Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 72 Various Verschillende Various, Various Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887 Reading ease score: 60.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States" by Various is a historical account of discussions regarding women's right to vote, focusing on debates held in the Senate during the late 19th century. This collection of arguments and viewpoints was produced around the late 19th century and captures a pivotal moment in the struggle for women's suffrage. The primary topic revolves around the proposed constitutional amendment aimed at granting women the right to vote, highlighting arguments for and against this proposal from various senators. The opening of the work sets the stage for this significant legislative discourse. It begins with a formal introduction of the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to extend suffrage to women, followed by Senator H.W. Blair's speech advocating for its consideration. The text presents his compelling argument, which asserts that the principle of democracy hinges on the representation and consent of all citizens, and specifically challenges the notion that women are adequately represented by men. The debate unfolds further with other senators contributing their perspectives, both in favor of and against suffrage, thereby illustrating the complex dynamics of gender roles, societal norms, and the political landscape of the time. This opening establishes not only the central issue of women's suffrage but also introduces the earnest and passionate arguments that characterized this historic debate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Women -- Suffrage -- United States JK Text Suffrage Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 434083 433757 2024-10-05T08:12:05.824980 2023-10-05T08:16:46.087771 text/html text/html 436799 2004-02-16T13:04:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 145956 2004-02-16T13:04:30 text/html application/zip 237217 2024-10-05T08:12:14.325932 application/epub+zip 244871 2024-10-05T08:12:09.722957 application/epub+zip 211656 2024-10-05T08:12:08.365957 application/epub+zip 492903 2024-10-05T08:12:17.637930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477214 2024-10-05T08:12:13.475918 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289260 2022-09-05T11:43:32.034650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 415779 415713 2024-10-05T08:12:05.293950 2023-10-05T08:16:45.633804 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 417492 2004-02-16T13:02:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145089 2004-02-16T13:04:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 417483 2004-02-16T13:02:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145066 2004-02-16T13:04:28 text/plain application/zip 21615 2024-10-05T08:12:17.764901 application/rdf+xml 21410 2024-10-05T08:12:08.923966 image/jpeg 4247 2024-10-05T08:12:08.647929 image/jpeg 235596 2024-10-05T08:12:05.862977 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog