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Do you think this passage is related to any of the reform movements, such as prohibition or prostitution? Perhaps many women at the time felt that if they focused to much on women's suffrage, the issues that were important to them would be left behind. Do you think that some women believed in women's suffrage, but did not think it was worth fighting for because it would hinder other important issues? - John Rowley | Do you think this passage is related to any of the reform movements, such as prohibition or prostitution? Perhaps many women at the time felt that if they focused to much on women's suffrage, the issues that were important to them would be left behind. Do you think that some women believed in women's suffrage, but did not think it was worth fighting for because it would hinder other important issues? - John Rowley | ||
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| + | I still find it kind of odd that a woman would write something such as this. I suppose it is because we have grown up in a time where we can vote. Although she does have a point that the woman can have an effect as a mother on how her children would vote. This comes back to the idea that it’s the woman’s job to raise good citizens. Like Megan W. I feel like it is very unlikely that she would have much effect on her husband’s vote. –Megan Mc | ||
== Julie Roy Jeffrey, “Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement,” in the Introduction to ''The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Anti-slavery Movement'', 1998. == | == Julie Roy Jeffrey, “Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement,” in the Introduction to ''The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Anti-slavery Movement'', 1998. == | ||
