HOME AND EDUCATION
Hunt, Caroline L. & Follette, Belle Case La
HOME AND EDUCATION The home is the real seat of government, and the Wise Men of all nations bring their gifts to the cradle Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT Women and the...
...If I can keep the home clean and pure, why should I not also have a hand in making the nation like the home...
...The time is coming when we shall look upon the woman as we do upon the man who fails to do his public duty...
...But is there a woman who loves her country and humanity, who has not at some time wished she had the right to vote...
...There are very few women who cannot give a few minutes a day to the important questions of our government and thus make themselves better comrades to their husbands and children and more valuable members of society...
...7) Is it respectable to take part in politics...
...I do my duty while the child is in the home, but how long is he there...
...Our sons and daughters would be better equipped to go out into the world, if along with their home religious training, they are trained in civic and national affairs...
...Why not in politics...
...5) What do women know about politics...
...1) Why should I vote...
...HOME AND EDUCATION The home is the real seat of government, and the Wise Men of all nations bring their gifts to the cradle Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT Women and the Ballot By MRS...
...How many women there are who support their fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers...
...Women overflow with patriotism but their hands are tied...
...Is it not true that the better the men who make our laws the better are the laws...
...3) Have I time to bother with politics...
...How many of us would neglect our homes because we have the right to vote...
...According to this report of the Commissioner of Education, women would cast a more intelligent vote than men...
...By all means let us have a chance to help make them so clean that I may go to the voting booth without feeling that it is no place for a woman...
...It does not take long to go to the polls and cast our votes...
...Her broad views and wide outlook are based on familiarity with politics incident to her husband's identity with the progressive movement in Wisconsin, and his public service in Congress.—b...
...A woman working for a salary must often feel that she ought to receive the same pay as a man, for the same work equally well done...
...You say my duty is in the home, and I can use my good influence there...
...The ballot will make women more broad minded and womanly...
...From out of the slums mothers are calling to us for help...
...As for our ceasing to be respected if we vote, that is disproved by the fact that the women in the states where Equal Suffrage now exists, demand even greater respect than before...
...The high schools of almost every state in the Union are graduating more girls than boys—often twice or three times as many...
...It is the duty of every woman to take an interest in Suffrage just as much as it is the duty of every man to vote...
...Now that the bill for Equal Suffrage has been submitted to the voters of the State of Wisconsin, shall we not lay aside all prejudice and ask ourselves these questions...
...Was not the government instituted by God...
...of the prisoners...
...Women's help is invaluable in all other institutions of life...
...What do we think of the man who is not interested enough in his country to use his vote for his welfare...
...The ballot will make women more broad-minded and womanly...
...Judge Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile Court says that Colorado has the most advanced laws of any state in the Union for the care and protection of the home and the children and these laws in his opinion would not exist if it were not for the powerful influence of Woman Suffrage...
...Does patriotism apply only to our boys...
...I have been intrusted with a most sacred and responsible duty, that of bearing children and preparing them for life...
...4) Will the good woman take part in politics...
...Thus Equal Suffrage would also increase the moral and law-abiding vote very much...
...6) Should women hold office...
...They must obey the same laws, pay the same taxes, and should they not have the right with the other half of the population to vote as to the laws and as to the amount expended for taxes...
...2) Can I do any good with my vote...
...Nowhere in Scripture are we forbidden to take part therein...
...A man, not a Wisconsin man however, once asked me, "Would you, a woman of your standing, take part in politics...
...Why should women who have the leisure and the desire not hold office...
...In reply I said: "If politics are so corrupt that women must not take part, will it not also have a corrupting influence on my husband and son...
...Statistics show that in the prisons of the United States as a whole, including those for all kinds of offenses, women constitute only five and a half per cent...
...By a great many of us this question of Equal Suffrage has not been given a thought...
...JOHN M. NELSON Editorial Note.— It is a pleasure to give our readers this thoughtful discussion of suffrage by a woman of rare personality, devoted to home and family...
...Are we not as anxious as the men about the welfare of our country in which our children are to live...
...In the states where women now vote, they have brought about splendid results...
...C. l. THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT of to-day is a wider movement for Democracy and the Woman Suffrage Movement is but part of it...
...It is the good woman, ever zealous for that which is good, and interested in humanity, who is at the head of this movement and feels the need of this weapon—the ballot...
...Equal Suffrage would increase the proportion of educated voters...
...twenty was that a politician could not be a Christian, no, not even a good man...
...And half an hour a day spent in reading and discussing political questions would not only be a rest but an education...
...Are not the American women equally intelligent and as well fit to rule...
...The impression my parents and associates gave me before I was WHAT A FEW MINUTES A DAY WILL DO "There are very few women who cannot give a few minutes a day to the important questions of our government and thus make themselves better comrades to their husbands and children and more valuable members of society...
...If I can do good in my home, why can I not do good in my town, state and nation...
...How can I protect him from the unwholesome condition and evil influences outside, unless I have a voice in making the laws which are to protect him...
...But you say a man has a family to support...
...8) Will the home be neglected...
...Women form one-half of the population...
...For exactly the same reason that a man votes and for even a better reason...
...Well, if it is not, it ought to be...
...Yes, but why not help the woman who has not that power...
...We women constitute one-half of the population and does not the government belong to us as well...
...Queens have ruled and ruled well...
...Are we not bearing our share of the burdens...
Vol. 3 • September 1911 • No. 35
