Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 April 20 (pt. 3)
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Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 April 20 (pt. 3)
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The Filson Historical Society Special Collections
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Mss BJ L894
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[ques]tion it was shown that in some states the law does not give women any right to the Husband's property either living or dead. The Wifediesshe had no right to make a will; the law would not recognize it atall during the Husband's life time, nor perhaps afterwards. Hedies, and she gets one third of what her toil and tact has helped to accumulate.
In conclusion, members of the W.C.T.U. were urged to recognize that there is not another question of more vital importance before them today, and enlist in the cause of universal suffrage.
Extracts were read from “The Bible for Woman Suffrage,” by Rev. J. W. Bashford, and to conclude the exercise, an article was read, “Why Woman Suffrage should receive the earnest support of every citizen” by Erasmus M. Correll. One of the ten reasons given, being that “Male Suffrage alone means an aristocracy of sex, while impartial suffrage means a true republic.[”]
There being no further business before the Asso. the meeting adjourned.
[ques]tion it was shown that in some states the law does not give women any right to the Husband's property either living or dead. The Wifediesshe had no right to make a will; the law would not recognize it atall during the Husband's life time, nor perhaps afterwards. Hedies, and she gets one third of what her toil and tact has helped to accumulate.
In conclusion, members of the W.C.T.U. were urged to recognize that there is not another question of more vital importance before them today, and enlist in the cause of universal suffrage.
Extracts were read from “The Bible for Woman Suffrage,” by Rev. J. W. Bashford, and to conclude the exercise, an article was read, “Why Woman Suffrage should receive the earnest support of every citizen” by Erasmus M. Correll. One of the ten reasons given, being that “Male Suffrage alone means an aristocracy of sex, while impartial suffrage means a true republic.[”]
There being no further business before the Asso. the meeting adjourned.
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Louisville Equal Rights Association, “Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 April 20 (pt. 3),” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 26, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/838.