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The Siftings Herald
Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas
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On the eighth anniversary of women's suffrage, Miss Belle Sherwin notes that women voters have become more politically informed and active since 1920, with leaders like Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton continuing in political roles.
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Washington, July 31. (AP)—The
enthusiastic "suffragette" of 1920
with her trailing skirts and feather
bedecked hat, has changed as
rapidly in knowledge of the coun-
try's affairs and how to use the
vote as she has in dress. in the
opinion of Miss Belle Sherwin,
president of the National League
of Women Voters.
August 26 marks the eighth an-
niversary of American women be-
ing given the vote.
In 1920, leaders point out, wo-
men mostly cast a vote just be-
cause of the principle of the thing
-but today they are politically
minded, calm and instructed, and
it is asserted the body of non-
voting women who take no inter-
est in things political, is not pro-
portionately any greater than the
same group of men voters.
The names of many women of
the later day suffrage movement
still are on the list of active poli-
tical workers. Mrs. Carrie Chap-
man Catt, who for 15 years was
president of the National Ameri-
can Woman's Suffrage Associa-
tion, has devoted her attention in
the last eight years to the Nation-
al Conference on the Cause and
Cure of War.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, who
worked with Susan B. Anthony
as a young girl, now is a mem-
ber of the advisory committee of
the national republican committee
and a member of the board of the
League of Women Voters.
Mrs. James W. Morrison, first
vice president of the League, was
responsible for the Chicago par-
ade of would be women voters in
1916 that resulted in spite of a
down pour of rain, in the first
suffrage plank in the republican
national platform.
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Washington
Event Date
August 26
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women voters have become politically minded, calm, and instructed, with continued involvement from suffrage leaders.
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The enthusiastic suffragette of 1920 has changed rapidly in political knowledge and use of the vote, according to Miss Belle Sherwin. August 26 marks the eighth anniversary of women gaining the vote. In 1920, women voted mostly on principle, but today they are active politically, with non-voting women proportionate to men. Many suffrage leaders remain active, including Mrs. Catt in the National Conference on the Cause and Cure of War, Mrs. Upton on the Republican committee and League board, and Mrs. Morrison who organized the 1916 Chicago parade leading to the first Republican suffrage plank.