Be Good to California, Mr. Wilson (California was good to you)

Be Good to California, Mr. Wilson (California was good to you)

Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Songs and music.

Feminist music -- United States.

California -- Songs and music.

Women -- Suffrage.

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. The chorus states, “And Don’t forget ‘twas votes for women help to win the vict’ry too / For when the tide was turning fast against you, / She made your dream come true.”

Sterling, Andrew B.

Keiser, Robert A.

New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Music Publishers

[1916]

Musical score

English

1916-02