Early this month the Women's Free-dom League celebrated the sixth anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, which gave the vote to British women over 30 years of age who have certain property qualifications. The chairwoman, Mrs. Mustard (first name undesignated) felt that 30 years was an invidious limitation. She pointed out that there were 2,500,000 women in Great Britain under 30 and of legal age still unenfranchised. With eight women M. P.'s in the House of Commons she felt that prospects were bright for general woman suffrage. A resolution was passed...
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