CHAPTER LII.

WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN BRITISH COLONIES 752

NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA 752

CANADA 753

First Woman Suffrage Society in Ontario -- The gaining of Woman Suffrage in Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Efforts of the Women to secure action from the Legislature of each Province -- Victory in Ontario after long struggle -- War time Woman Suffrage Act of the Dominion Parliament -- Granting of complete suffrage in 1918 -- The Legislatures of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia give Provincial suffrage -- Quebec refuses -- Women of Newfoundland still disfranchised.

SOUTH AFRICA 767

The National Parliament persistently declines to enfranchise women --Their strong efforts for the vote -- Granted in several of the States -- Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, spends several months in South Africa conferring with the women.

INDIA 769