Your FeministHistory lesson of the day:
is our daily recap of the major milestones and minor advancements that shaped women’s history in the U.S.—from suffrage to Shirley Chisholm and beyond. These posts were written by, and are presented in homage to, our late staff historian and archivist,October 26, 1915: Good news today, as the organized Democrats of New York County announced that “Tammany Hall” would remain neutral on the suffrage issue in next week’s election.
Of course, there is still organized opposition to woman suffrage in New York, because the “antis” are quite actively working to defeat Amendment #1. This evening at a debate in the Broadway Tabernacle, Everett P. Wheeler, head of a men’s anti-suffrage group, gave his usual impassioned presentation, but generated laughs from some in the audience when he claimed that the fall of Rome was due to women entering public life.
One suffrage worker didn’t see any reason why her State would follow New Jersey’s example, because there are no big-name politicians working against suffrage in the Keystone State: “We never expected that New Jersey would return a majority in favor of suffrage. In New Jersey there was a Jim Nugent on the firing line against us. There is no Jim Nugent here, nor is there any organized opposition of any kind that we know of. We sincerely believe that we will carry Pennsylvania.
In Massachusetts, the men were somewhat more supportive, as the Men’s Campaign for Equal Suffrage held two rallies in South Boston tonight. The Somerville Equal Suffrage League is conducting a house-to-house campaign, and as of today has gotten between 4,000 and 5,000 voters to sign a pro-suffrage statement.
Meanwhile, back in Boston, there was a lively debate in Faneuil Hall, with the unusual feature of having not just two debaters, but two other distinguished individuals on the stage to verify or dispute any factual claims made by either side. As might be expected, they were kept quite busy checking facts—and fictions—all evening.received another telegram from a suffrage state governor today in response to its queries about how suffrage has worked in States where it has been tried.
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