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Show Progressive Frenchwomen. The pioneer and great organizer of the campaign for woman's rights in France Mme. Maria Deraismes has a devoted band of disciples. They have lately issued is-sued -a spirited address, which appears on tho walls of Paris, and in which they claim for the Frenchwoman the right to dispose of the fruit of her labor without male interference. The person who drafted the bill sent to the senate recently, recent-ly, and "who generally advises the members mem-bers of the Woman's Rights association on legal points, is Mme. Jeanne Chauvin, who passed a brilliant examination in jurisprudence 6ome time ago and is a doctor of laws. This bill empowering women engaged in trade to vote for the elections of judges of the tribunals of commerce is the first to be read by the 6enate on this question of woman's rights, and the supporters of the cause feel that they have gained a great victory. vic-tory. Paris Letter. |