Word: womens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...BROOKINGS and V. S. THOMAS.Best general references: Dr. M. P. Jacobi, "Common Sense," applied to Woman Sense about Women; Geo. Wm. Curits, Equal Rights of Women; Julia Ward Howe, T. W. Higginson, Lucy Stone, Eliz. Cady Stanton, and Wendell Phillips, in No. Am. Rev., CXXIX, 413-446 (Nov. 1879); Geo. F. Hoar, in Century, XLVIII, 605-612 (Aug. 1894); Forum, XVIII...
...Women Suffrage is equitable; accords with the principles of republican government. - (a) The best government comes from the consent of the governed. - (2) Women are citizens of the U. S. in all but right to vote: U. S. Rev. States. SS 1992-1994. - (b) "Taxation without representation is tyranny." - (1) Women own property as well as men. - (c) The ballot is the only efficient protection to a person's interests. - (1) Women not represented by men: Geo. Wm. Curtis, 8-13; Sumner, Speech March March...
...Demanded by women: Gen. ref. and Arena, XI, 353-362 (Feb. 1895), - (a) Movement led by representative women. - (b) Fact that many women oppose is no objection. - (1) All reforms are met by opposition at first. - (2) Movement growing rapidly: Dr. M. P. Jacobi...
...will benefit the government both in - (1) Administration and in - (2) Elections: Dr. M. P. Jacobi, 165-197. - (a) It brings in new abilities. - (b) It brings in a conservative element, viz., that of the home. - (c) It purifies politics. - (1) Women pay more attention to morals. - (2) Have higher sense of honor. - (3) Not led by impulse, e.g., their overthrow of Populists in Kansas. - (d) Accords with general movement of suffrage, viz., greater numbers brings broader point of view...
...Woman's suffrage is not necessary. - (a) Women's interests are already well represented. Their interests, though equal to men's are not identical with them. - (b) The majority of women do not want it: Nineteenth Century, XXV, 281-285. - (1) Advocated by a few zealots. - (2) Where privilege exists it is little used...