Word: suffragist
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. Lady Constance Lytton, 54, militant suffragist and daughter of the first Earl of Lytton at London. She was imprisoned four times for her militant activities, twice went on a hunger strike, was forcibly...
Jane Addams, the noted settlement worker and suffragist, will speak tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union on "Disarmament", under the auspices of the Student Liberal Club. The meeting, at whic Prefosser Francis B. Sayre '12 will preside, will be open to members of the Union and of the Student Liberal Club...
...universally admitted that "government without the consent of the governed" is no longer practical in an enlightened community; and in a democracy universal suffrage is the result of the conviction that the interests of every citizen should be equally represented in government. What our anti-suffragist friends have failed to see is that elections are always expressions of opinions as to interests, both public and private, rather than an actual recording of such interests. If elections always determined the real interests of the majority we should never see corrupt and inefficient public officials, bad laws, and bad governments and disastrous...
Miss Addams is well known as a lecturer and writer on social and political reforms. She is president of the National Woman's Peace Party, and an active suffragist, having had much to do with winning the vote for the women of Illinois. Among her works are "Democracy and Social Ethics," "Newer Ideals of Peace," "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil," and "The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets...
Miss Addams is commonly called "the first woman citizen of America". She is a well-known writer and lecturer on social and political reforms. She is president of the Woman's Peace Party, and a prominent suffragist. Among her best known works are "Democracy and Social Ethics," "Newer Ideals of Peace," "The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets," and "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil...