My piece “Votes for Colonized Women” is up on the Process blog! What did the #19thamendment mean for women in the Caribbean and Pacific territories of the United States? Read about (else) who gets forgotten in #suffrage history. #afterthe19th
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#OTD press coverage of women voters for the 19th Amendment centennial. Sources: New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Chicago Defender, Detroit Free Press.
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P.S. With Katie graduated and the global pandemic, I am a bit behind on this project, but your daily historic newspaper coverage of women voters should be back again soon....
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It has been a pleasure and a privilege to teach and work with such a smart, capable, hard-working, and thoughtful student. I am sorry her senior years has been so disrupted, but excited to see all the good she is going to do in the world. Go Irish! 2/2
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Congratulations to Katie O’Sullivan, Class of 2020!
A year ago, I told Katie, an RA on my newspaper project & a student in my classes, about a crazy idea I had for a centennial Twitter account. Katie organized and managed and made a reality. 1/2
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This weekend I received the first copies of my book from ! I’ve been excited about this moment for a long time and the book looks even better than I could have imagined! #newbook #tbr #history #twitterstorians #womenshistory #19thAmendment #19that100 #votesforwomen
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“In the democracies of Western Europe, women vote almost exactly to the same extent that men do, but in this country the tendency in the past has been for many women to tell interviewers “I don’t pay much attention to politics, I leave that all to my husband.” (LAT 5/7/1952)
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“The ideal woman candidate chosen to cut Peterson down to size is 45 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weights 125 pounds and has “a very warm” smile. She is good looking but not spectacularly beautiful because “that might threaten the woman voter.“ (LAT 5/6/1979)
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“Women should make great politicians, they can forget a promise so quickly... The ready facility with which a woman invents a lie is only surpassed by how she covers it up... The man who will give credence to a woman’s word of honor is either an optimist or a fool.” (CD 5/5/1928)
"Whitney Young called on women today to take a leading role in eliminating prejudice. “If women want to prove they are not the weaker sex, they must take a bigger role in asserting their leadership abilities, particularly in civil rights programs," declared Young."(WaPo 5/4/1968)
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“Every now & then women rise up & show men how much power they have & what they can do. Twice within 15 years they have done the impossible, which is to amend the Constitution, once to put a ban on drink and drinking and the second time to get the right to vote.” (WaPo 5/3/1931)
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“Women Voters Plan Attack on Patronage at Council Meeting in Capital This Week” (NYT 5/2/1937)
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“Ms Sherwin told the President that “we admit the truth of the popular belief that in non-voting women are the worst offenders, but we venture to remind that the women of this generation have been born & brought up in a tradition of non-participation in government.”(NYT 5/1/1927)
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"But 1992, because of a unique confluence of circumstances and events, may be a watershed in their long struggle to attain more power in the male-dominated political world, leaders of women’s groups and political analysts say." (LAT 4/30/1992)
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"Though they constitute more than half the population, have been a major factor in the economy for decades & boast records of achievement in many fields, women have never constituted more than a sprinkling in Congress, governorships or leadership of the parties." (LAT 4/30/1992)
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“Politics Predict a Madame President… But Mrs. St. George had a few reservations, “I can visualize that day, but it’s a long way off. Unfortunately, as a general rule women are not the most popular candidates among women voters, but men still are among men.” (DFP 4/29/1964)
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Ah, the wisdom of #Mencken: women's suffrage would do "more damage than good." Seriously?!?
#Maryland #Baltimore #BaltimoreStrong #suffrage
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“Back in 1912 or thereabout, when all the professional uplifters of the US were whooping for women suffrage, I presumed to warn them that, once it came to be, it would do more damage than good. The soundness of that easy prophecy, I believe, is now manifest." (WaPo 4/25/1926)
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"Editor’s note: Women next week will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 19th amendment. Their participation in public life is now widely accepted that memories of what used to be grow dim. This story tells how women, who once were property, have become people.”(WaP 4/28/1940)
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“The egghead members of the League of Women Voters are far from fuzzy-minded. The delegates who took the floor at today’s session to talk about disarmament, farm policies, reapportionment and water resources spoke crisply, pithily and to the point.” (LA Times 4/27/1960)
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“The Constitution, social security and international peace will be subjects of intensive discussion at the biennial convention of the National league of Women Voters here this week. More than 800 delegates will open the 5 day meeting Monday.” (NYT 4/26/1936)
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"Dying at 50, for want of anything to do, the national Woman Suffrage Association bequeaths, through Mrs. Catt, a legacy of “problems” to the emancipated. They say that women are disappointed in politics; that they don’t get the fun out of it that men do..." (NYT 4/25/1925)
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Looking forward to watching! Catt was key to suffrage success...
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I’ve long wished for a documentary on Carrie Chapman Catt as suffrage leader—the strategist. Now there is one. And I got to make a contribution—alongside insightful powerhouses like @DianneGBystrom @marthasjones_ and @efweiss5.
Thank you @IowaPBS!
iowapbs.org/catt/story/363
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“Back in 1912 or thereabout, when all the professional uplifters of the US were whooping for women suffrage, I presumed to warn them that, once it came to be, it would do more damage than good. The soundness of that easy prophecy, I believe, is now manifest." (WaPo 4/25/1926)
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“Noting that “during the past 10 yrs the number of women in public office has declines,” Geri Joseph, vice shaman of the DNC, announced yesterday the formation of a 15-member committee to look into the reasons why more women aren’t candidates for elective posts.” (WaPo 4/24/1969)
“Politicians, like professors, have their absent minded moments. In the hand-shaking campaign he is waging against Joseph Tydings for the Democratic nomination for the US Senate, Maryland Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein has accidentally shaken Mrs. Tydings’ hand.” (WaPo 4/23/64)
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"Democrats Battle for Feminist Vote" Politics: Boxer says no man can represent a woman’s view as well as a woman. Davis hopes to defeat Feinstein in primary with his record on women’s issues. (LA Times 4/22/1992)
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“Women Voters’ Group Facing Showdown on Men” (NYT 4/21/1974)
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'“American Women,” said Mrs. Roosevelt, “are backward about taking a serous and active part in politics. They have the vote, they have the power, but they don’t seem to know what to do with it."' (NYT 4/20/1924)
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Detroit Free Press 4/19/1992
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“Democrats and Republicans report the interest in running for office is surging among women, and both parties are recruiting female candidates. Female voters outnumber men in the country, slough women rarely vote as a bloc.” (DFP 4/19/1992)
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“At a time when incumbent seems to be a dirty word, female candidates could thrive with the built-in advantage of being an outsider to the “old boys” in office, according to political analysts forever seeking the ideal candidate for the times.” (DFP 4/19/1992)
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"It is a mysterious thing - man’s fear of a woman politico. He will trust his son, his home, his fortune to his wife and his business to his secretary. But his political welfare must be in the hands of a man, even though the man be a swindler and scoundrel." (NYT 4/18/1943)
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"'Women should take a leaf from the men's book and consider their terms in State Legislature as training grounds for seats in Congress." Miss Martin said that to date no woman legislators had stepped from States Assemblys and senates into the national Congress." (WaPo 4/17/1948)
"Candidates' Speeches Can't Befuddle Women: Hearers Demand Definite Stands of Aspirants on Both Jobs and Issues" (LAT 4/16/1944)
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"Worse still, I am sorry to say, were the ladies. Two jovial young ladies perched near me ordered the conventional martinis. "Sorry, ladies, but I can't serve any until 10 o'clock. This is primary day." "What?" shrilled one. "What is primary day? This is terrible."
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"Thousands of New Yorkers are completely unconscious of the day when they are permitted to vote in the party primaries, and only become aware of it when they are deprived of their spirits - a major tragedy." (WaPo 4/15/1940)
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"In the 1942 election women cast 53% of all votes & likely retain the balance of power. However, unless women change, it will not necessary be a "woman's vote" that will decide issues since women are prone to follow the lead of their menfolk in voting." (LAT 4/14/1944)
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"The League is urging women to delve into politics on the basis of qualifications. In support, the board declares women have more idealism than men, they are not yet disillusioned, and through proper political training should be a potential force in public life." (WaPo 4/13/1927)
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"FOR FAMILY - Women are especially concerned about all matters affecting the sanctity and security of the home -- education and health rather than the balance of payments." (NYT 4/12/1964)
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"FLIRTS - Political Pros try hard to woo women into voting for them."
"UNFEMININE - Some women think politics dirty and prefer knitting."
"NO EXTREME - Few women voted Nazi or Fascist in prewar Europe."
(NYT 4/12/1964)
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"Women voters were warned to be critical of the emotional "baby-kissing" type of appeal aimed at them by politicians this year... [and to] "brush aside the window dressing and study the individual candidate's platform before pulling the voting lever." (NYT 4/11/1944)
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