Woman's Suffrage...an American Studies Project.

Ahh, this is not a new blog....that will come a little later tonight hopefully. BUT I just finished my speech and I decided to post it on here to see if it is any good. Comments please? I would be forever grateful! Keep in mind...I am supposed to be talking to Congress in 1917. :]

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Our country has been built upon revolutions and protests. There have been Women’s Suffrage movements for decades. The male population has mistreated women for generations.

The founding fathers of this country spoke of equality. Abraham Lincoln once said: “Ours is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Fifty years after those words were said Woodrow Wilson proclaimed to the world: “We are fighting for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts: for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own government.”

The famous quote: “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” Holds truth even in this situation today. Women are being taxed but we have no representation. New immigrants are allowed into this country every day and they HAVE representation but yet women, who have been here their entire lives, cannot? Women who teach young men everything they know, women who interpret law, women who work in our hospitals…do not have any representation in this country. In what way is that equality?

Did you know that there are 13 states where NO suffrage for women exists, and 14 others that suffrage for women is more limited than in foreign countries?

Did you stop to think when a man tells a woman to take her case to the state you in turn sending us to BEG men who, in some cases, cannot even read for OUR political freedom? You send women who have an education and are refined to do this.

Both political parties alike have said that they “supported” women’s suffrage but then once elected…you do not support it any longer. Instead of fighting against us…. fight with us. If a party put this amendment through legislation and we were able to vote…you would have more votes for YOUR party.

This country has a saying: “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” The case of women’s suffrage is dividing the country. Coming together, the United States of America would be much better off if we were UNITED not DIVIDED.

Woman suffrage is a reality. It is coming. Will you, Honorable Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, help or Hinder it?