ABSTRACT
Proposals for the extension of the suffrage to women are beset with grave practical difficulties. Certain large departments of the national life are of necessity worked exclusively by men. The care of the sick and the insane; the treatment of the poor; the education of children: in all these matters, and others besides, they have made good their claim to larger and more extended powers. Citizenship lies in the participation of each individual in effort for the good of the community. People believe that women will be more valuable citizens, will contribute more precious elements to the national life without the vote than with it. The quickness to feel, the willingness to lay aside prudential considerations in a right cause, which are amongst the peculiar excellencies of women, are in their right place when they are used to influence the more highly trained and developed judgment of men.
