Woman and the Vote

The Lebanese woman has raised the question of her rights in earnest, and the various women's organizations in Lebanon, foremost among them the Lebanese Arab Women's Federation, have presented memoranda to the government and the Chamber of Deputies asking for the recognition of this right...

The Chamber of Deputies, likewise, has debated this subject in one of its sessions without reaching any result.

We have received from the Women's Solidarity association in Lebanon a forceful memorandum, over the signature of its president Mrs. Laure Tabet, in which it is said:

"This memorandum expresses the desire of the enlightened Lebanese woman, who feels that among her first social duties is to come forward into social and political work with all that she possesses of talents and mental powers... without which Lebanese society remains paralyzed — for what benefit can an advanced society offer, if half of its mental powers is given no opportunity to produce and to give?"