Why Should I, a Woman, Vote?

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 75, 26 September 1893, Page 3

Why Should I, a Woman, Vote?

.» 1. Because my right to do so is logically involved in the constitutional right of a woman to occupy the British Throne. 2. Because the acknowledgment of my right to do so has been secured for me by men who believe in my intelligence and good sense, and fitness to vote, and I ought not to disappoint the confidence they have shown in me. 3. Because my single vote may decide whether the better or the worse candidate shall go to Parliament. 4. Because the supporters of the drink traffic, which is the greatest source of domestic misery, have most violently resisted my right to vote, and my vote is urgently needed to resiit the baneful power of this trallic. 5. Because men who want to see better Parliaments, better laws, and happier homes, ask for my help to secure these good ends, and I ought not to withhold it. 6. Because if I have to obey the laws, I have a rielit to help to decide who shall make them. 7. Because some social wrongs winch womon suffer will not be altered till women use their voting power. 8. Because if I neglect to vote, I make some one's vote on the other side count double. 9. Because I am responsible for any public evils I do not do my share to remoYe. 10. Because God's command to " remove the heavy burdens, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke," can sometimes be obeyed only at the ballot box. 11. Because mj vote is distrusted by those wno have wrong purposes to serve, and therefore should not be exercised as a terror to evil doers. 12. Because now that I have an ac« knowlcdged right to vote I shall fail in my duty to my country if I do not use it.