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This clipping from an unidentified newspaper provides a humorous poem poking fun at Kansas men who are opposed to the women's suffrage movement. In the poem, a husband laments that his wife simply cannot understand the importance of politics because she is too concerned with providing for her family.
Date: Between 1910 and 1919
This is the only poem selected for this standard. It illustrates how, from women's perspective, men who were involved in politics did not understand that women's involvement in public affairs would benefit the family, not damage it.
KS:7th:4.1:Women's suffrage (2005)
Item Number: 211217
Call Number: K 040 M751 v. 2, Lilla Day Monroe Scrapbook
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211217
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Women's suffrage (Indicator 1) - Arguments for universal suffrage
Date - 1910s
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Women
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - Women
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211217