12019-02-15T15:34:37-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2304252plain2019-02-15T15:40:14-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2In the 19th century, many US states allowed foreign-born men to vote ("alien suffrage") before they had become citizens. As Willard suggests here, some suffragists believed this practice was unfair to native-born women who were more "fit" to vote than immigrants. In the early twentieth century, anti-immigrant sentiment grew stronger, and all states ended this practice by the mid-1920s.
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12019-01-09T15:32:19-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2Voice interview 31plain2019-01-09T15:32:20-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
