Juvenile 451 Municipal 1,809 Criminal 211 County 86 Grand Jury 26 Conferences with state or city officials 1,244
Cases of abandonment 99 Assault and battery 8 Contributing to delinquency and dependency of children 232 Crimes against children 12 Disorderly conduct 141 Immoral dancing 4 Intoxicating liquors 33 Juvenile Court cases 78 Larceny 4 Tobacco 10 Sale of cocaine 4 Other cases 110 Total prosecutions 738
RESULTS Convictions 311 Settled out of court 100 Nolle pros, or nonsuit 52 Dismissed 93 Acquittals 50 Pending 92 ----- Total complaints received 5,047
In the four years intervening since this book was first written, the progress of equal rights for women has been so rapid that the summary on pages 175-235 is now largely obsolete; but it is useful for comparison. In the United States at present (August, 1914), Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, and Alaska have granted full suffrage to women. In the following States the voters will pass upon the question in the autumn of 1914: Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Ohio, the last three by initiative petition. In New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa, New York, and Massachusetts a constitutional amendment for equal suffrage has passed one legislature and must pass another before being submitted to the people. The advance has been world-wide. Thus, in 1910 the Gaekwar of Baroda in India allowed the women of his dominions a vote in municipal elections, and Bosnia bestowed the parliamentary suffrage on women who owned a certain amount of real estate; Norway in 1913 and Iceland in 1914 were won to full suffrage. The following table presents a convenient historical summary of the progress in political rights:
On July 2, 1776, two days before the Declaration of Independence was signed, New Jersey, in her first State constitution, en-franchised the women by changing the words of her provincial charter from "Male freeholders worth £50" to "_all inhabitants_ worth £50," and for 31 years the women of that State voted.
Eighty years ago women could not vote anywhere, except to a very limited extent in Sweden and in a few other places in the Old World.
1838 Kentucky School suffrage to widows with children of school age. 1850 Ontario School suffrage, women married and single. 1861 Kansas School suffrage. 1867 New South Wales Municipal suffrage. 1869 England Municipal suffrage, single women and widows. Victoria Municipal suffrage, married and single women. Wyoming Full suffrage. 1871 West Australia Municipal suffrage. 1875 Michigan School suffrage. Minnesota Do. 1876 Colorado Do. 1877 New Zealand Do. 1878 New Hampshire Do. Oregon Do. 1879 Massachusetts Do. 1880 New York Do. Vermont Do. South Australia Municipal suffrage. 1881 Scotland Municipal suffrage to the single women and widows. Isle of Man Parliamentary suffrage. 1883 Nebraska School suffrage. 1884 Ontario Municipal suffrage. Tasmania Do. 1886 New Zealand Do. New Brunswick Do. 1887 Kansas Do. Nova Scotia Do. Manitoba Do. North Dakota School suffrage. South Dakota Do.