lly commented on by the Danish press and that of Norway
adopted an entirely different attitude from this time. The Lefts and
the Socialists, who had put the plank in their platforms, elected a
majority of the Storthing but from January to June the women were in
the greatest suspense and those in the different constituencies were
working on their members. Finally on June 14, 1907, after only two
hours' debate, the complete franchise with full eligibility was
conferred on women by 96 to 23 votes, only 82 being needed.

This grant was made to the taxpaying women who had the Municipal
franchise and it was then the work of the National Association to have
it made universal. On June 7, 1910, it succeeded in having the
taxpaying qualification removed for the Municipal suffrage, and on
June 11, 1913, a paragraph was added to the constitution which
provided that "all men and women 25 years of age, who have been
domiciled in Norway five years shall be entitled to the complete
franchise and eligibility." Over half the total number of voters are
women. Women may be Premier, State officers, Judges, magistrates,
sheriffs, professors in the university, even the theological
department, and are eligible to all public offices with equal pay. The
constitutional arrangement for electing members of Parliament has been
an obstacle to the election of women but it has now been remedied.
Five had been elected as "substitutes" or "proxies" to take the place
of absent members. Hundreds have been elected to city councils and to
juries, which are elected for fixed periods. The only positions from
which they are excluded are those of a military character, the
Cabinet, the diplomatic corps, the clergy and officials of the State
church.

DENMARK.

Although Danish women had long had the highest educational advantages
and considerable freedom under the laws they had no suffrage up to the
time the International Woman Suffrage Alliance held its congress in
Copenhagen in 1906. The following women had gone to the meeting in
Berlin in 1904 when this Alliance was organized: Mrs. Johanne Muenter,
Mrs. Charlotte Norrie, Mrs. Vibetha Salicath, Mrs. Charlotte
Eilersgaard, Misses Rasmussen, Eline Hansen and Anna Hude. They
reported its proceedings to the Woman Suffrage Association of Denmark,
formed in 1899, of which Mrs. Louise Norlund was president, and it
then affiliated with the Alliance and invited it to hold its next
congress in Copenhagen. At the time