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  1. An Appeal for Woman Suffrage
    date January, 1884map FRANKLIN, Kentuckytags Politics, Women

    Women began to demand suffrage in the late nineteenth century. In January 1884, Mrs. James Bennett argued in Kentucky's legislature that women should receive the vote in presidential elections. She provided several arguments, including the fact that men of poor morals and low status in society were able to vote whilst a "noble Christian women" was not. In addition, she cited the Thirteenth Amendment...