Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment, by
by Carrie Chapman Catt
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About this eBook
- Compiler
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
- Title
- Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment
- Credits
- Produced by Audrey Longhurst, S.R.Ellison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- KF: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: United States
- Subject
- Women -- Suffrage -- United States
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 13568
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13568
- Release Date
- October 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.WOMAN SUFFRAGE BY FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT — THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO
- 2.INTRODUCTION
- 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS — CHAPTER II 12 — CHAPTER III 21 — CHAPTER IV 36 — CHAPTER V 55 — CHAPTER VI 69
- 4.CHAPTER I — 1. KEEPING PACE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES DEMANDS IT. — 2. EQUAL RIGHTS DEMANDS IT. — 3. RELIEF FROM UNJUST CONSTITUTIONAL OBSTRUCTIONS DEMANDS IT. — 4. PROTECTION FROM INADEQUATE ELECTION LAWS DEMANDS IT. — 5. EQUAL STATUS OF MEN AND WOMEN VOTERS DEMANDS IT. — 6. NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF QUESTION DEMANDS IT. — 7. TREATMENT OF QUESTION DEMANDS INTELLIGENCE.
- 5.CHAPTER II.
- 6.CHAPTER III.
- 7.CHAPTER IV.
- 8.CHAPTER V.
- 9.CHAPTER VI — I. STATES RIGHTS. THIS OBJECTION IS URGED BY ALL OPPONENTS OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE, BUT IS EITHER A BARRICADE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM THE NECESSITY OF EXPOSING THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NO REASONS, OR IS A PLAY TO POSTPONE WOMAN SUFFRAGE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. BY A FEW IT IS URGED CONSCIENTIOUSLY AND WITH CONVICTION. — II. SOUTHERN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS VERY GENERALLY URGE THAT THEY OPPOSE THE FEDERAL AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT WILL CONFER THE VOTE UPON THE NEGRO WOMEN OF THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES; AND THAT THAT WILL INTERFERE WITH WHITE SUPREMACY IN THE SOUTH. — III. WOMEN DO NOT WANT TO VOTE AND HENCE IT IS UNFAIR TO THRUST THE VOTE UPON THEM BY FEDERAL AMENDMENT. — IV. CONSTITUENCY HAS INSTRUCTED AGAINST SUFFRAGE. — VII. PROHIBITION HAS OUTSTRIPPED SUFFRAGE, THEREFORE SUFFRAGE SENTIMENT IS LESS STRONG.
- 10.APPENDIX A
- 11.APPENDIX B
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