page_title: Belle Squire
hierarchical_section_title: Belle Squire
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photograph of Mrs. Belle Squire, music teacher, lecturer, and a leader in the woman's suffrage movement, who said she would rather have a vote than a husband.
context_page_description: Belle Squire, properly Viola Belle Squire, was a suffragist from Illinois who was involved in the Chicago suffrage movement and co-founded the Alpha Suffrage Club with Ida B. Wells. She was especially known for her opposition to paying taxes when women did not have a right to vote. Squire argued expecting women to pay taxes while they were not enfranchised was a form of taxation without representation.
context_section_description: Belle Squire, properly Viola Belle Squire, (1870-1939) was a suffragist from Illinois who was involved in the Chicago suffrage movement and co-founded the Alpha Suffrage Club with Ida B. Wells. She was especially known for her opposition to paying taxes when women did not have a right to vote. Squire argued expecting women to pay taxes while they were not enfranchised was a form of taxation without representation.
caption: "Would you rather have a vote than a husband? yes says Belle Squire"
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