Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1918 — ABOUT WOMEN [ARTICLE]

ABOUT WOMEN

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt has the backing of Tammany for a seat in the United States senate. In New York state there are 1.858,“ 270 men and 633,490 women enrolled in all political parties. All women who are British subjects by birth or naturalization are eligible to vote in Ontario, Canada. Unless their salaries are increased over 12,000 school teachers in London threaten to go on a strike. Waitresses employed at the government powder plants are paid S4O per month and their board. Miss Anne Swenson of Marinette, Wash., is directing Salvation army work behind the lines in France.