THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 23 February 1901, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.

The young Empress of Russia is » "new" woman. She believes .in female suffrage, women's clubs, the higher.edu- / cation of woman, and in her right to enter any and all of the professions. Sh» is an enthusiastic advocate of the mifny movements started by women for the betterment of society. She has frankly stated that if-she lived in a land where court regulations were less strict shS! would be an avowed female suffragisf. •

Of all the Royal ladies in Europe, the. Czarina stands out most strongly as the champion of her sex. She holds thatalmost all of the great reforms of -the j world have, been brought about; by-; women, and that they are just beeominU,; conscious of their power and pqssibiuV:■.-..----ties. Under her- Imperial patronage V societies for the education and develop*'l ment of females are growing numerous • in St. Petersburg, and even spreading through the jealously-guarded realm oi ; ,'-. the Czar. j ,' "I have great and abiding faun in my own sex," she said recently; "Womettv are ever busy sowirig the seed from, which good springs up all over tne _ world." s ■ ",. .„'' ■■1'-i Since the Czarina has become So aeepj ly impressed with the importance- <«• women's clubs, and societies the Czar has ordered that full reports of aU sucn meetings shali be, prepared for her peru* ~ .■., sal. ' ; ;