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The Watchman And Southron
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
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Turkish women in Constantinople are poised to gain suffrage and freedoms similar to American women, led by Mustapha Kemal. A women's political congress is planned, and they recently elected a female teacher to the primary education council. Mrs. Mark Bristol provides guidance.
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SOON CAST OFF FETTERS
Constantinople. Turkish women
seem destined soon to enjoy the
same freedom and privileges as
women in the United States. Mus-
tapha Kemal has promised them
the vote and they are now begin-
ning to shake off the fetters which
have kept them to domestic bond-
age since time immemorial. A great
women's political congress will be
held here shortly, and a country-
wide suffrage movement inaugurat-
ed. Women possessing diplomas
of higher or secondary education
may appoint delegates.
One of the leaders of the new
movement says the object of the
Turkish women is to obtain the vote
peacefully
within two years.
Meanwhile, the first step in this
direction was won recently when
the women elected a Turkish wo-
man teacher on the council of pri-
mary education. Women voters
appeared at the electoral assem-
bly in greater numbers than the
men, and this was interpreted as
showing modern enlightened Turk-
ish women's keenness in social mat-
ters.
Mrs. Mark Bristol, wife of Ad-
miral Bristol, the American High
Commissioner, is active in Turkish
social and civic societies and has
given the Moslem women leaders
much useful counsel based upon
the experience of American women
in political and public life.
Ninety percent of Turkish wo-
men are illiterate. Their educa-
tion extends little beyond a mem-
orization of parts of the Koran
(Turkish Bible) and a certain ac-
quaintance with household and
maternal duties. Their husbands
regard them as merely convenient
mediums to minister to their needs
and pleasures.
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Constantinople
Key Persons
Outcome
promise of vote within two years; women's political congress to be held; election of turkish woman teacher to primary education council
Event Details
Turkish women are beginning to gain freedoms and privileges similar to those in the United States, with Mustapha Kemal promising them the vote. A great women's political congress will be held shortly in Constantinople to inaugurate a country-wide suffrage movement, with delegates appointed by educated women. The movement aims to obtain the vote peacefully within two years. Recently, women elected a Turkish woman teacher to the council of primary education, with more women than men attending the electoral assembly. Mrs. Mark Bristol has provided counsel to Moslem women leaders based on American experiences. Ninety percent of Turkish women are illiterate, with limited education focused on the Koran and household duties.