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 But although these two years had apparently borne little Parliamentary fruit, good work had been done. In all reform work the greatest difficulty lies not in overcoming active opposition, but in arousing the apathetic. The Woman Suffrage movement was no exception to this rule. In her report for the year Mrs Sheppard referred to the fact that a large number of the Unions had failed to appoint Franchise Superintendents. She pointed out that as the special aim of the Franchise Department was to secure to women the right to vote on all questions of social and moral reform, the appointment of local superintendents was an imperative necessity. Strenuous effort was