WOMEN’S RIGHTS
POPE RECEIVES DELEGATES. ROME, Alav 20. The Pope received 25 French, British, and American delegates to the Women’s Congress. His Holiness said that he favoured the calling of the congress, though he could not approve of all the items in its programme, particularly that relating to the divorce laws. A feature of the closing day of the congress was a great procession of women, representing the nations of the world, from the Palazzo Dell Esposizione to the office of the Alinister of the Interior, their purpose being to hand Signor Mussolini the resolution of the congress on women’s suffrage. The procession was headed by the Italian flag and the alliance's banner, and consisted of Airs Catt and Mesdames Sehiavoni Bosio (the Italian women’s leader), the official Government delegates, members of Parliament, enfranchised and unenfranchised women, with Italian women in the rear. Large crowds watched the progress of the procession through tha streets. I lie deputation was introduced by the Secretary of Stale (Signor Aserbo). They carried symbols of the old Roman times, including a bundle of sticks and a hatchet, denoting unity and power. Signor Alussolini reaffirmed his promise to grant Italian women the municipal franchise, with eligibility for office.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3611, 29 May 1923, Page 19
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202WOMEN’S RIGHTS Otago Witness, Issue 3611, 29 May 1923, Page 19
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