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A collection of poems and songs that urge women's political enfranchisement and social reform, blending moral argument, satire, and lyrical reflection. Several pieces reframe motherhood and domestic labor as public responsibilities, converting private care into a reason for civic participation; others mock anti-suffrage rationales and challenge female passivity. The verse alternates earnest exhortation, vivid domestic scenes, and rallying refrains to encourage collective action, education, and self-recognition. Overall it presents suffrage as necessary for family welfare and social progress, urging women to move from seclusion to engaged public life.

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Title: Suffrage Songs and Verses

Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Release date: April 6, 2018 [eBook #56931]

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Note

This transcription has retained variant spelling, and inconsistent hyphenation. A few tangible printing errors have been corrected.