as placed on the Mandates Commission.

The first bill to give women full suffrage and eligibility was
presented in the Second Chamber by F. D. Borg, an enlightened member,
in 1884 and ridiculed by Parliament and press. In 1902 Carl Lindhagen
offered a bill calling on the Government to investigate the subject.
The first organized movement among the women was the forming of a
society in Stockholm this year and an address to Parliament with 5,641
signatures urging this bill. It was rejected by 111 to 64 in the
Second Chamber (Lower House) and without a division in the First. In
1904 his bill, endorsed by 30 members, received 115 noes, 93 ayes and
no vote in the First Chamber. In 1905, endorsed by 57, it had 89 noes,
30 ayes in the First Chamber and the Second rejected it by 109 to 88.
The suffrage societies had multiplied and now there were 63.

A National Suffrage Association was formed in 1904, which still
exists. It carried on the work for seventeen years, under the
presidency of Miss Anna Whitlock, Dr. Lydia Wahlstrom, Miss Signe
Bergman and Dr. Karolina Widerstroem. When success finally crowned its
efforts it had 240 branches and 15,000 members. With the great
difficulties of securing names in this country of widely scattered
people the petitions collected and sent to Parliament were remarkable,
the last one in 1914 having 350,000 signatures. Among the women who
were conspicuous in long and arduous service besides the presidents
were Mrs. Ann M. Holmgren, Dr. Gulli Petrini, Mrs. Frigga Carlberg and
Mrs. Gloria Hallberg. Miss Selma Lagerloef assisted on great occasions.
Men who for years were most valuable workers were Stockholm's
burgomaster, Carl Lindhagen, and the three Prime Ministers, Karl
Staaf, Nils Eden and Hjalmer Brantung. Two of the most conspicuous
opponents were Mr. Lindeau and Mr. Trygger, through fear that the
Social Democratic Party would gain.

The years 1905-1906 saw much advance, as the separation from Norway
took place and the question of the enlargement of male suffrage was to
the fore. The women made strenuous but unsuccessful efforts to have
the Parliament include women but the bill for men was rejected. It
did, however, by a majority even in the Upper House, order an
investigation of woman suffrage where it existed. Societies were
organized from the Sound to Lapland. King Oscar received a deputation
and in answer to the address of Miss Gertrud Adelborg expressed his
sympathy but said the Gove