RIGHTS OF WOMEN
HOW ONE OF THEM WON. Mr H. Chidgey, chairman of the council at Alinehead, England, v\..s at a recent meeting suddenly called on to give his casting vote ou tho question whether Miss V. C. Sharpe, the only woman member, shoud act on a certain committee or one of the other members. The chairman, in his dilemma, said if tossing in the council chamber were legal he would toss for it. Ho took a coin from his pocket, Aliss Sharpe immediately objected. Sh< paid the question was far too iin portant. to be settle! by the spin of a tjoin. The chairman returned the roi.i to his pocket and asked the council to vote again. This time Miss Sharpe won.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 144, 20 June 1931, Page 14
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123RIGHTS OF WOMEN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 144, 20 June 1931, Page 14
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