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Should Women Have the Right to Vote?
It seems to be a given in the modern world that a female citizen has just as much voting power as a male citizen. Of course, this was not always the case. In the mid 1800's, American women began to organize the now well-known Women's Suffrage Movement. This movement ruffled more than a few feathers, as it seemed to threaten the traditional gender roles of a woman's place in the house and away from politics. Many propaganda postcards went out to show men how terrible their lives would become, and how neglected their children would be, if the women in their lives supported the right to vote. Basically, men would be reduced to doing “women's work” all day:
Some posters portrayed the suffragettes as nothing more than bitter women who had “never been kissed”:
And others took a more aggressive angle:
On September 30th, 1918, after nearly 60 years of organized women's suffrage, a great leap was made in support of the cause. While the men were away fighting WWI, it was the women of America who had stepped up to keep the country from falling apart. President Woodrow Wilson was appalled to discover that these very women, who had done so much to preserve the nation, were being persecuted, beaten, and arrested for their activism in women's voting rights. For the first time, the President of the United States addressed the nation in a stirring speech that insisted on the vote for women. Although it would be another two years before the 19th Amendment was ratified, the President's speech was the greatest leap forward in voting equality since the suffragette movement began.
On September 30th of this year, on the 98th Anniversary of President Wilson's speech, Davenport House 5: For the Cause will release on Kindle. Women's suffrage has a place in the story, as well as other social issues of the time. I have unofficially named this installment “The Holiday Special” because it is the first time we get to see what Davenport House is like during the holidays. A full range of emotions will be explored here, reflecting the harsh reality experienced by WWI America, and leading up to a climactic Christmas Day that readers won't want to miss! Thank you for reading! :):
Available for Kindle here:
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KY97QMG
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KY97QMG
Link to Goodreads page: For the Cause
The family saga continues in this fifth book to Davenport House. It is springtime in 1917 when America joins the Great War in Europe. Phillip enlists to earn his citizenship papers, but Ethan must sign for the Draft against his own conscience. When both men are sent to fight, the ladies of Davenport House join noble causes on the home front while waiting for them to return.
Clara, now a suffragette, is delighted to gain the attention of a secret admirer. Mary finds purpose in a new career during the nation's shortage of medical personnel. Soldiers wounded in mind and body return from the War, and unknowingly import a deadly influenza, proving to every home that a far worse battle has just begun.
Some posters portrayed the suffragettes as nothing more than bitter women who had “never been kissed”:
And others took a more aggressive angle:
On September 30th, 1918, after nearly 60 years of organized women's suffrage, a great leap was made in support of the cause. While the men were away fighting WWI, it was the women of America who had stepped up to keep the country from falling apart. President Woodrow Wilson was appalled to discover that these very women, who had done so much to preserve the nation, were being persecuted, beaten, and arrested for their activism in women's voting rights. For the first time, the President of the United States addressed the nation in a stirring speech that insisted on the vote for women. Although it would be another two years before the 19th Amendment was ratified, the President's speech was the greatest leap forward in voting equality since the suffragette movement began.
On September 30th of this year, on the 98th Anniversary of President Wilson's speech, Davenport House 5: For the Cause will release on Kindle. Women's suffrage has a place in the story, as well as other social issues of the time. I have unofficially named this installment “The Holiday Special” because it is the first time we get to see what Davenport House is like during the holidays. A full range of emotions will be explored here, reflecting the harsh reality experienced by WWI America, and leading up to a climactic Christmas Day that readers won't want to miss! Thank you for reading! :):
Available for Kindle here:
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KY97QMG
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KY97QMG
Link to Goodreads page: For the Cause
The family saga continues in this fifth book to Davenport House. It is springtime in 1917 when America joins the Great War in Europe. Phillip enlists to earn his citizenship papers, but Ethan must sign for the Draft against his own conscience. When both men are sent to fight, the ladies of Davenport House join noble causes on the home front while waiting for them to return.
Clara, now a suffragette, is delighted to gain the attention of a secret admirer. Mary finds purpose in a new career during the nation's shortage of medical personnel. Soldiers wounded in mind and body return from the War, and unknowingly import a deadly influenza, proving to every home that a far worse battle has just begun.
