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Show PORTO RICAN WOMEN MAY GET SUFFRAGE WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. In the opinion of many senators an amendment to the Porto Bican citizenship bill tentatively tenta-tively agreed to by the senate today would give women of the island who become be-come citizens of the United States the right to vote. As accepted the provision would define qualified voters in the island as citizens of the United States 21 years of age or over, who exercise the "right of suffrage at the first election, elec-tion, or who can quality thereafter by demonstrating that the'y are able to read and write Spanish or English. There is no reference to sex and .luring the discussion woman suffrage possibilities possibili-ties were not mentioned. Senators Poin-dexter, Poin-dexter, Norris and others who aided in perfecting the amendment said afterward, after-ward, however, that it would give women wo-men who otherwise qualify the right to vote. |