The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-01
The Influence OF Suffrage Upon
Women Themselvcs-

Men conplAia %! The i<uorAncs, t'ivcll;Y
ard apsihy In tie greet 9u--ilon, o! thr day
among women. and Use The very fact -
a. objection agAIns, giving IksI sgcrsss-
True, but their p~--iiion has made ih-m 80
Nhs, incentive. "a, any woman o tstsr~si
herself 10 political subjects. In .nciai ~cono-
nv, or IA the greAi questions 81 the day,
y hen the ~psofOgnd~i thought. The rsosi
lnglcal reasoning. OF The sno.i abe methods,
II ~snanstias from . ~oman's brain, are
considered NJ better than the rHyins- e .
maniac, or any more 20 b~ oon,ider~i Than
the criminals maiier~d oAihs, or .; The
ballot box, the only place where thought
and reasoning can be cryri.liKed for the
nation, good, she is u~ncounted, ann"tso-t
and politically eis~~t with idiots, lunaiies.
psupers and criminals
Equal suffrage will I'm her out of ,hi.
Ignorance and ~friyoli;y, and instead Il Il
being denied on that ground. ihs, 10 the
greatest Argument Shy h; should lie given.
Disfranehisetpsn; 10 the cause 81 ihi'
ignorance and devotion 10 dr-.s and fashion.
and suffrage will Be the cure. A century
ago men dressed q. foolishly - injurioaslv
~ women do nov. Weare oil familiar With
the court dress Of . hundred years - The
absurd flowing powdered, false arg the
vide lace RUNE. AZ the throat and wrists,
tho gay cciored, expensive ~a'stcoan,
vests and kne. brrechcs, the silk stockings,
and silver buck les al knees and shoes.
The men Of those days devoted untold
wealth, time and thought % their toilets,
iist he women do now. But as the dati".,
responsibilities and rights of citiscnship
grew upon them, As intellectual develop
ment became more popular, they found A.
women will find that they had not time for
both, and so thew abandoned the false hair,
the lace %rufie~. the gay silk, satin and VEL
vet coats, vests and pants, tho six stock
ings, and the silver buckles, and adopted
the sensible Costume which IL worn TO-DAY.
Women will do the same. Even now the
time Is coming when . woman 10 msngia IN
good society must be intellectual. she
must be able to discuss wisely the questions
OF the day, and as this demand brcsd.ns
and lengthens, - colleges and universities
graduate more and more women, and
especially ~ the duties aud privileges OF
citizenship are thrown upon their shout
ders, will they nnd ,hs, either the intel
lsrtual life which they are gruping 90
eagerly, the Affairs Of our republic which
they love so rapiurously, or fashion must
be given up. Does snyone doubt which
will be surrendered? They will do as their
brothers have done, adopt . costume, easy,
convenient and healthful, and give their
brain and time u the perfecting and puri-
flying IF the individual, the home, the state
and humanity. The ballot will develop In
women intense study and interest IN all
questions which concern our beloved land,
and can anyone doubt that this study and
thought viii be barren Of result A with
the negro 30 with them. The very right 10
vote 10 awakening hem o Of their sleep
Of ignorance and s~ervitude, and developing
all the qualities Of citizenship. The zane
results, only in a shorter time and immeas-
urably more beneficial to the republic, viii
follow woman suffrage. For already they
are educated thinkers, and the ballot 10 the
only incentive they need for the concenirs-
ton Of thought upon the gres; needs Of our
republic. I plead With you my brother,
for the sake Of the infuencss upon women
themselves, lifting them OF, Of frivolity UP
into the grandeur Of intellectual equals.
Grant u suffrage in 1882 - MApAMI
CHAxLros RDRoLM, in Lircotn Journal.