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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08963 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason |
| Date | ca. 1915 |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | List of arguments for why women should be allowed to vote, including "Because women must obey the laws just as men do, They should vote equally with men. Because women pay taxes just as men do, thus supporting the government, They should vote equally with men. Because women suffer from bad government just as men do...Because women are citizens of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, and women are people, they should vote equally with men." |
| Subjects | Progressive Era Government and Civics Suffrage Women's History Election Law Taxes or Taxation US Constitution |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| 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 |