FIGHT FOR THE FRANCHISE.
ITALIAN WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN ROME, February 29.
During the present session of the Chamber of Deputies the women of Italy will begin their first skirmish m the suffrage campaign. Up to the present the fight for the franchise has been carried on with little or no publicity, but the women are confident of obtaining a hearing before Parliament that will enable them to explain their views on the Electoral Reform Bill, under which, it is proposed to grant what will practically l>e universal suffrage to all classes of men m Italy.' The women hope that a clause will be inserted extending the franchise to their own sex, but should such a proposal be submitted the Premier will have very little hesitation m smothering it if it is likely tp endanger the passage of the Government's bill.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12705, 7 March 1912, Page 3
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