Disenfranchised Men.
Small handbill printed on both sides.
Approximately 6.25" x 7". A couple of creases and small tears, small ink blot, else about very good.
Signed by "Disenfranchised Sister", drawing a parallel to male Yale students who weren't allowed to vote by the New Haven Selectmen, and were consequentially greatly indignant, "Sister" is not immune to sarcasm over the plight of the men: "Since, for the moment, your temporary condition is something like my chronic condition... I venture, as a sincere sympathizer in your undeserved affliction, to submit a few of the consolations for not havibg the ballot that have been offered me." Further: "If this privilege is conferred on you... well and good; if not, then you must go back and sit down in quiet resignation with minors, criminals, idiots, and women - disenfranchised." And "Think how it would sound to say, 'I want to vote!' in a loud unmanly voice! Who would get up to give you a seat in the car under the circumstances?" The essay concludes with a list of suggested readings about promoting equal suffrage. Both an amusing and convincing argument.
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