Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1917 — Aid Given Nation by Women in War Will Hasten Day of Full Suffrage [ARTICLE]

Aid Given Nation by Women in War Will Hasten Day of Full Suffrage

By THEODORA M. YOUMANS

President Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage Association

What influence will the war have on the woman suffrage movement? What will woman suffragists do to help their country during the war ? I We shall not, of course, discontinue woman-suffrage propaganda. We 'realize that it may be more difficult than heretofore, since the thought and interest of the country are centered on the war. We know that it will not be easy to raise money for woman suffrage, to create new organisations, to hold public meetings. It will be necessary, probably, to change somewhat the character of our efforts. But the spirit of the times fights on our. side. The thought of the ’people of these United States is turned toward democracy these days. Furthermore, men see that their own patriotism is duplicated in dheir women. They see that the services of women in time of stress, as jin ordinary daily life, are just as essential as the services of men, and are given just as generously, just as faithfully and efficiently. I believe that every woman who shows herself patriotic, faithful, efficient, is doing her share to hasten the day of the enfranchisement of women, when this government shall actually become what it has up to this time only pretended to be, a government of, by and for the people.