Title
Pamphlet : Suffrage and anti-suffrage; a woman worker's appeal. 1909
Description
Reprinted from The National Review, 52, January 1909.
Simkins makes the argument that it would be unfair to place the additional burden of voting on working women: "A twenty years experience of steady work has led her to the conclusion that it will be a cruelty to impose on women of her class the triple burden of wage-earning, housekeeping, and political responsibility. What such women workers want when their present double task is accomplished is not political excitement, but rest and quiet."
Simkins makes the argument that it would be unfair to place the additional burden of voting on working women: "A twenty years experience of steady work has led her to the conclusion that it will be a cruelty to impose on women of her class the triple burden of wage-earning, housekeeping, and political responsibility. What such women workers want when their present double task is accomplished is not political excitement, but rest and quiet."
Date
1909
Subject
Anti-suffrage
Anti-suffrage literature
Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Women--Employment--Great Britain
Women--Social conditions
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Anti-suffrage literature
Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Women--Employment--Great Britain
Women--Social conditions
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Creator
Simkins, Maud Ellen
Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Publisher
Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Format
7 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1909.05
Original Format
Pamphlets
Physical Dimensions
22 x 14 cm.
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