The Truth About the Woman Votes and Voters
A historical survey collects women voters’ voices on suffrage in 1920s politics. It notes many supported Wilson for suffrage, others Hughes, highlighting belief in achievement over promise and party loyalties shaped by suffrage goals. Frances C. Axtell cited as a pioneering appointee stressing balanced male and female perspectives in governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Wilson
Hughes
National Suffrage Headquarters
Union
Kansas
New Jersey
Oregon
Atlantic City
Nevada
California
Murhes
Idaho
Winansing
Poindexter
George Cotterill
Congress
Western Woman Voter Analyzes Democratic Platform
Miss Anna Loulese Strong, a Pacific coast advocate, discusses why western women favored both major parties as similar in platform. She notes the Democratic candidate gained four years in the White House while the Republican candidate rested in conservative Supreme Court influence.
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Anna Loulese Strong
Pacific Coast
White House
Supreme Court
President Wilson congratulates North Dakota on suffrage bill
President Wilson sent a letter to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt praising North Dakota for passing a bill granting women the vote for presidential electors and municipal officers. He affirms support for extending suffrage and commends the step forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
North Dakota
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Mrs. Catt
Woodrow Wilson
Colorado Men Repudiate Anti-Suffrage Falsehoods
Denver business leaders including H. J. Phipe of First National Bank sign a statement defending woman suffrage and Colorado’s prosperity. The list of eighteen bankers and heads of major retailers plus educators and professionals emphasizes broad support for suffrage and its positive impact on the state.
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Colorado
Denver
H. J. Phipe
First National Bank
They Watch It Work Then They Vote It In
Equal suffrage states neighboring each other show that granting women the vote generally expands rights. Wyoming stood alone, but in most cases the original franchise was widened after adoption.
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Wyoming
Fingerprint System Supplants Bertillon in NYC Police
The New York City police bureau of criminal identification has expanded its fingerprint department, now housing over 190,000 impressions from the U S Canada and Europe. Under Inspector Faurot the bureau acts as a clearing house for other departments, classifying prints by whorls arches loops and deltas and maintaining extensive records for criminal identification.
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New York City
Faurot
New York
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Police
United States
Canada
Woods
Joseph A. Faurot
Grandmother Brundage Registers as Freshman at Kern High
Mrs. Mary Brundage, widow of late Superior Judge Bernard Brundage, age seventy five, is enrolled as a freshman at Kern County High School to study Spanish. She has several grandchildren already attending the school.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Mary Brundage
Bernard Brundage
Kern County
Eggs Too High Even for a Juggling Act
A vaudeville magician who performs the famous egg trick left his Chicago continuous show as egg prices rose. He breaks eighteen eggs per performance and, facing seven daily turns, calculated he would lose money at current egg prices by week’s end.
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Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anna Louise Strong
W. F. Bevering
Mrs. Peck
Inspector Joshril Faurot
Foster
Aontiveland
N. C. Anstead, Jeweler
Shaeffer and Waterman Fountain Pens
West Side Park
Fairfield, Iowa
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