The Anti-Suffrage Rose
- Boston: Women's Anti-Suffrage Association, 1915
Boston: Women's Anti-Suffrage Association, 1915. First Edition. Quarto (35.75cm); original pictorial wrappers; 6pp. Modest wear and handling, some dust-soil and faint foxing to wrappers, with several small tears and attendant creases to extremities, and a faint tide mark affecting lower right corners; complete, but just Very Good.
A key piece of anti-suffrage sheet music - a strident response to the wave of feminist songs proliferating the marketplace in the years prior to the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. The lyrics encapsulate some of the many reasons that men (and women) were against women gaining the right to vote:
"Work for the "cause," No time to pause, Tell all the men that you know,
Why should a few, Rule over you, Suffrage is ev'ry man's foe,
Beautiful flower, Sign of the hour, If the Jonquil wants to fight,
You cannot fall, You're the Queen of them all, Emblem of Truth and Right"
Anti-suffrage organizations, like the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of Boston, cited many reasons for their position, including that women did not want the burden of the vote, that women were already busy with caring for homes and families, and that women were not capable of making astute political decisions. Uncommon, with no examples found in the marketplace, and 11 holdings in OCLC institutions. CREW S-1915-1. 84102.
A key piece of anti-suffrage sheet music - a strident response to the wave of feminist songs proliferating the marketplace in the years prior to the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. The lyrics encapsulate some of the many reasons that men (and women) were against women gaining the right to vote:
"Work for the "cause," No time to pause, Tell all the men that you know,
Why should a few, Rule over you, Suffrage is ev'ry man's foe,
Beautiful flower, Sign of the hour, If the Jonquil wants to fight,
You cannot fall, You're the Queen of them all, Emblem of Truth and Right"
Anti-suffrage organizations, like the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of Boston, cited many reasons for their position, including that women did not want the burden of the vote, that women were already busy with caring for homes and families, and that women were not capable of making astute political decisions. Uncommon, with no examples found in the marketplace, and 11 holdings in OCLC institutions. CREW S-1915-1. 84102.
Details
Title
The Anti-Suffrage Rose
Author
[WOMENS' HISTORY & LITERATURE] HANNA, Phil (words & music)
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association: Boston
Date
1915
Edition
First Edition