Program from Women's Suffrage Debate, 1909
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Source
MHC Archives
Title
Program from Women's Suffrage Debate, 1909
Description
Participants of the Mount Holyoke Debate Society agreed that the subject of equal suffrage was relevant for their annual inter-society debate. An unknown observer left penciled comments on the program summarizing each argument. The affirmative speakers asserted that women’s suffrage “is the only logical step” and women who want the vote should not be denied simply because some women don’t. The negative speakers argued that “the female vote is more easily manipulated than the male” and would dramatically alter the influence of women in politics, which was considered “non-partisan” at the time. The chapters initially tied and the winner had to be decided by the Debate Society president: she voted in favor of national suffrage.
Creator
Mount Holyoke Debate Society
Date
1909
Format
Paper
Language
English
Type
Event program
Identifier
case01_votes_03
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
paper
Collection
Citation
Mount Holyoke Debate Society, “Program from Women's Suffrage Debate, 1909,” Digital Exhibits of the Archives and Special Collections, accessed September 24, 2023, https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/items/show/3764.