The status of women in Malabar is in some respects higher than that of women in the rest of India, and it is an admitted fact that in point of education the Malayalee woman holds a leading position; and it is, therefore, not at all surprising that, at a meeting of the Calicut Branch of the Women’s Indian Association, held on the 20th instant, a Resolution was passed protesting against the denial of the Calicut Municipal Council to give the women taxpayers in Calicut the vote. The Resolution of the Calicut ladies says “that it is a recognised principle in Municipal and National administration that taxation without representation is robbery”. The second Resolution passed was, that, inasmuch as at least half the population consists of women in whose care is the welfare of children, no enactments respecting the health and prosperity of the people should be passed without consultation with, and the support of, women.”
