 | The New York Times, March 8, 1918 Letter to the Editor The author of this letter cites the countries that have already given women the vote and concludes that these countries have been weakened in wartime by the pacifism of women. read clipping The New York Times, March 11, 1918 US Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr., from New York, says he will not support suffrage for women when it comes up for a vote in the US Senate, even though the voters of New York just passed the state suffrage referendum. read clipping The New York Times, March 12, 1918 Letter to the Editor The author maintains that the number of women who voted in the recent special election in New York says little about womens desire to vote. Anti-suffrage women are being forced to vote to prevent "traitors" from being elected to office. Women are labeled unpatriotic if they do not vote, and then if they vote, it is interpreted as a sign that women want the right to vote. read clipping The New York Times, March 14, 1918 Republicans in the US Senate begin a drive for the Federal Suffrage Amendment. read clipping The New York Times, March 16, 1918 Letter to the Editor Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., president of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, analyzes the results of the recent special election in New York. |  |
