Nobody Knows How Dry They Are [1932 Presidential Election handbill]
This handbill advocates for the election of Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt and his running mate John Nance Garner, and for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. The handbill title calls to mind a popular refrain, "How Dry I Am."<br /><br />An editorial cartoon by <a href="https://history.nebraska.gov/blog/flashback-friday-encore-comics-cartoons-drawings-and-doodles" target="_blank" title="Nebraska Historical Society website" rel="noreferrer noopener">Guy Spencer</a> (reprinted from the <em>Omaha World Herald</em>) points out that Republican Herbert Hoover and his running mate, Charles Curtis, hold opposing positions on the issue of repeal. <br /><br /><br /><br />Excerpt:<br /><br />"The Republican platform and Republican spokesmen have attempted to mislead the people about prohibition as they have done about other important economic and political questions. <br /><br />Do you want evasion and hypocrisy on vital national issues? <br />Do you admire leaders whose principles shift with every political wind? <br /><br />Democrats Have: A Clear Platform--Honest Candidates <br />The Democratic Plank on Prohibition reads: 'We favor repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.' In order to obtain much needed government revenue, it further favors immediate modification of the Volstead Act to legalize light wines and beer. <br /><br />The Democratic Platform as vigorously as the Republican demands: <br />(1) Strict federal protection to states that choose to remain dry <br />(2) Prevention of the return of the saloon"
M 9 Box 243, <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/vcu/repositories/5/resources/279.oai_ead.xml" target="_blank" title="finding aid" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1932
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Learn more: <br /><a href="https://history.nebraska.gov/collections/guy-r-spencer-1878-1945-rg1503am" target="_blank" title="Finding aid, Guy R. Spencer collection" rel="noreferrer noopener">Guy R. Spencer, 1878-1945.</a> Finding Aid. Nebraska History Museum. <br /><a href="https://history.nebraska.gov/blog/flashback-friday-encore-comics-cartoons-drawings-and-doodles" target="_blank" title="brief article on Guy R. Spencer, cartoonist" rel="noreferrer noopener">Flashback Friday Encore: Comics, Cartoons, Drawings and Doodles</a>. Nebraska History. <br /><a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=prohibition" target="_blank" title="Prohibition materials" rel="noreferrer noopener">Prohibition</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal
The Gist of the League of Nations: Questions Answered for the Woman Voter
An informative pamphlet created by Mrs. George Bass, Chairman of the Woman's Bureau Democratic National Committee for the woman voter. This pamphlet outlines twelve informative facts about the League of Nations. <br /><br />"There are 81,000 reasons why the Women of America will vote for a League of Nations to preserve peace; they are your 81,000 sons and brothers and husbands who fought and died in France and Flanders to make an end of war. We must not break faith with those who died."
Bass, Mrs. George
M 86 Box 1, <a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00079.xml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Roberta Wellford Collection of Women's Rights Ephemera 1915-1956</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Woman's Bureau Democratic National Committee.
1920
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Associated material:<br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/103" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">"Let's Have Done with Wiggle and Wobble"</a> campaign advertisement
Woman Citizen, October 30, 1920
Woman Citizen published just days before the first presidential election in which women could vote. <br /><br />Shown here: <br /><br />Campaign advertisement for the Democratic party ticket for the 1920 presidential election (James R. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt) "Let's Have Done With Wiggle and Wobble" <br /><br />News item entitled, "Virginia Women May Control Election" which says, "Predictions are being made that the registration of women in Virginia is so heavy that the will control the election. Especially keen have been the activities of the women of Richmond, where more than ten thousand new voters have been registered." <br /><br />The story also notes that "The University of Virginia is providing Valuable citizenship training for the women of the state, sending Miss Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon, director of its department of Citizenship Education, to communities willing to pay travelling expenses and entertainment."<br /><br />New item entitled, "Attempt to Prevent Voting" describes <span>how a member of the Tampa city administration attempted to mislead a new woman voter in 1920. The article notes, "Being a cautious lady, the woman voter investigated…” </span><em></em>
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1920 October 20
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Associated material: <br /><br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/95" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Gist of the League of Nations: Questions Answered for the Woman Voter</a>