ÒVotes for Women! The WomanÕs Reason BecauseÉÓ [Broadside.]

Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government.

Verlag: Boston: The Libbie Printing Co. [n.d., ca. 1915-1919].

Beschreibung

The broadside presents ten arguments for why women should have the right to vote, including Òbecause women have to obey the laws just as men do, they should vote equally with menÓ and Òbecause women pay taxes just as men do, thus supporting the government, they should vote equally with men.Ó Other arguments include the fact that over five million women worked industrial jobs at the time, so they deserved a voice in improving workplace legislation; and that Òmothers need every help in making their childrenÕs environment good.Ó Broadside, 7 x 9 Ó. Green paper sheet printed in black. Uniform toning due to paper quality. Creased in the middle. With a small chip missing from one edge and a bit of discoloration at one edge. Small open tear (about 1Ó), not affecting legibility. Housed in a modern black wooden frame (10 x 12Ó). Two small pieces of tape (about Ó) on verso. A very good copy of a scarce and fragile item. Probably printed ca. 1915-1919. The Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government (BESAGG) campaigned for womenÕs suffrage between 1901 and 1920. In 1915, a state constitutional amendment that would have given women the right to vote in Massachusetts failed, and this broadside may have been printed in the wake of the failure. The BESAGG was founded by Maud Wood Park,ÊPauline Agassiz Shaw, andÊMary Hutcheson Page. Shaw also founded the College Equal Suffrage League, and both organizations targeted younger women who were more aggressive in their tactics. The BESAGG took inspiration from the Pankhurst in England and hosted impromptu public demonstrations, recruited members from their workplaces in factories, and sold pro-suffrage newspapers on the street with newsboys. The organization also successfully campaigned for the defeat of two anti-suffrage state senators in Massachusetts. In 1920, the organization became the Boston League of Women Voters. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 17617

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Titel: ÒVotes for Women! The WomanÕs Reason ...

Verlag: Boston: The Libbie Printing Co. [n.d., ca. 1915-1919].