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The Daily Alaskan
Skagway, Alaska
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Denmark's lower house of parliament passes constitutional amendment bill for women's suffrage by overwhelming majority on Wednesday, seen as certain to become law after previous upper house blockage due to attached peer reforms; progressives' election gains expected to sway peers.
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Copenhagen, Nov. 7. Votes for women in Denmark is regarded as a certainty following the passage in the lower house of parliament Wednesday of the constitution amendment bill by an overwhelming majority. The same bill, which went through the lower house last year, was wrecked in the upper house because besides providing for general female enfranchisement it also embodied reform of the house of peers. Enemies of the measure tacked this on in a last desperate measure to defeat what was popularly demanded. But at the last general election the progressives were returned in increased numbers, and it is believed now that in these circumstances the peers will not persist in opposing full and complete suffrage for women.
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Copenhagen
Event Date
Nov. 7
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passage in lower house by overwhelming majority; expected success in upper house leading to full women's suffrage
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The lower house passed the constitutional amendment bill for general female enfranchisement on Wednesday by overwhelming majority. The bill, previously passed in lower house last year but blocked in upper house due to attached reforms of the house of peers added by opponents, is now expected to pass given increased progressive representation from recent election.