WOMEN'S CHARTER.
NINE BILLS. ENFRANCHISEMENT AND DIVORCE. By TcleEraDli—Press Association—Oonyrleht London, March 15. In the House of Commons, Sir Chas. MTjtiren, Liberal member for the Bosworth Division of Leicestershire, introduced a measure callcd "The Women's Charter." It consists of nine Bills, containing provisions for enfranchisement of women and entitling women to divorce their husbands on the ground of men's unfaithfulness (at present cruelty as well as misconduct must be proved). In the event of death, divorce, separation, or bankruptcy, it is provided that wives shall be paid an amount equivalent to the average wages paid to housekeepers. . : All educational facilities shall be shared by the sexes equally. . Provision is made for' midwives, for the establishment of creches modelled on thoso of the German (Pestalozzi and Froebel) houses, and the supplying of. municipal milk for infants. , The Bill was read a first time.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 768, 17 March 1910, Page 5
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142WOMEN'S CHARTER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 768, 17 March 1910, Page 5
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