Votes for Women (speech)
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Votes for Women, a popular slogan in the campaign for women's suffrage in the United States, was a January 20, 1901 speech by American author and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain
. In this speech Twain spoke out for women's full enfranchisment in the electoral process and predicted that within twenty-five years, they would have the ballot. This proved to be true, the Women's Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution
being passed by the United States Congress
in 1919 and ratified by all the states in 1920. Less true was his assumption that he would live to see it.
This speech was given at the Annual Meeting of the Hebrew Technical School for Girls in the Temple Emanuel
.
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
. In this speech Twain spoke out for women's full enfranchisment in the electoral process and predicted that within twenty-five years, they would have the ballot. This proved to be true, the Women's Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920....
being passed by the United States Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
in 1919 and ratified by all the states in 1920. Less true was his assumption that he would live to see it.
This speech was given at the Annual Meeting of the Hebrew Technical School for Girls in the Temple Emanuel
Temple Emanuel
Temple Emanuel, founded in 1889, is the only Reform Jewish congregation in Roanoke, Virginia or the surrounding area. The name, Emanuel, is Hebrew for "God is with us" and is a name shared by over 60 other Reform congregations in the US, including Temple Emanu-El, the first Reform congregation in...
.
See also
- Declaration of SentimentsDeclaration of SentimentsThe Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men, 100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York, now known as the Seneca Falls Convention...
- Ain't I a Woman?
- Address to the Women of AmericaAddress to the Women of AmericaOn July 10, 1971, at the founding of the National Women's Political Caucus, co-founder Gloria Steinem delivered an Address to the Women of America, which would become one of the era's most memorable speeches...