Finland was the first country to decree universal suffrage, denying the vote only to those on the dole.

Women were becoming more prominent in the sciences and politics.


Midwives were regulated in the UK for the first time.

The possibility of having sex without having to pump out a unit

was becoming a popular and liberating concept in parts of the

world.

Early childhood education was following in the footsteps

of the Animal protectionists efforts to stem the tide

of child labor.

High Schools became a popular and controversial form of

college prep or college substitute in many parts of the U.S.

Many of the so-called traditional "values" were being challenged

and many efforts were made at reforming ancient forms of

oppression and exploitation.

Meanwhile, politics and strife were doing what they did best.

People were assassinated, such as the Procurator General of

Finland, Soisalon Soininen, Prince Nadashidze of Baku, Frank

Steunenberg, the Governor of Idaho, and the Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich,

uncle of the Czar. On May 31st, an attempt was made in Paris

on the lives of King Alfonso of Spain and President Loubet.

The Vice Governor of the Belgian Congo,

Costermans, committed suicide during an investigation

of his colonial policies.

Meanwhile, in Indiana, an anti-smoking law went into effect

and one young man was fined $35.00 for possession of rolling

papers!

In July, the French legislatures voted for the separation of

Church and State, with no public monies going to religious

organizations outside of colleges, hospitals and asylum chaplains.

On August 15, Belgians celebrated a free day, as a new law

prohibited companies from forcing their employees to work more

than six days a week.

The Sinn Fein was created, as well as the office of Prime Minister

of the United Kingdom.

In October workmen in New York City stoned 2,000 Jews, while in

Odessa, Russia, peasants killed over a thousand.

Actress Maude Adams introduced an authorized version of "Peter Pan"

to the theatre audiences of New York.

Also in New York, the police decide to adopt fingerprint identification.

And football (the Yank version) was abolished at Columbia University.