Evening journal., 1909-06-11
ELECT SCHOOL
BOARD TOMORROW
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The Delaware Equal Suffrage AS
sociation has issued the following ap-
peal to women to vote to-morrow;
Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL:
Through your columns permit me to
call your attention TO the fact that
at to-morrow's School Board election
all tax paying women of the city, p
years of age and upward. are entitled
to vote for president. and members Of
the Board of Education from their re-
spective wards
Following is the law on this subject
passed in 1888 by the Delaware Legis-
lature THAT from and after the pas
sage Of this-a act, the right to vote for
members Of the Board of Public Edu-
cation i'm Wilmington shall be extend
ed to every female inhabitant Of said
city, who is of the oge of q years and
upwards, and has resided within said
city for three months next preceding
the election for said members. and in
the ward where she offers to vote for
at least one month next preceding
said election. She shall also be a
bona fide freehofder within said city
and shall have been assessed for and
paid a school tax for the city of Will
mington for the preceding year.
Every female inhabitant of said
city, possessing the requirements
above specified, shall be qualified to
vote at all elections for members of
such board. and shall also be eligible
for membership in said board from the
ward in which she lives.
"This opportunity TO share in the
management of so vital a feature Of
the community life of our schools
must come with strong appeal
TO every woman in the city
qualified to exercise this franchise. The
State is but tho wider home and the
guidance Of the children. its future citi-
zens is a work dovolvins by the very ma
ture Of things, more upon women than
upon men; equally with them Of a surety.
with women constituting the vast ma
iority OF our great army of teachers; with
girls as well as boys in our schools, the
cnviction cannot fail TO come TO every
thoughtful mind that women are as
logically and as deeply concerned I'm the
wise directing Of our schools as arc men.
Education in its broadest significance is
a question Of humanity; voting likewise
rises above Sex and concerns us as hui
man beings. II is only expression Of opln-
ion to which all are in fair play entitled.
Women of Wilmington who own prop
erty and pay taxes thereon, to your pray
ors and your work for your children add
your ballots. The combination IS moro ef-
fective than either alone. Cast your vote
tomorrow for the President Of the Board
Of Education and the candidate who will
best represent your ward upon It. You
viii feel more womanly, not less so for
having done this duty.
'Tis a worn out mistaken roaion this Of
woman's unhtness for participating I'm af-
fairs of city and state. to be cast aside as
an old garment of no further use. Too
high a point has been cached IN the pro-
gress Of the world for her to be bound
hand and foot by the traditions of the
past
"They talk about q woman's sphere
As though Il had a limits
There's not place in earth or heaven,
There's not a task to mankind given,
There's not blessing or a woe,
There's not a whisper Yes or NO.
There's not life, a death, a birth.
Without a woman in It,"
Cor Sec'y Delaware Equal Suffrage AS
sociation.
Wilmington. June II.
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