New Toulouse

Several women in Boston demanded to be registered as voters, basing their claim on the Federal Constitution which says specifically: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” The women who desired registration were formerly citizens and voters in California and Colorado. Lawyers who have studied the provisions of the United States Constitution express an opinion that there is a possibility for women who were enfranchised in one state to vote in a non-suffrage state, if they have complied with the qualifications, because the Federal Constitution says: “Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state,” and “The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.” It will be interesting to watch the decision of the courts relative to what constitutes citizenship and abridgement of “privileges and immunities.”

Women and love will find the way.

Ethel Varnish
New Toulouse