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Publisher
National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co.
Description
National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) handbill listing the reasons why women teachers need the vote. Reasons given include: increased spending on education, improved public health and hygiene, children's well-being and child labor protections.
"Teachers need the vote because they train the citizens of the future and must have practical, first hand knowledge of government in order to teach civics with interest and thoroughness."
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Corporate Name Subject
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Topical Subject
Education; Suffrage; Women--Suffrage--United States
Genre
handbills
Local Genre
text
Type
Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
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This material is protected by copyright. The copyright owner is unknown or unidentifiable. Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Adèle Goodman Clark Papers
Source
Teachers Need The Vote! Reasons Why Teachers Should Work for Woman Suffrage, M 9 Box 49, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
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M009_b048_i003.pdf