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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
5
A fragment discussing Wyoming as the first to grant equal suffrage and noting slow progress to expand rights by 1900. It argues that nearby states adopted reform, cites Canada and Australia, and mentions the push for a federal Equal Suffrage Amendment requiring votes in the Lower House and Senate.
Fragmented text discusses the tie between woman suffrage and prohibition, claiming suffrage aids enforcing prohibition and urging support for a May 24 push. References to temperance groups, anti saloon sentiments, and wartime rhetoric appear in garbled excerpts about public sentiment and political tactics.
The article lists major women's groups and notes 385 000 Texas women registered to vote last summer in 16 days. It argues antis highlight poll tax issues while ignoring there was no primary this year and thus nothing to vote for.
A discussion on how women with the ballot have influenced lawmaking in education child protection labor morals and the home. It notes Colorado as a leader in child welfare laws after twenty five years of equal suffrage and cites the Interparliamentary Union praising Colorado's laws as progressive and humane. The piece argues suffrage has not harmed families or caused divorces and highlights the spread of woman suffrage from the Pacific to the Mississippi and toward Texas in May.
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