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Editorial
May 21, 1870
The Shasta Courier
Shasta, Shasta County, California
What is this article about?
Editorial in Shasta Courier opposes women's suffrage, claiming advocates lack feminine qualities and true women prefer protection over political involvement. Criticizes push for Sixteenth Amendment enfranchising women.
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SHASTA COURIER.
And Then?—The women who have found themselves unfit for the places their mothers filled with rather dubious success, have been making a great palaver for their endowment with the franchise. They have had no open opposition from their sisters—for those opposed are not so open—but modest, unpretentious women, whose virtues secure them abundant protection, in the affection of honorable men. Now, however, that the broad-mouthed ranters attack Congress with their plan for the Sixteenth Amendment, a quiet remonstrance goes up, from some among the best ladies in the land, who do not wish to be drawn into the field of politics in order to combat with the ballot the influence of the bad of two sexes.
The solemn truth is, where you find a female advocate of female enfranchisement, you find a woman whose woman's heart, woman's charms, woman's magnetic loveliness, are lacking—a beggared creature of God, unqualified for the sphere which a freak of Nature but partially marked her for—and, not fitted for a woman's life, she seeks to be something—do something—not well knowing what.
And Then?—The women who have found themselves unfit for the places their mothers filled with rather dubious success, have been making a great palaver for their endowment with the franchise. They have had no open opposition from their sisters—for those opposed are not so open—but modest, unpretentious women, whose virtues secure them abundant protection, in the affection of honorable men. Now, however, that the broad-mouthed ranters attack Congress with their plan for the Sixteenth Amendment, a quiet remonstrance goes up, from some among the best ladies in the land, who do not wish to be drawn into the field of politics in order to combat with the ballot the influence of the bad of two sexes.
The solemn truth is, where you find a female advocate of female enfranchisement, you find a woman whose woman's heart, woman's charms, woman's magnetic loveliness, are lacking—a beggared creature of God, unqualified for the sphere which a freak of Nature but partially marked her for—and, not fitted for a woman's life, she seeks to be something—do something—not well knowing what.
What sub-type of article is it?
Suffrage
Feminism
What keywords are associated?
Women Suffrage
Female Franchise
Anti Enfranchisement
Gender Roles
Sixteenth Amendment
What entities or persons were involved?
Congress
Women Advocates
Modest Women
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Female Enfranchisement
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Suffrage
Key Figures
Congress
Women Advocates
Modest Women
Key Arguments
Women Advocates Lack Woman's Heart, Charms, And Loveliness
Modest Women Receive Protection From Honorable Men And Oppose Franchise
True Women Do Not Wish To Enter Politics To Combat Bad Influences
Female Suffragists Are Unfit For Woman's Sphere And Seek Undefined Roles