THE "WOMEN'S CHARTER."
(Press Assn.-— 6y Telegraph— Ctopyifjgntj
(Received March 16; 9 a.m.) , LONDON, March ',ls
Mr Chns.. McLaren's' so-called Women's Charter has l aihfst tinie;. in the House of rCommons. It consists' of oiuie bills, ; including one foi*. the enfranchisement of 'Avomen, and entitling -;them\ to divorce on the ground of^ men's! unfaithfulness; also .grants to wives a stun equivalent to the aggregate of wages earned as housekeepers, m ths event: (Qf the husband's death, divorce, separation, or (bankruptcy. All /educational;, facilitiiap arc, it is promised,; ,t$ be shared' by both sexes equally. - Provisiori is made for supplyiiig midwives, and for the establishment, of. creches modelled on the Ger-.i man systems introduced by Pestalozzi and Froebel.' Houses, and rnftk for \w~ fantfe, are to be provided by the municipalities. '-7 ■••-'•. y»-,; - '\ - :
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12698, 16 March 1910, Page 5
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132THE "WOMEN'S CHARTER." Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12698, 16 March 1910, Page 5
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