ilou :at Six o)chin 8tanding in the rain at the doors if the principal shoss. 9 Cqmar a dosoa suffragists of: tlty t recetlly sgarte4 ~~ cmpaign iovement In be- hstlf of %.,e !erks. The 'women,. wlao were nawmbers of the Omaha Po- litical Equality I4ague, asked that the stores close at sir o'ock every. evening in the year. They handed out : to evening shoppers nearly 3000 cards, on each of which was printed: Think of the clerks, Do your shopping before 6 o'clock. By request Political Equality Lqge. . ,. 'Floor walkers and clerks thanked uis when they came- out at nine o'clock. said one 9t thae squad ther first evening. We ere going to stay on the job tonight and next week, too, with even ,more workers. -Toronto took a referejou of the male voters on Jan. ti oA ece wheth- ,er municipal suffrage should be ex tended to married women, In addition to the single women and wilqa wboi have already had it for ime, .y.rs. 1he outcome Is not known- aethe Woman's Journal goes 0i Prss. Van- eouver lately *Wb1 I ts municipal sr so i itkt I rtried women, and It will, i ixrelstig -to 'es, whether Toronto ., e9.~ll pro. Vssive. In Slcoland 5s 181 1it Ireland since. 18 7 have had muntel.I. arme terms as men: (xcept in London), It ,.sl to' widows and spInstes, and the ime os th cae .hrugot hepet Digitized from Best Copy Available rC#,4: %wo

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