Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1909 — MRS. BLATCH COULDN’T VOTE [ARTICLE]

MRS. BLATCH COULDN’T VOTE

Suffragist Leader Married an Englishman—She’s to Be Naturalized. New York, Dec. 10.—Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, president of the Equily League for Self Supporting Women, couldn’t vote if a woman suffrage amendment were added to the constitution of the United States tomorrow. She isn’t an American citizen because she married an Englishman. She has determined, however, that the matter shall be properly adjusted and to that end has commenced prepare lions for naturalization.