In it, it was stipulated that men and women are equal before the law, and share the rights to participation and to take examinations for and serve in government posts.
但當時社會仍有「女子干政禍國」的想法，不能普遍認同女性參與政治。民國十七年北伐成功，國民政府頒行新法令，在法律上無論男女一律平等。廿年「訓政時期臨時約法」也有這樣的明文規定。