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Woman Suffrage in Colorado, in 1893

Abstract

This paper is discusses the campaign for woman suffrage in Colorado. A brief overview of suffrage is given as a background to the topic. Then both the opinions ***** supporters and opponents of woman suffrage are presented. Finally, ***** primary reason why suffrage was granted is explained.

The Campaign ***** Woman Suffrage in Colorado, ***** *****

Introduction:

Woman suffrage is defined as the "right of women to share on equal terms with men the political privileges afforded by representative government *****, more particularly, to vote in electi*****s and referendums and to hold public office" ("Woman *****," 2005).

This right ***** be involved in the governmental process, however, did not start with women. In the feudal regimes of the Middle Ages, even men found suffrage restricted. However, once the male population had secured their rights of representations, by way ***** the democratic revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries, it then *****came possible for women to begin to organize ***** suffrage movements.

For America, the modern woman suffrage movement began ***** the attempt ***** Margaret Brent, a wealthy landholder, ***** secure her 'place and voice' in the colony legislature. However, ***** attempt was unsuccessful. ***** Colonial times, several groups, such as the *****n Quakers, supported ***** enfranchisement of women. Even individuals, ***** as patriot Thomas Paine, support woman suffrage. Yet, women were still regarded as inferior beings and in many respects ***** legally considered to have the same rights as criminals, the insane ***** slaves ("***** suffrage," 2005).

The first half ***** ***** ***** century, in America, saw the ***** suffrage movement working through the efforts of the abol*****ionist and temperance *****s. *****, *****ir role was limited due to antifeminist prejudices. It was this prejudice that spur suffragists to create a separate movement dedicated solely to women's rights. Lucretia Coffin Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stan*****n, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Ab***** Kelley Foster, and Ernestine Rose were all part of ***** early movement. Men too supported the movement, including: Henry Ward Beecher, Wendell Phillips, and Ralph Waldo Emerson ("Woman suffrage").

The fight for woman suffrage in Colorado began in the 1870s. In 1876, the ***** State Constitution allowed for local school election ***** ***** women, yet, they wanted the *****rs to decide whe*****r or ***** ***** should have full voting *****, and with this, the Colorado ***** Suffrage Association was formed. At first, ***** idea was not well accepted in the Rocky Mountain state. Susan B. Anthony came ***** Colorado and made a whirlwind tour of the state, rallying supporters, when ***** newly established Colorado Legislature put the issue of woman suffrage up to voters. However, ***** was often booed out of mining town saloons by gold miners who cared little for women's rights ***** only about getting rich quick. ***** would only be by the saving grace of organizations like the Women's Christian Temperance Uniion and a collection ***** women journalists, such as Caroline Nicholls Churchill and Ellis Meredith, which would keep the suffrage