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Show JAP WOMEN TO VOTE The sudden opening of the ballot box to the women of Japan marks a tradition-breaking milestone in the movement looking to greater freedom free-dom for Japanese women. About 60 years ago, a Japanese "Susan Anthony," Miss Kageyama, started a campaign for women's rights, and was jailed for her daring. Throughout the Orient the idea uf granting women a share in political politi-cal life made practically no progress prog-ress until 1935 when the Philippines' granted equal voting rights. |