FIRST WOMAN ON ELECTORAL ROLL.

White Ribbon, Volume 35, Issue 409, 18 August 1929, Page 2

FIRST WOMAN ON ELECTORAL ROLL.

Mrs. Phillips. Taianaki District President, told at their Convention how her name was the hrst woman's name up >n tlie roll of their Kh in her own inimitable style she told her itorj: "Mrs Chapman Taylor came around our district to signatures for i petition for Woman's [-Yanchise. If) father, one ol the old school, told his bamil) thej w« re not to sign this petition. But m) father had I strong-minded wife and four squally strong-minded dl u hiei - and tin \\\ . i | net went on that petition. As 1000 ai the oih«. of the Registrar of Electors open, after the passim of the Franchise Bill, I mounted m\ , and trotted off to the office. The Registrar laughed at me. and .-aid: 'Sure, you'll he the onl) woman to . thli ReU.' •oh! n> I wont.' i replied 'he Mrs. Chapman-Taylor is on her way down, and I only _ot here hrsl i use I'm riding my pony and she's walking down.' •'And I'm proud that mine was th< woman's namo on that roll.''