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15
1985
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https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/files/original/f4cd19874508ec6338982cb657bc55df.pdf
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Statement of Richard Glenn Gettell, Opening Session of the Intercollegiate Student Civil Rights Conference, 1965
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This statement from the Mount Holyoke President in 1965 shows that the Civil Rights Conference caused some tension and controversy due to its radical speakers. President Gettell defended the Conference on the basis of “freedom of inquiry and individual responsibility.” He specified that Mount Holyoke did not share the beliefs of all speakers of the Conference, but rather that it was an opportunity for students to hear different views and form their opinions accordingly.
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Richard Glenn Gettell
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1965
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English
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case05_votes_004
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Ossie Davis at Civil Rights Conference, February 12, 1965
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Actor-playwright Ossie Davis is shown speaking at the Civil Rights Conference in Mount Holyoke’s Chapin Auditorium. Political activists Malcolm X and Michael Harrington were scheduled to speak but did not arrive in time due to travel issues. Instead, Davis gave both of their speeches in addition to his own. One of the Amherst student organizers, Junius Williams, described the conference overall as “an incredible success.”<br /><br /><strong>Image Description</strong>: A man in a suit stands at an ornate podium on the stage of Chapin Auditorium. He smiles down at the crowd of students in their rows of chairs. Behind him to the left sits another suit-clad man in a high-backed chair. He wears glasses and clasps his hands in his lap, looking into the distance. To the right of the podium sits another high-backed chair. A folding table with microphones and a pitcher of water sits ready for panelists.
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February 12, 1965
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case05_votes_002
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https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/files/original/6808b162b59488b88cfeccfb2bf850d3.pdf
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Seminar Schedule from the Civil Rights Conference at Mount Holyoke, 1965
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In February of 1965, Mount Holyoke co-hosted a Civil Rights Conference alongside Amherst, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts. A variety of guest speakers attended the conference and gave lectures, including Dave Dennis, Howard Zinn, and Ossie Davis. The Conference was organized by students from the four colleges. They created the Conference because they believed that the “political, economic, and social areas into which the civil rights movement has expanded are so complex that it is necessary for people actively committed to civil rights to hear what some of the leaders in these newly opened areas have to say.”
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1965
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case05_votes_003
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Mount Holyoke and Amherst Students in Washington D.C., May 15, 1964
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A group of Mount Holyoke and Amherst students went to Washington D.C. to lobby for the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill. In this photo, they are shown with Senator Keating, a member of the House of Representatives. Keating was influential in enacting the Civil Rights Act of 1957.<br /><br /><strong>Image Description</strong>: <span style="font-weight:400;">A group of 15 well-dressed students, mostly women, stand in a semi-circle in the midst of an ornate room. Senator Bill Keating stands in the center in a full suit. In the foreground of the photo various coats and a purse are visible on a glossy table.</span>
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May 15, 1964
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case05_votes_001
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Susan Higinbotham Holocombe ‘62, Co-Founder of the Committee on Civil Rights
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votes_additional_10
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Karen Loeb Sharpe ‘67, Co-Chairman of the Civil Actions Group
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votes_additional_07
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Anne Martin Williams ‘62, Co-Founder of the Committee on Civil Rights
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votes_additional_08
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Louise DeCosta Wides ‘62, Co-Founder of the Committee on Civil Rights
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votes_additional_14
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Marion Fitch Connell ‘62, Co-Founder of the Committee on Civil Rights
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votes_additional_12
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https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/files/original/5ad7cf4727485186def13117dd2b15a2.pdf
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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“Miss Woolley on Women’s Ballot” Tract, ca. 1905-1906
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The Political Equality Series (alternatively Political Equality Leaflets) were single-page tracts published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) for public education on the topic of women’s suffrage. The tracts were often excerpts from longer speeches by notable activists and politicians. This particular leaflet features a portion of Mount Holyoke President Mary Woolley’s opening remarks given in 1906 at the 38th NAWSA Convention in honor of Susan B. Anthony. Notorious for her own involvement in the women’s education movement, Woolley acknowledges Anthony’s influence on the rights of women educators.
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Mary Woolley
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
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1905-1906
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Paper
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English
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Pamphlet
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case06_votes_001
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https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/files/original/45373db51ee9693ffed129bc70ae712e.pdf
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https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/files/original/e821bd5860acf4f79ee30e7f7c0026c7.pdf
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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“Women in Politics” article sent to The Boston Globe, July 25, 1919
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On July 27, 1919, prominent Massachusetts women, including Mount Holyoke President Mary Woolley, were published in the Boston Globe feature “Sister is Primping for the Ballot Box Party” to explain what they thought would happen when women secured the vote. By June 1919, the Nineteenth Amendment had already passed through the House and Senate and its future was in the hands of the states; Massachusetts was the eighth to ratify on June 25. Although women’s suffrage would not become law until August 1920, Woolley presumably wrote this article in July 1919 in defense of states which had already ratified and to encourage other states to follow suit. Expecting that with the right preparation, women would be better suited to politics than men, Woolley opined “[t]here is no reason why Massachusetts women should not be ready for their new responsibility and privilege of citizenship.”
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Mary Woolley
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Boston Globe
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July 25, 1919
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Newspaper
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English
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case06_votes002
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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<h4><b>Class of 1897 </b><b><i>Llamarada</i></b></h4>
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The class of 1897’s yearbook includes a record of events from March 1896 to February 1897. The pages for October and November chronicle the various events that occurred during the mock election for the “suffrage question,” which was introduced at a meeting on October 14th and decided by vote on November 5th, the same day in which the general population cast their ballots. These pages also mention a Junior-Sophomore cake walk on October 22 with a racist theme, reflecting the normalization of these ideas within an overwhelmingly white administration and student body.<br /><br /><a href="https://compass.fivecolleges.edu/object/mtholyoke:47821" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Explore the full yearbook text here.</a>
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Mount Holyoke College
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1897
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Yearbook
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rg34-s03-y1897
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https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/files/original/cab23f6fa8377f85905e2f816383ae56.pdf
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Oct 21: There is a great deal of interest here now in the Woman Suffrage question. You know the people here in Mass. are going to vote as to the advisability of giving the municipal suffrage to women and letting her vote on all city matter as well as the school question. The girls’ colleges are taking it up and are going to vote on it in a mock election. At Wellesley & Smith they are in favor of it. Here they are pretty fairly divided but the majority seems to be opposed. We have divided into two parties and elected leaders. They have made me leader of one side and guess which side I am on. The side in favor. What does papa think of having a Woman’s Rights daughter. The campaign is going to be lots of fun and I think we will at least learn what it means. (Pages 4-5)<br /><br />Oct 27: Our side for Woman’s Suffrage held the rally on Saturday night. The speeches were very good and we had some patriotic songs. The other side will hold forth next Wednesday night and then we have a joint debate on Saturday night. The voting in Massachusetts comes a week from Tuesday, that is on Nov. 5. and we are going to vote then on the question. (Page 2)<br /><br />Nov 9: We had a great deal of excitement last week over the Woman Suffrage question. We had a very exciting debate on the subject Saturday night and all the good arguments were on our side - for it. But when the ballots were counted Tuesday night, for we had a regular election, the vote stood 185 No & 114 Yes. At Wellesley the majority were in favor. Of course the majority in the state went against. (Pages 8-9)
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Matilda Calder, Class of 1896, Letters to family, October-November 1895
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Matilda mentions the school-wide suffrage vote in three of her letters home in the fall of 1895. In the letter dated October 21, she announces that she will lead the pro-suffrage faction and gauges her family’s opinion by asking, “what does papa think of having a Woman’s Rights daughter.” In her next letter, she talks about the pro-suffrage rally: “our side for Woman's Suffrage held the rally on Saturday night. The speeches were very good and we had some patriotic songs.” On November 9, she announces her faction’s defeat, but believes that “all the good arguments were on our side” during the debate that took place on the weekend before the vote.
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Matilda Calder
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October 21, 1895; October 27, 1895; November 9, 1895
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Paper, ink, pencil
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English
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Letter
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case04_votes_008
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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Various Pro-Suffrage Booklets, ca. 1890-1910
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These flyers are an example of propaganda distributed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). In addition to pro-suffrage arguments, they addressed topics such as arguments of anti-suffrage organizations, benefits experienced in states where women voted, and contemporary politicians’ views on suffrage. The book “Woman Suffrage: Arguments and Results” is a compilation of eight of the NAWSA’s most popular booklets, produced to conveniently cover “practically the entire field of suffrage claims and evidence.” Interested citizens could purchase a sample of Political Equality leaflets for 10¢ (equivalent to about $3 in 2019) and a copy of the bound booklets for 25¢ (equivalent to about $8 in 2019), making them a relatively accessible source of information on the suffrage movement.
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Various
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
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1890-1910
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Alice Stone Blackwell, Anna Cadogan Etz, Susan W. Fitzgerald, Mary A. Livermore
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Paper
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English
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Pamphlet
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Mount Holyoke Votes
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The History of Student Voting Rights Activism
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Gabrielle Spano '21, Ellie Norman '20, and Eva Jeffers '20
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">As I have never heard a good speech for woman suffrage and have never studied the question carefully, I do not feel that I could argue in favor of it intelligently. Therefore I will set forth to the best of my ability the views of those who oppose this extension of the suffrage to women.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Both sides are working for the same end, but their means differ widely. The anti-suffragists, like those who want the suffrage extended, say that they are working for better states, and for better conditions of living. The suffragist would improve conditions by obtaining the right to vote and then by making new laws. The anti-suffragist would try to secure better conditions by improving the units of society and by educating the people.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Looking into the past, the anti-suffragist declares that women have not made any particularly good use of the suffrage rights which they have had; and where women have full suffrage right snow, conditions are not improved. Massachusetts women have had the right to vote on educational matters since 1879. Our anti-suffragist naturally does not mention any good which she has done there. The English militant suffragettes march about the streets with banners saying that they wish to serve, but they do not take the opportunity of serving their country by using their right to vote on questions of education, and poor-house regulations, and such things. In states where suffrage has been granted to women they have lost their intent or have failed to secure improved conditions by their vote. When suffrage was granted to the women of Chicago, only a comparatively small percent voted. In cities in California, bills for improved hygienic and educational conditions have been voted down with the women having a right to vote for them. From all this, the anti-suffragist concludes that the system does not, in practice, do what it is expected to accomplish. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The suffragist claims to be working for the rights of the tax-paying woman, for the rights of the woman in industry, and for the improvement of the bad condition of society. The anti-suffragist says that no great help for the injustice and wrongs in these cases can come through the ballot. If women vote, the cost of elections will be much increased. Then taxes will be higher. The wages of the woman in industry are not equal to those of the man in suffrage states. Furthermore, the anti-suffragist argues that society cannot be rid of its evils through legislation. They contend that conditions will be improved in all these things, only when women use their influence for good and their efforts for the education of the people</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The anti-suffragist again says that granting the suffrage to woman would mean a social revolution such as would cost the world much more than could possibly be gained from it. All the old social and political life would be changed with the women voting. Where full suffrage has been granted to women up to this time, the population is comparatively small. The big cities would present a much more difficult problem, if the change were made there. The suffragist claims to be working for the advancement of woman. The opposition says that woman under the present social regime has advanced as much as man who has had the ballot; so, what is the use of going to the trouble of changing our whole social and political scheme of life?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">I have given briefly a few of the arguments which are used in opposing the extension of the suffrage to women. In short, the aim of those who take this stand seems to be to improve existing social conditions without changing the present political status of women. Time alone can tell us whether or not their arguments will have weight with the people. </span></p>
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Jeannette Bickford, Class of 1918, Anti-Suffrage essay, November 13, 1914
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Jeannette wrote “Reasons for the Opposition of the Further Extension of the Suffrage,” for her English I class. Because she has not been fully convinced by any of the pro-suffrage arguments she has heard, she explores the logic behind the anti-suffrage position. Anti-suffragists opposed women’s suffrage for various reasons, but Jeannette focuses on their arguments that there are more effective ways to change society than the vote, that “society can not be rid of its evils through legislation,” and the belief held by many “Antis” that “granting the suffrage to woman would mean a social revolution such as would cost the world much more than could possibly be gained from it.” Comments and corrections are written in pencil throughout the essay, presumably from Jeannette’s English professor. They also give an evaluation of the assignment as a whole: “a clear presentation of one side of the question.”
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Jeannette Bickford
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November 13, 1914
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Paper, ink
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English
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case04_votes_011