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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1881
Page
8
A column reprints official notes from the state central committee of the Indiana Woman Suffrage Association outlining aims, updates, and actions in support of voting rights for women.
Dr Mary F Thomas President Richmond Mrs M K M Price Secretary Kokomo Mrs I Me Adkinson Corresponding Secretary Indianapolis Miss Maury Taylor Treasurer Crawfordsville State Central Committee Mrs Mary B Raggart Indianapolis NawZ Wallace Treasurer Indianapolis Mrs May Wright Reeves Indianapolis Dr Mary Thomas Richmond Miles Mary D Naylor Crawfordsville Mrs Florence M Adkinson Corresponding Secretary Indianapolis First District Not filled Second District Not filled Third Not filed Fourth Not filled Fifth Mrs M Ik Bante Franklin Sixth Mrs L N Boyd Dublin Seventh Mrs G W Merritt Indianapolis Eighth Mrs Dr M L White Crawfordville Ninth Mrs Helen B M Gougar Lafayette Tenth Not filled Eleventh Mrs A F Armstrong Kokomo Twelfth Not filled Thirteen Not filed
A public letter to Indiana readers argues that the republic cannot endure with male monopoly on power. It quotes Judge Story on women's right to suffrage and warns that denying half the population their vote undermines republican principles.
In this invective plea a Indiana speaker argues the ballot is the people's tool and women must be enfranchised to prevent an oligarchy. The appeal cites Jefferson and the U S Constitution while urging Indianapolis reformers to contact F M Adkinson and push ratification through the legislature.
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