Women in Parliament Debate Endows Education for All S
A speech-filled meeting on suffrage shows strong support for extended female education funds and voting rights. Mrs McLaren and Miss IsapeLua Top highlight historical progress, while other speakers mock anti suffrage fears and praise Florence Nightingale era advocates. The session ends after lively exchanges and a vote in favor of the resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaren
Bright
Edinburgh
Leatham
Wilberforce
Mr. Leatham
George Fox
M.P
Addersfield
House of Commons
Mr. Smollett
Florence Nightingale
IsapeLua Top
Wilkinson
Rebecca Sturcee
R. Peel
Sear
Ladies’ Gallery
Shakespeare
Captain Jones
T. Taaylor
Lillian Ashworth
Sketches in Parliament on Savings Banks and Local Government
Our Correspondent reviews a lively late night debate in the House of Commons on savings banks and local taxation. Gladstone leads Liberal opposition to Chancellor Lowe and the post office bank, with Disraeli and Dilke sparring over municipal reform and Queenborough Woodstock New Romney. The discussion touches royal commissions, strangers in the House, and ongoing questions about Ireland’s property disbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Gladstone
Fawcett
Post Office Savings Bank
Savings Bank
Lowe
Childers
Playfair
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Mr. Hubbard
Stafford Northcote
Mr. Disraeli
Charles Dilke
England and Wales
Queenborough
New Romney
Woodstock
Sir Charles
Lord Randolph Churchill
Charles
Lord Randolph
Richard Baggallay
Disraeli
Sir Charles Dilke
Corporation of New Romney
Jenkins
Church of Ireland
Lord Hartington
Sullivan