Women in Illinois, not being possessed of complete suffrage rights,
have voted in separate boxes, and figures are therefore obtainable.
The report from the City of Chicago for 1916 as submitted by the Chief
Clerk of the Board of Election Commissioners is as follows:
REGISTRATION
Men Women Total
504,674 303,801 808,475
VOTES CAST NOV 7
Men Women Total
487,210--96.5% 289,444--95.2% 776,654--96%
VOTES CAST--DEMOCRATIC
Men Women Total
217,328 133,847 351,175
VOTES CAST--REPUBLICAN
Men Women Total
235,328 141,533 377,201
PROGRESSIVE AND SOCIALIST
48,278
Although New York City is nearly two and a half times as large as
Chicago, the registration of the latter exceeded that of New York by
69,307.
The following is quoted from an official statement issued by the
California Civic League on what the women of California have done with
the vote:
"There has been some attempt on the part of those opposed
to women voting to make it appear that in San Francisco
particularly, women were slow to register and loth to vote.
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