Catholic Opinions [suffrage handbill]

Files

M9 Box 49 Catholic Opinions_NWSA handbill rsz.jpg

Title

Catholic Opinions [suffrage handbill]

Description

NWSA handbill featuring quotations from prominent Catholic clergy.

"His Eminence Jame Cardinal Gibbons: 'The Church has taken no official attitude on the subject, but leaves the matter to the good judgment of her children as to what they think best. The statement that the Church is opposed to the enfranchisement of women is incorrect.'"

Source

M 9 Box 49, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Publisher

National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., Inc.

Contributor

Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Rights

This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Notes

Learn more: 
Women's Suffrage: The Movement, Social Welfare History Project

Citation

“Catholic Opinions [suffrage handbill],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed November 21, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/73.