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Every citizen in Fiiland of 24 years is entitled to vote, and is also eligible as a member of the Diet. It was natural tint The question of woman suffrage, which this privilega should spur on the women in this country is still being debated, waa to mainate candidates of their own sex settled in Finland in 1906 by a law intro- for purpose of bringing forward their ducing universal suffrage for men and especial wants in the Dist. But the women on equal terms. This reform was women votom never had a thought of due to a spontaneous political demonstra carrying thele demands through parlia tion of public opinion in 1905, in which ment by a majority of wonton representa the whol-Finnish people tek part. It tives. They had eenmon-sense enough would not, however, be errget to coisiler to admit that men until now, by educa. the Finnish women's political enfranchise tion and profession, are genolly more ment as the casual production of a sudden trained for legisfütive work thuet women. movement or at a revolution, as it has Boden, they felt assured that even a sometimes been called. The fact is, that smaller number of women. when taking. the way he this woform, was prepared long part personally in legislation, could easily hefore, partly by public, discussion. but convince men of the justico of their de principally by the fact that for a long time mands. Proportionately few women, too, widespread en-oporation between women have been willing to undertake the respon and men had existed in social and, dar sible task of law-making. The minaber of ing the hard yeags of 1900-1985, qven in women MP's has varied in the different politient work. Women's suffrago was elections, being now 14,' or 7 per cent. generally locked upou as the natural.com-of the whole. Most of them have been sequence of granting suffrage to all men, re-elected several times by their parties. and it was publicly doelanvi to bo reward and not only by the vote of Women, but for the patriotisus which the women had also of faen. Some have been obliged to shown in times of general oppression. It resign on account of health or their por is further to be noted that the Finnish sonal reasons. Parliament or Diet, as it is called, whiob in 1000 passed the reform, was at that time a class fiepresentation of modisoval type, which Finlwul bad inherited from its union with Sweden from the twelfth
parliamvozak.
In comparison with the whole number of représentatives. 200, the number of women M.P.4 is small, but the result gaited by Finnish, women is still the greatest schievement in any entry to the eighteenth century. In that where women are eligible as members of sembly, consisting of the representatives | of the nobility, the clergy, the burghers Many people wonder whas the women or citizens of the towns, and the pensun- do in the Finnish Diet. I cannot find try, not a single voice was raised against any better answer than this: exactly the the proposal to include women in the same as the mort. They serve on the universal suffrage. The Finnish woman numerous parliamentary cornmittees, nud thus exaped the painful necessity of not only committees dealing with moral hearing men debate the question whether, and welal questions, but also with con- "woman's predestination "permitted her mon as well as fundamental law, labour. to drop a voting paper into a ballot box. entimeren, communientions, finance, etc. Nor was any one expressed that the vote They, takes part in the discussions and would uses wonen or produce a general endeavour in every way nestly to foll sexwar. The same law which introduced their duties. As there is co-operation on the universal suffrage changed thoroughly every question, it is impossible to specify the form of representation; insteal of exactly what is done by women and what four orders or estates. each meeting by mer. Women, whose experience of separately, the country was to be repire-parliamentary life is limited to unly six sented by sue chamber consisting of two years, do not expect to be compared with hundred members.
veterans in legislation, but I think that As to the question so often asked: I shall not lay myself open to contradic. How far lavó women used their right tion when I say that the general stand- of roting?" I consider that the Finnish ard of cafheity of the new alem zote women have deme their duty. They have brought in by the franchise reform is erorded to the polls in nearly as large tigh among numbers as the men. Out of all the Statisties have proved that women attend women inscribed on the reting register, the sittings more regularly and-what, $1,800.5 per cent." have taken part in the perhaps, is surprising-speak less than last four elections, while the percentages men. Good comradeship and mutual con of the male voters varied between 64.9fidence are the provailing features of the and 70%. The presumption that winnen relations between men and women while are devoid of political interest has thus working together in the Diet, heen dispersed.
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