Quote#World
We met a curious dilemma. On the one hand a great many men voted in…
Quote byCarrie Chapman Catt · 1859–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Why Are Only Women Compelled to Prove Themselves?" (1915).
English (original)
We met a curious dilemma. On the one hand a great many men voted in the negative because women in Great Britain had made too emphatic a demand for the vote. Since they made that demand it is reported that 10,000,000 men have been killed, wounded or are missing through militant action, but all of that is held as naught compared with the burning of a few vacant buildings.
— Carrie Chapman Catt
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