Quote#Politics & Power
Woman suffrage in the South would so vastly increase the white vote…
Quote byCarrie Chapman Catt · 1859–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From Beyond Suffrage: “Working Together, Working Apart” How Identity Shaped Suffragists’ Politics, Museum of the City of New York.
English (original)
Woman suffrage in the South would so vastly increase the white vote that it would guarantee white supremacy if it otherwise stood in danger of overthrow...If the South really wants White Supremacy, it will urge the enfranchisement of women.
— Carrie Chapman Catt
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