New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association Plain Facts for the Working Man
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08962 Author/Creator: New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association Place Written: Plainfield, New Jersey Type: Broadside Date: Circa 1910 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18 x 13 cm. Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Download PDF
Encouraging working men to vote for women's suffrage. Argues that letting their wives vote will improve their own situation. States that the wife, who has so many responsibilities, can better take care of the home and the family, if she has the vote.
PLAIN FACTS FOR THE WORKING MAN
You know that your vote helps you to get better working conditions. Why? Because
it helps elect to office the men who can get you what you want.
If you were to die to-morrow and your wife or daughters had to work, they would need
the vote for the same reasons.
You love your family, but you are away all day at work and your wife looks after the
children and the home.
Think what happens when the food supply has not been properly inspected, when there is
cheating in weights and measures and in the quality of goods. Your earnings are
wasted.
Think what happens when there are not enough schools or playgrounds. Your children
go without education and play in the crowded streets.
Think what happens when housing laws are bad, and streets are filthy and milk isn't pure.
Your babies sicken and die.
Think what happens when dance halls and theatres are not decent, and when unlawful
sale of "dope" is carried on. Your boys and girls are in danger of going wrong.
Remember you haven't time to look after all these things, and your wife's complaints to
the City departments that control them, do no good because she hasn't the vote.
And don't forget there are more working people in this State than any other kind. When
you let the women vote, you will double your power for getting what you need.
THINK IT OVER
and
Vote for the Woman Suffrage Amendment
NEW JERSEY WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
Headquarters: 309 Park Avenue, Plainfield
N.W.S. Publishing Co., Inc.
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