Politics & Government
'Why Women Should Vote'
This pamphlet was part of the Political Equality Series that was published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1905.
October 1, 2020
“Why Women Should Vote”
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Political Equality Series, vol. 1 no. 8, ca. 1905
With Election Day next month, we thought October was a fitting time to share a suffrage pamphlet as our collection spotlight. Titled “Why Women Should Vote,” it was written by Alice Stone Blackwell, a prominent suffragist, feminist, and journalist. This pamphlet was part of the Political Equality Series that was published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1905.
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It listed sixteen reasons why women should be granted the right to vote, including the following: because laws unjust to women would be amended more quickly, because it would help those women who need help the most, and because woman's ballot would make it harder for notoriously bad candidates to be nominated or elected. Women received the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, fifteen years after the publication of this pamphlet.
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