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September 26, 1883
The Louisiana Democrat
Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
Germans in Iowa initiate a movement opposing woman's suffrage, arguing that voting women, influenced by clergy, would impose strict prohibition and blue laws on beer, wine, and Sunday observance, as warned by German journals.
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The Germans of Iowa are starting a movement to oppose the woman's suffrage agitation. They say that if women obtained the right to vote they would be under the influence of the clergy, and would take an extreme position in relation to beer and wine drinking and the observance of Sunday. It would be impossible to reason with them in favor of moderate and reasonable temperance and Sunday laws, and their votes would establish total prohibition and blue laws as bad as those formerly enforced in Connecticut. Various German journals affect to regard this threatened evil as of a serious and imminent character, and call upon the Germans as a body to take a pronounced position in opposition to it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Germans Iowa
Woman Suffrage
Opposition Movement
Temperance Laws
Sunday Observance
Prohibition Fears
Where did it happen?
Iowa
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Iowa
Event Details
Germans in Iowa start a movement against woman's suffrage agitation, fearing women voters under clerical influence would enforce extreme temperance, total prohibition, and strict Sunday laws similar to old Connecticut blue laws. German journals urge unified opposition.