Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1918 — Woman Suffrage In Italy. [ARTICLE]

Woman Suffrage In Italy.

TfrWan statesmen, having been asked to go s mile In granting new privileges to women, have gone twain. Minister Sacchi has recently Introduced a bill to abolish marital authority—and the perllamentary commit Sion has completed It and added an article, “Intended to necognlse woman’s right to exercise all liberal professions and be eligible for all posts of public employment except Judicial functions, political rights, and the military defense of thd state.* The commission will demand, among other ♦hinya, that Qualified woman lawyers be allowed to practice. This movement has already received the support of a large number of deputies, says a correspondent who will present a resolution that If the government passes the martial authority air /Otfi/m frill it may Include the amendments put forward by the commission.