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Alice Stone Blackwell argues that the issues of whether women should have the right to vote and whether they should work outside of the home are separate and unrelated. She also makes the point that the most successful governments are controlled by…

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Alice Stone Blackwell compiles statements made by prominent legal authorities to refute the facts and assertions made in the book "The Ladies' Battle", written by author and anti-suffragist, Molly Elliott Seawell.

The National American Woman…

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Reprinted from The Woman's Journal, Obenchain counters the anti-suffrage argument that the average American woman does not care about the right to vote by declaring that progress relies on a small group of people who set aside the opinions of…

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Frances Squire Potter, author, educator and lecturer, refutes two common anti-suffrage arguments. The first, that equal suffrage is not a pressing need, to which she answers that granting women's suffrage will make addressing other issues "easier and…

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Alice Stone Blackwell addresses the idea that if women were granted the right to vote, they should also be able to fight as a soldier or a police officer. She argues that a significant portion of men are neither soldier or police officer, but still…

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Brief article about the amount of women who want the right to vote versus those who are opposed. The author argues that the number of women opposed to the woman suffrage amendment is larger than those who support the amendment.

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News article about a speech to the Monday Afternoon Club in Binghamton by members of the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Speakers included Alice Hill Chittenden, Mrs. George Douglas Miller, and Mayor of Binghamton, John J.…

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Editorial refuting the pro-suffrage idea that women are inferior to men and should be granted the right to vote to gain equality with men. The author argues that most women do not consider themselves inferior, but rather acknowledged and respected as…

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News article about a speech made by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale at the First Congregational Church in Bay City, Michigan. The article emphasizes her statements regarding anti-suffrage organization.

The second article is part of a statement by…

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Feature article about a woman named Maria Warner, also known as "Sally Piper" of Binghamton, New York, who was opposed to women's suffrage.
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