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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1898
Page
4
A broad speech rally highlights Wyoming Colorado and Utah advocates for equal suffrage. Key speakers include Martha Hughes Cannon and Miss Anthony praise read a governor letter and predict more states adopting votes for women. The Utah experience cited as model for democracy and home life.
A morning form reports the Virginia legislature passed a bill permitting women to serve as notaries public and anticipates the governor will sign it. Mrs. Orra Loughorne celebrates this milestone as the first state office opened to women in Virginia. Miss Anthony and niece Miss Guelmare Léon Maker attend, as does Mary Hay in auctioning a large birthday cake to fund the suffrage cause.
Irvances I. Willard argues for women's suffrage, linking justice to taxation and governance. The piece cites moral, social, and legal gains from female voting, including protections for minors, temperance support, and multi-state progress from Wyoming to Idaho and New Zealand, urging parties to adopt ballots for women nationwide.
Carrie Chapman Catt argues the main obstacle is apathetic, fault-finding members within suffrage groups. She urges vigorous organization, fundraising, and disciplined effort, banishing the word can't and embracing eternal vigilance and unity.
A reader from Menlo Iowa writes to editor Des Moines State Register arguing against restricted voting rights and defending woman suffrage via examples in Wyoming Colorado and Iowa. He cites Wyoming’s 23 years of suffrage, debates over turnout, and urges equal treatment of voters regardless of gender.
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