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| Foreword | [xv] |
| Preface | [xvii] |
| Chapter I. Politics and Woman’s Interests | [1] |
| The Duties of Government—The Relation of Government to theHome—Duties and Obligations of Citizenship. | |
| Chapter II. Town and County Government | [8] |
| The Town Meeting—Officials, Duties, the Kind of Men Needed—Whenand How Elected—Political Honesty—The Relation of Country to City, State, and Nation. | |
| Chapter III. The Incorporated Village and City Government | [24] |
| Classes, Charters—Officials, Duties—When Elected—Wardsand Election Districts—FranchiseRights—Commission Form of Government—City Manager. | |
| Chapter IV. Greater New York | [37] |
| Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, Presidents of the Boroughs—TheAldermen, Presidents of the Boroughs—TheBoard of Aldermen—The Board of Estimate andApportionment—Corporation Counsel—CityChamberlain—Taxes and Assessments—Board of Education—Board of Elections—LocalImprovement Boards—County Government—Courts—Charities—Civil Service—The Budget. | |
| Chapter V. State Government | [50] |
| The Constitution, Constitutional Amendments—TheLegislature, Senate and Assembly—How toGet a Law Passed—The Governor and OtherOfficials—Appointive Offices—Public Service,Health, Excise, Conservation, Civil Service, andOther Commissions—State Employees. | |
| Chapter VI. National Government | [62] |
| The National Constitution—Congress, Its Powers—HowConstituted—Sessions of Congress—CongressionalCommittees—The President, HowElected, His Powers—The Cabinet—Centralized Government. | |
| Chapter VII. Who Can Vote | [72] |
| Citizens—Aliens—How an Alien May Become aCitizen—Naturalization Laws—A Married Woman,an Unmarried Woman—Qualifications forVoting—Who May Not Vote—The 14th and 15thAmendments—The Woman Suffrage Amendment. | |
| Chapter VIII. Political Parties | [80] |
| Republican, Democratic, Progressive, Prohibition,and Socialist Platforms—Party Organization,National, State, County, and City Committees,Election District Captains—PartyFunds—The Use and Abuse of Party—The Independent Vote. | |
| Chapter IX. How Candidates Are Nominated | [91] |
| President and Vice-President—Enrolment ofVoters—Direct Primaries—Objections to DirectPrimaries—Nomination by Party Convention—Objectionsto the Party Convention—Importanceof the Primary—Nomination by Petition. | |
| Chapter X. Elections | [98] |
| Registration of Voters—Time of Elections—ElectionOfficials—How to Mark the Ballot—HowBallots Are Counted—The Australian Ballot—TheShort Ballot—Corrupt Practices Act—Voting-machines—School-housesfor Polling-places—Cost of Elections. | |
| Chapter XI. Taxation | [108] |
| Direct and Indirect—Village and School Taxes—Town,County, City, and State Taxes—TaxDistricts—How Taxes Are Assessed—CountyBoard of Equalization—The Collection of Taxes—StateTaxes: Corporation Tax, InheritanceTax, Other State Taxes—State Board of Equalization—FederalTaxes: Custom Duties, InternalRevenue and Excise Taxes, the Income Tax—PublicDebt, Bonds—Sinking Funds—TheBudget—The Pork-barrel. | |
| Chapter XII. Public Highways | [121] |
| State Roads, Their Cost and Maintenance—Townand County Highways—Bond Issues—CityStreets—Street Cleaning—Parks—CityPlanning—The Value of Beauty. | |
| Chapter XIII. Courts | [130] |
| Criminal and Civil Cases—Justices’ Courts—Policeand Magistrates’ Courts—County Courts—Surrogates’Courts—Court of Claims—SupremeCourts, Appellate Divisions—Court ofAppeals—Courts of Record—Federal Courts:United States District Courts, United StatesCourt of Claims, United States Circuit Courtof Appeals, United States Supreme Court—Constitutionalityof Laws—Injunctions. | |
| Chapter XIV. The Punishment of Crime | [141] |
| The Grand Jury—Trial by Jury—Jury Service—WomenJurors—The Police—Prison Reform:—TheIndeterminate Sentence, Probation—Jailsand Prisons—City Farms—The Preventionof Crime. | |
| Chapter XV. Women Offenders and the Law | [150] |
| Drunkenness—Prostitution—Night Courts—Fines—DelinquentGirls—Girl Victims—Housesof Detention—Women Judges—Policewomen. | |
| Chapter XVI. Public Education | [161] |
| The School District—The Township Board ofEducation—The Annual School Meeting—TheSchool Budget—The Supervisory District—TheDistrict Superintendent—The UnionFree School District—Physical Training—SchoolMoney—Normal Schools—University ofthe State of New York—Board of Regents—NationalCommissioner of Education—AgriculturalColleges—Farmers’ Institutes—VocationalTraining—State Scholarships—Domestic Training—Schoolsas Community Centers—Health—Co-operation. | |
| Chapter XVII. Health and Recreation | [174] |
| Housing—Tenement House Inspection—Dance-halls—Playgrounds—VacationSchools—Recreation Centers—Municipal Dance-halls—MunicipalBathing Beaches—The Movies—Causes of Juvenile Crime—Rural Needs. | |
| Chapter XVIII. The Care of Dependent and Delinquent Children | [185] |
| By County, City, and State—Institutionalversus Family Care—Lack of Definite Authority—BoardingOut—Boards of Child Welfare—Widowed Mothers’ Pensions—The DelinquentChild—Children’s Courts—Feeble-minded Children. | |
| Chapter XIX. Child Wage-earners | [197] |
| The Federal Child Labor Law—New YorkState Child Labor Laws—Child Workers andDelinquency—Street Trades—Night-messengerService—Rural Child Workers—War and Children. | |
| Chapter XX. Public Charities | [209] |
| State and Private Control of Charitable Institutions—StateBoard of Charities, Duties, Powers—Proposed Changes in the Reorganizationof the Board—County and City Institutions—Department of State and Alien Poor—LocalBoards of Managers—State Departmentof Inspection—Provision for the Feeble-minded—Recommendationsof the State Board—State Commission in Lunacy—State Prison Commission. | |
| Chapter XXI. The Protection of Working-women | [221] |
| Conditions Before the War—Number of WomenWage-earners—Clothing Manufacturers, Laundries,Restaurant Workers, Textile Operators—Warand Woman’s Work—The Eight-hour Day,New Occupations, Messenger Service, Wages—MinimumWage—Protection Needed. | |
| Chapter XXII. Americanization | [232] |
| The Need of a United Country—The Immigranta National Asset—Housing Conditions—ACommon Language—Night Schools—NeighborhoodClasses for Women—Home Teachingof Women—Naturalization—Uniform Laws forNaturalization—Ignorance of Laws—The Studyof Citizenship. | |
| Chapter XXIII. Patriotism and Citizenship | [243] |
| Appendix | [253] |
| Some Definitions: Habeas Corpus—The Initiativeand Referendum—The Recall—Injunctionand Abatement Act—The Tin Plate Ordinance—Prohibition,High License, Local Option, theGuttenburg Method of Controlling the LiquorTraffic—The Single Tax—The House of Governors—ProportionalRepresentation—Workmen’s Compensation Laws. | |
| Chart of Officials for Whom You Can Vote | [261] |
| When Elections Are Held. | |