the effect of these reports was intensely dramatic, mingled, as it inevitably was, with the memories of the strange and bitter conditions under which the change had come. in some of the countries that had been at war enfranchisement came in the midst of revolution, riot and disaster; in others it came fresh and new with the beginning of their independent national life and almost as a matter of course. "our men and women struggled together for our national freedom," said delegate after delegate from the new states of europe, "and so when any of us were enfranchised we both were." the report on the election of women to national or municipal bodies was deeply interesting and in many respects surprising. germany easily surpassed other countries in this respect, having had 39 women members in the last national assembly, 155 in the parliaments of the federated states and 4,000 on local and municipal bodies. in denmark the record of success that followed the election of women was astonishing.