Alice Wadsworth, Memorial from Alice Wadsworth of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (1917)
“ For MAN-POWER in Government, believing that Democracy must be STRONG to be SAFE. For the PRESERVATION of the established foundations of the American Republic as a Model for the World. For the ENFORCEMENT of the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT of each State to settle the question of Woman Suffrage for Itself. ”
Alice Wadsworth, Memorial from Alice Wadsworth of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (1917)
“ The proposed Federal suffrage amendment positively destroys the right of the people to vote on the question of woman suffrage, as provided for in their State Constitutions, and allows woman suffrage to be forced on unwilling States by the Legislatures of other States. ”
Alice Wadsworth, Memorial from Alice Wadsworth of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (1917)
“ Three times, (in Montana, Nevada and New York) it carried as the direct result of the increased socialist vote. This fact has been demonstrated mathematically. Will you not defend the Constitution, your party platform and the rights of the people, rather than surrender to the futile threats and impotent dictation of the Woman Suffrage Machine and the Socialists, who are seeking this amendment precisely because they are not strong enough to carry woman suffrage in the majority of the States by popular vote? Respectfully yours, President. ”
