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Hongkong Daily Press

No. 22.381號登拾捌百叁仟式离式第 日柒拾叁年午庚

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1930.

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AMERICAN WOMEN DEMAND

EQUALITY.

TEN YEARS OF FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

WOMEN AS JUDGES, GOVERNORS, TREASURERS,

AND AUDITORS.

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women eligible for jury service: political and civil offices and em ployments have been opened women by law."

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Women's organizations with polimno, but no wife whose husband is tical interests throughout the led astray may claim compensation United States are preparing to from the guilty woman. In some celebrate in August the tenth an States the husband may collect the aiversary of the winning of women emmings of the wife. In forty! The greatest effort of women has auffrage, when the State of Ten States the services of the wife in bean directed towards patting mar nessee ratified the amendment to the home belong to the husband riage on a partnership basis, Re the Federal Constitution giving As a result of the rule that the cording to Miss Vernon. The old women the vote.

services of the wife in the home common law rule giving the father belong to the husband. he usually the sole natural guardianship and has the right to sue for damages control of a child and entitling the for injury to her. In many Stater mother little or no authority, women are discriminated against has been swept away in at least in regard to public office, Women twenty States since women gained are disqualified as jurors in twenty the right to vote. The movement even States. The theory that wo to better the position of women has men are a favoured class is a theorygone forward in every section of the

nothing more.

country and cannot fail to make u Immediately after the vote was deep national impression," Miss yon in 1990, Miss Vernon said, Vernon maid.

The National Women's Party,

The outstanding achievement of the past decads under woman suffrage has been the change brought about in laws affecting the position of woged, according to Miss Mabel Vernon, national secre tary of the National Women's Party-the group which from the early days of the struggle for suffrage has been the most militant of all equal rights organizations.

Women, however, are not yet

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women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdie tion. It actively supported many specific equal rights, messures in Congress and in. State Legis latures.

Women in Public Qâces, the national suffrage amendment, re-organized to win completo Prejudice against women in pub- equality for women in laws and in lie office is rapidly disappearing, customs. It introduced an amend according to Mr. G. Bascom Stemp, "It may not begenerally known ment to the United States Con- former Becretary to President that in the United States, where institution providing that men and Coolidge, who has made a study of many respects equal recognition is

women in public service. Eigat given to women with men the law

women are serving with credit in still regards women as interior, but

the present Congress. Women are this is the fact," Mist. Vernon

occupying a variety of highly declared in answer to the question,

responsible posts in all Depart- what have women done with the

ments of Government. Fote "United States laws have as their framework the common law of England," Miss Vernon explain ed." Despite the steady advance to place women on an equality with men in the laws; the statutes and decisions of the United States re- flect the inferior position of women. There are many laws which take Fitde account of the claims and feelings of mothers. In some States the father inherits to the exclusion of the mother when their son of daughter dies without a will and leaves no children. The law in some States places the married woman "under a disability and re- quires her to go through a come plicated court procedure to satisfy the Judge as to her capacity and competency to carry on a business..

The Double Moral Standard.

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"The double standard of morals is recognized in some States where Aman miny, divorce his wife for misconduct before marriage but a divorce is not available to a woman

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that ground," Miss Vernon continued." In some States a hus band whose wife is led astray may collect damages from the guilty

woman

There is a woman member of "During ita, ten years of work the United States Civil Service concentrated principally upon the Commission, a woman collector of removal of inequalities from the internal revenue, a woman Judge. laws, equal rights measures have of the United States Custoine been secured in twenty-four States Court, two judges of the Juvenile and territories. These measures Court of Washington, s affect the lives of 33,000,000 women. | superintendant of Office of Indian In all, eighty-eight equal rights Affairs, a woman purchasing agent, have been secured. Louisiana leads a women administrative assistant all the States with the passage of in the Bureau of Public Roads, eloven equal rights measures; New Personnel Officer, librarisa, and so York takes second place with ten; on in almost endless variety, with Maryland and New Jersey take salaries ranging from two thousand third place" with nine each and to ten thousand dollars a year," Delaware, takes fourth with eight,

The Rights of Mothers.

During the last ten years in various States women have secured the passage of measures that make mathers equal with fathers with re- gard to their minor children; mar ried women bare gained greater control over their property; the power of married women to coz tract to suo bas been extended; mar- ried women have secured the right to choose their domiciles for voting purposes; grounds for divorce have been equalized for busband and wife; laws have been passed making

Mr Slemp said. These are in Federal service places as wide apart as Honolulu, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and New York. There are two American women vice-consula abroad, one or more has been in our diplomatic services, three trade commissioners abroad, and in round numbers about one, thousand women occupying lesser bat highly im portant executive, legal, legislative or judicial offices."

According to Mr. Slemp women have been, welcomed in nearly every kind of office of State and muni- cipal government.

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Diary of Coming Events.

To-day. (April 15.)

Sanitary Board Meeting. Tennis-Finals, Open Doubles Championship,

H.K.. Lawn Tennis Association, Annual General Meeting (Cricket Club Pavilion), 5.30 p.m.

Lecture on Voltaire" by Mr. R. G. Birch, Union Assembly Room, The University, 8.30

P

R. B. Salisbury presente Jour- ney's End," Star Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Queen's Theatre: “Tria: of 98" World Theatre: "Lovers" Star Theatre: "Read House." Tea Dances Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels, 4.39 p/...

R. B. Salisbury presents Young Volunteers Annual Ride Meeting, Woodley," Star Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Stonecutters.

Queen's Theatre: 3 Live Ghosts" || Queen's Theatre: "3 Live Ghosts."! World Theatre: “Lovers.”

World Theatre; *Woman of Affairs."

Star Theatre:"Road House."

Peninsula Hotels, 5 p.m.

Tea Dances: Hong Kong and

Dinner Dances! Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels,, 3.30. pim. Siberia, (Cyclops), 8.30 2.m.

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Dinner Danoes Hong Kong, Peninmla, and Repulse Bay Hotels, 9.30 p.m.

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Hong Kong, Happy Valley." Hockey Club Hermes, King's Park

Star Theatre: "Show People." Tea Dances Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels, 4.30 p.m.

Dinner Dances: Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels, S.30 p.m.

Europdan Mails:-Ioward: Europe vid Negapatam (Tantalus),

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