Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1907 — Fettered By the Franchise. [ARTICLE]

Fettered By the Franchise.

The housewife of to-day would almost welcome women at the polis, even If she has no political leaning that way, If such a situation could bring about the reform hinted at In an Incident taken from the Philadelphia Record. The woman suffragist was addressing the Cooks’ and Chambermaids’ Union. “You women should all have a vote 1” she exclaimed. “Wouldn’t we have to live In one place for three months?” asked a seeker for Information. It was not until then that the agitator fully realized with what she had to contend.