CABLE "FAIRY" EXPOSED.
M ss Rankin, the* first woman to be elected to Congress, recorded her vote against entering the war. Her vote has been much criticised, but even those disagreeing with that vote admire the woman who recorded her vote in accordance with her conscience. Mrs Laidlaw, who was present in the House when the vote was taken, says: “It is not true that Miss Rankin wept, fainted, or had to be carried from the room. She wa* perfectly composed. She had been asked by so many of her friends to vote for the resolution; at the same time she was gripped by a desire to express a woman’s hor r or of war and her principles against it. When she finally voted, she voted with intense sincerity, knowing that she was not doing the popular thing, but refusing to allow herself to be governed by motives of expediency. “She just couldn’t vote for war.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 264, 18 June 1917, Page 10
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156CABLE "FAIRY" EXPOSED. White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 264, 18 June 1917, Page 10
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