A Sassy Call for Suffrage ; Susan Ballard Brought a Unique Sense of Humor to Women's Rights Movement

Summary

---

A most interesting and instructive feature in the program exercises at the meeting of the Travelers' Club of this city on the 9th instant was a debate on the subject of Woman's Suffrage, led respectively by Miss Susan C. Ballard, who maintained the affirmative, and Mrs. Harry H. Bean, who presented the arguments in the negative.

At the urgent request of the Republic-Times, the privilege has been given it to publish the paper prepared and read by Miss Ballard.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

A Sassy Call for Suffrage ; Susan Ballard Brought a Unique Sense of Humor to Women's Rights Movement

-- Springfield Republic-Times, Feb. 28, 1895

We've never met, of course.

But I like Susan Ballard.

There's something feisty in her arguments -- a kind of jabbing, punishing humor.

There's a sense that she won't suffer fools lightly.

And her personality is stron...

See the full content of this document

---