WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND THE SOUTH
Woman Suffrage And The South ARKANSAS was the first of the Southern States to make any concession to equal suffrage. It could not, without amending its constitution, grant full suffrage to women,...
...This tendency will undoubtedly be reflected in the House of Representatives at Washington, which now has in hand the matter of submitting the so-called Susan B. Anthony amendment, and the suffrage managers have reason, because of this fact, to be more confident of an early and favorable decision than ever before...
...If women in the United States are ever to be granted a full measure of justice, now, when men are striving to preserve old, and to establish new and higher, standards of morals and equity, is the time.—Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 1918...
...There is no purely domestic question of greater moment than this now awaiting decision in the United States...
...That is, it granted the right of voting in the primary election for all local and state officers, for members of the Legislature, for members of Congress, and for presidential electors, to women...
...Arkansas is a one-party state, and a nomination on the Democratic ticket is, almost invariably, tantamount to an election, to that, in being privileged to vote on nomination, the Arkansas women really have a broader scope for the exercise of the franchise than have the women of Illinois...
...It could not, without amending its constitution, grant full suffrage to women, but it went as far as its organic law permitted...
...With the future of prohibition practically assured, the submission of the equal suffrage amendment becomes an urgent necessity, if for no other reason than that its proper disposition will remove from the political as well as the legislative arena a question that is now, as it has long been, the source of unnecessary and profitable controversy and contention...
...Last month Texas, which is more southern than Arkansas, enacted a similar law, and this is very important as indicating a new tendency on the part of states that have formerly been solidly against suffrage...
...There are many and better reasons why political equality should be granted women in the United States, but, considering the present situation, this ought to be sufficiently cogent to convince thoughtful people of the need of prompt and positive action...
Vol. 10 • May 1918 • No. 5
