Senator Borah's Letter from the Georgia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
9/27/1918
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This leaflet, subtitled "U.S. Senator From Suffrage State (Idaho) Says Federal Amendment Great Injustice to South," from the Georgia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage includes excerpts from a letter written by Senator William Borah.
According to the leaflet, Senator Borah claimed that, though he is an advocate of woman's suffrage, he believes it a matter that each state should decide for itself. His letter also states that "thousands of the women of the South have written him begging that he protect them from that 'terrorism' and that 'frightfulness' which will be the fate of the white women of the rural districts" if the Susan B. Anthony Amendment (the 19th Amendment) is ratified.
The leaflet argues that "All those who insist on the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, giving the ballot to 3,000,000 negro women of the South, which will also revitalize the fifteenth amendment, and necessarily bring the negroes back into politics, creating negro night meetings again on the plantations, are agencies that will again imperil the farmer's wife."
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2017 summer workshop in Washington, D.C.
According to the leaflet, Senator Borah claimed that, though he is an advocate of woman's suffrage, he believes it a matter that each state should decide for itself. His letter also states that "thousands of the women of the South have written him begging that he protect them from that 'terrorism' and that 'frightfulness' which will be the fate of the white women of the rural districts" if the Susan B. Anthony Amendment (the 19th Amendment) is ratified.
The leaflet argues that "All those who insist on the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, giving the ballot to 3,000,000 negro women of the South, which will also revitalize the fifteenth amendment, and necessarily bring the negroes back into politics, creating negro night meetings again on the plantations, are agencies that will again imperil the farmer's wife."
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2017 summer workshop in Washington, D.C.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
National Archives Identifier: 74884301
Full Citation: Senator William Borah's Letter; 9/27/1918; Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents which were Presented, Read, or Tabled during the 65th Congress; (SEN64A-K11); Petitions and Related Documents That Were Presented, Read, or Tabled, 1789 - 1966; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/borah-letter, March 28, 2023]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
