Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1918 — WOMAN SITS IN STORTHING [ARTICLE]

WOMAN SITS IN STORTHING

Miss Sara Christie Takes Place in Norwegian Parliament as Representative of Trondhjem. Christiania, Norway. Miss Sara Christie has taken her seat in the Norwegian parliament as a conservative representative of the city of Trondhjem. At parliamentary elections in Norway substitutes for members of parliament are always elected at the same time to take the member’s place in case ofillness Or death, so elections to fill vacancies never take place. All members of the storthing are engaged in special committees to prepare legislative work or dealing with the government’s proposals before they are submitted to the storthing. In this way Miss Sara Christie, who is now summoned to take the seat of Professor Soeland, becomes a member of the defense committee to consider the army and navy estimates instead of her predecessor. Miss Christie is a director of a girls’ school in Trondhjem and has for many years been a member of the town council. She is esteemed as a prominent teacher and a great administrator.