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Dedicated to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, and the great cause of woman suffrage. Lyrics include: “Shout the song “Votes for Women”! Ring it out upon the air! Hear its note, ye patriot freemen, who the right would dare! Sing a loud with lusty vigor, till it…

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On September 30, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gives a speech before Congress in support of guaranteeing women the right to vote. Sterling wrote this song to remind President Wilson of the people of California who helped him secure his presidency.…

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Written by Jerome H. Remick. Anti-suffragettes often believed that women were unable to vote in a respectful manner. “She’s Good Enough” responds with the opinion that men gave women the chore of raising their children.

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The song recounts suffragists honoring Anna Howard Shaw that year by presenting her with a Saxon car in the official North American Women’s Suffrage Association color yellow. While the words do not mention Shaw specifically, the song references a…

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Theatre began to represent suffrage with shows like “The Suffragettes: A Musical Comedy” with the libretto by Harriet D. Castle and music by Ira B. Wilson. When writing, Castle used the extremes of both the anti-suffragists and suffragists to portray…

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Published by the New York State Women’s Suffrage Association. On the cover, a women’s march is depicted with the famous Flat Iron Building in the background. In the songbook, there is sheet music for the piano. This work was most likely sold as a…

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Officially approved for the benefit of the equal suffrage cause, Massachusetts Woman’s Suffrage Association. “Awake! Awake! Ye sisters all, in this our glorious land, and must to the bugle call to lend a helping hand; to settle strife where such be…

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The show contains songs such as “A Hen Party,” “Why Don’t We Let Women Vote?” and “Downtrodden Women.” At the time, the Suffrage Movement was gaining popularity, but it was still opposed on Broadway.

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Introduced by Helen Knowles. J.J. Gallagher and B.A. Koellhoffer portray women in marches and throwing bricks on its cover. The story is told from an English immigrant viewpoint, where he was attacked in Hyde Park by suffragists who thought he was a…

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Written by W.G Fortney in San Francisco by the Macdonald Music Co., displays suffragists troubled with the fact that other races could vote, and women could not. The song targets other races in the second verse stating, “Is it right for the Negro,…
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