
Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays Chapter 9 - Woman Suffrage
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A Woman Will Purify Politics, Were Sure?
I see neither physical, psychological nor mental reasons why woman should not have the equal right to vote with man. But that cannot possibly blind me to the absurd notion that wom will accomplish that wherein man has failed. If she would not make things worse, she certainly could not make them better. The most ardent suffragists would hardly maintain such a folly. All existing systems of political power are absurd and are completely inadequate to meet the pressing issues of life. This view is also borne out by one who is herself an ardent believer in woman suffrage, doctor helen l sumner.
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