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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC08962
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1910s
Title	Plain Facts for the Working Man
Date	ca. 1910
Document Type	Broadside
Content Description	Encouraging working men to vote for women's suffrage. Argues that letting their wives vote will improve their own situation. States that the wife, who has so many responsibilities, can better take care of the home and the family, if she has the vote.
Subjects	Progressive Era Government and Civics Suffrage Women's History Election
Place written	Plainfield, New Jersey
Theme	Government & Politics; Women in American History
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide PLAIN FACTS FOR THE WORKING MAN You know that your vote helps you to get better working conditions. Why? Because it helps elect to office the men who can get you what you want. If you were to die to-morrow and your wife or daughters had to work, they would need the vote for the same reasons. You love your family, but you are away all day at work and your wife looks after the children and the home. Think what happens when the food supply has not been properly inspected, when there is cheating in weights and measures and in the quality of goods. Your earnings are wasted. Think what happens when there are not enough schools or playgrounds. Your children go without education and play in the crowded streets. Think what happens when housing laws are bad, and streets are filthy and milk isn't pure. Your babies sicken and die. Think what happens when dance halls and theatres are not decent, and when unlawful sale of "dope" is carried on. Your boys and girls are in danger of going wrong. Remember you haven't time to look after all these things, and your wife's complaints to the City departments that control them, do no good because she hasn't the vote. And don't forget there are more working people in this State than any other kind. When you let the women vote, you will double your power for getting what you need. THINK IT OVER and Vote for the Woman Suffrage Amendment NEW JERSEY WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Headquarters: 309 Park Avenue, Plainfield N.W.S. Publishing Co., Inc.

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