Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-12
MADE ARGUMENT FOR
 VOTES FOR WOMEN
Mrs. Carlos Steddsrd of New Haven Spoke at Norwich Equal Franchise League Meeting.

Mrs. Carlos Stoddard of New Haven
 Spoke at Norwich Equal Franchise
 League Meeting.
 Before 2 good sized audience on Thursday evening at the residence of Mrs. Archibald Gilchrist, No. 106 Pros pect street, Mrs. Carlos Stoddard of New Haven save a very interesting address in behalf of woman suffrage. This was the February meeting of the Norwich Equal Franchise league
 Mrs. Giichrist welcomed those at tending and the meeting was opened With a vocal solo, To You. by Mrs Louis c. Potter, who was accompanied py Mrs. Grosvenor Ely. Mrs. William \. Norton, president Of the Norwich Equal Franchise league. who was in cnarge or the meeting, introiuced Mrs. Stoddard as the speaker
 Mrs. Stodoard said customs change with time, but that the laws of nature never change. There is one law per talnil1g to women that differs from any Of the laws pertaining to man. That is the law that makes woman the mother of the race. Man merely takes upon himself the duty Of provid- ing for his loved ones. Voting is noth- Ing but the means of carrying on our government, and government is noth- Ing but the rules by which we live voting is not a, mans business. neither Is It Wouan'S business, but it is the affair of both.
 To say the Toman's place is in the home is rather unpardonable ignorance People who have that idea are living as our ancestors lived a. hundred years ago Things are far different today Practlca1Iy everything pertaining to the welfare of our children comes un- der political heading. You cannot say that woman's place is in the home ard ignore the millions of working g1Fis and women. It IS net only the working girl but the working mother as well who must be taken into ac- count. Why do we have day nurseries :? Because the mothers have to go to work and have to leave their children In these nurseries to be cared for. An other strata Of women touched upon by the speaker WAS that of the profession al women; women who have been forced into professions by the economic conditions and who have thus showed their true value.
 When We want 8 bill passed at Hartford we get down to a committee. g, to Hartford and argue our case; when we complain about things that go wrong we generally go to the po- Htlcal officials; by doing this we mix with politics. Mrs. Suoddard spoke of several of the great leaders in suf- frage who literally hold political off, ces today. such as Jane Addams, Cath erlpe Davis, etc. When we say that woman's place is in the home we are Ignoring the great work that is being done and has been done by these great women. Popular sentiment is calling upon the women to come out and help with the great questions of the day. Answered Objections. Mrs. Stoddard then spoke of various objections that have been raised against suffrage, and Sh0Wed wherein they were In large part groundless. It is said that the women can accounpIish thaiI ends yritLn4-+ he 2i1 1% fE,, This is not true. Before the women of Californt5 had the vote they didn't have the mothers pension bill. The first thing the women of California, did when they were granted the vote was 70 pass the mothers pension bill, with the immediate idea of bringing love and honeiike conditions into the world. The mothers pension bill has been found practical since it's passage Other bills they passed were the teach CTS pension bill and the minimum wage bill for women and young girls The latter bill has a far-reaciling ef- feet upon the lives of these women and girls, as it enables them to properly provide necessities of life. Those are tho kind of laws the women of Cali fornia established when they secured the vote. These things which have been done are just an indication of the great end toward which the women are working.
 
 stronger as 8 non partisan. In Bel gium two years ago all men non-parti- sans demanded and received the power of voting. They had just as many privileges regarding the passage of bills there as the women have here, but they were not satisfied until they had received the vote.
 IL was honestly believed in oIden days that the whole system of home life would be upset if women were al lowed to hold property Owning prop erty, pursuing a higher education and earning ones own living are more dis tinctly masculine than merely casting q. vote. Every woman and every man who is self respecting should dema nd the right of self government.
 Request to Representatives.
 After Mrs. Stoddard's address Mrs. Norton. the president, brought several matters before the meeting for action. Ii was moved, seconded and the mo Henderson and Bailey of this city be asked to vote in the affirmative on the woman suffrage amendment.
 Mrs. Norton told of the great need of 8 state refOTmatory for women, and motion was carried empowering the secretary to send a letter to the com nlittee on appropriations and one to the committee on humane institutions asking them to consider the app-op-ia.- tion Of s20.0 .00o towards the erection of such a, reforn1atory.
 The meeting came to a close after vocal selection, With You, Dear. by Mrs. Mary L. Sliney, accompanied by Miss Catherine Siiney.