Do you, as a woman, want to vote? Some prominent women of America answer the question., 1911

DOCU-1896-02 Do you as a woman want to vote.JPG

Title

Do you, as a woman, want to vote? Some prominent women of America answer the question., 1911

Description

Published in the Ladies' Home Journal in 1911, this survey of prominent women of the time indicates that the women interviewed were largely opposed to woman suffrage. The magazine was on record in opposition to women's right to vote.
Women quoted include former First Lady Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, wife of President Harrison; Mrs. Francis W. Goodard, President of the Colonial Dames of Colorado; Anna Roosevelt Cowles, sister of President Teddy Roosevelt, cousin to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and distant cousin to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; and Agnes Irwin, former Dean of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA.
The collection includes two copies of this publication.

Date

1911-01-19

Subject

Anti-suffrage
Women--Suffrage--United States
National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of ColoradoNational Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Colorado
New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
National League for the Civic Education of Women

Creator

Ladies' Home Journal

Format

1 p.

Language

English

Identifier

ALMS.1896.02

Original Format

Clippings (information artifacts)

Physical Dimensions

41 cm.

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