The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-11
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Through Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, president OF tho national Amer
lean woman suffrage association now
directing the ratification campaign
In Tennessee. Lady Nancy Astor.
born Nancy Langhorno Of Virginia.
and now Great Britain's first woman
NJ. r.. has sent the Following mes
sage 20 the men OF the south:
Il want to send message to tho
men OF the south. because | come
from the south. and feel that ! know
and understand It, as one only can
understand tho place OF ones birth
and childhood. I know the strong
sense OF justice and nonor that lives
In the hearts OF the people. l know
their chivalry, too, and AZ In just be-
cause | appreciate that chivalry that
l, as a woman, am anxious that II
should be representative Of the pres
ent, and not only OF the past-that
IL should be a progressive chivalry.
equal TO the needs and aspirations OF
the women OF today, not content to
give merely what was demanded OF Il
In tho old days.
Il am writing 10 you from the
country OF my adoption country
which has taken the great step and
given political responsibility to its
women. As Il happens, / am one of
the women to whom the new oppor-
tunity for service has come most di-
rectly, and IL is partly on that ac-
count that ! am appealing to you Of
tho south.
Il am at present entrusted by the
people OF the Sutton division OF Ply
mouth to represent them, men and
women alike, In parliament There
are something like 1900 women
voters In my constituency, and over
$4,000 men, who include a large
number OF men in the Royal Navy.
II would, indeed. be hard to feel that
one could not have the same trust
from the men OF my homeland,
which has been given 20 me so gen
erously In the land OF my adoption.
But tho responsibility they have
laid on me In only the outcome OF
the responsibility which they have
already placed on all women. bv piV-
ing them the vote. Trusting A WON.
an In the parliament cannot be done
I'LL you have trusted women at the
ballot box. A democracy which only
trusts its men cannot help being a
lop-slded democracy, / know the
south too well to believe that they
VIII interpret their own constitution
VI FNbNlhi government less upmO H
oratically than this country, from
which l write has interpreted It's
constitution Of limited monarchy.
Tho cause OF women's political
freedom has been won I'm America
America, whore one or the fret shots
In the campaign was fired. But the
forces working against justice and
progress are still strong enough 10
raise technical distractions and 10
delay the fun realization OF tho vic
tory.
ION August the governor OF
Tennessee will coll that legislature
into special session 10 consider the
ratification OF the federal amend
ment for women's suffrage Thirty
five states have given their hand and
seal. but one Is lacking. WIN not the
south give that one- So strong Is
my faith in the south that l feel Il
almost an impertinence to ask them
such a question. Remember we are
making a new WORLD and women
mothers-lonE to have a share in the
sort OF world In which their children
must live. We have moral courage
and spiritual vision, Give us the
chance TO Rgp you. We don't want